Wixáritari with diabetes mellitus and their links with the disease: From the appearance of the symptom to a first explanation.

This article explores the process of construction of the conceptual, referential and operative schema among the wixáritari population regarding type 2 diabetes mellitus in a community of Jalisco, Mexico, from the appearance of the first symptom to a possible explanation of the disease. This is a qualitative study performed with the phenomenological method using in-depth interviews to collect information. There were seven participants.

[Working women with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a case series].

This study aimed to analyze the experience of working women suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain, using a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. The technique drew on in-depth interviews with five working women that presented to the orthopedics and neurosurgery departments of a hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a complaint of musculoskeletal pain for more than six months. The study showed that the women felt rejection, segregation, discrimination, lack of support at the workplace, and feelings of frustration and powerlessness related to their health condition.

[Cultural dimensions concerning healthcare workers in México and Colombia having dengue].

Objective: Understanding cultural dimensions concerning Mexican and Colombian healthcare workers suffering from dengue to produce information and elements for healthcare and prevention.

Method: This was a cognitive anthropological study. Purposive sampling was used to select 197 healthcare workers in Morelia, Mexico, and Santiago de Cali, Colombia; free associations lists and pile sorting were used.