Estado de salud, discapacidad y consumo de sustancias entre las mujeres sin hogar en Nicaragua

  1. Berrios-Ballesteros: Alberto 1
  2. Panadero: Sonia 2
  3. Lenta: Malena 3
  4. Vázquez: José Juan 4
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua
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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua

    Managua, Nicaragua

    ROR https://ror.org/04084tn63

  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  3. 3 Universidad de Buenos Aires
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    Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    ROR https://ror.org/0081fs513

  4. 4 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

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Revista:
Población y Salud en Mesoamérica

ISSN: 1659-0201

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 22

Número: 2

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Nicaragua es uno de los países con menor renta de Latinoamérica. En Nicaragua se carece de información sobre las mujeres sin hogar, quienes conforman un colectivo especialmente vulnerable, que experimenta condiciones de extrema pobreza y exclusión social. Este trabajo analiza el estado de salud, discapacidad y consumo de sustancias en una muestra de mujeres que sufren sinhogarismo (n = 30) en las ciudades de León y Chinandega (Nicaragua). Las participantes respondieron a una entrevista estructurada. Los resultados mostraron que este grupo de mujeres en Nicaragua presenta una mala percepción de su propia salud, un elevado padecimiento de enfermedades graves o crónicas y una elevada tasa de discapacidad. El consumo de alcohol o drogas (principalmente pegamento inhalado) parece afectar, en mayor medida, a las mujeres más jóvenes y durante el período de deslizamiento al sinhogarismo. Se observaron grandes similitudes entre las mujeres sin hogar de países de renta baja y países de renta alta, pese a las considerables diferencias culturales. El estilo de vida derivado de la adaptación a la vida en la calle somete a estas mujeres a un proceso acelerado de deterioro. La inadecuada alimentación, la falta de higiene y las barreras para acceder al sistema de salud perjudican su situación sanitaria, lo cual parece incidir importantemente en su prolongada permanencia en el sinhogarismo.

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