Participación social, en líderes de la comunidad Gualalcay, según el modelo de Elizabeth Anderson, estudio etnográfico, el Valle 2022

Abstract

Social participation (SP) has a great development in Ecuador, social organizations such as indigenous people, housewives, workers have found in the organization a mechanism to be heard and to make their needs known. The importance of SP to meet health-related objectives is well recognized. Currently, there are scientific documents and laws that protect and promulgate this right, but SP is established according to political will, and is mediated by multiple factors including knowledge of collective rights, the training of professionals and the interests of the macrostructure. Objective: to describe the practices of social participation in leaders of the Gualalcay community, according to the Elizabeth-Anderson model. Methodology: qualitative - ethnographic, it was carried out through in-depth interviews with community leaders, which were recorded and transcribed for analysis, based on Elizabeth-Anderson's model. Results: SP distributes power and gives voice to the community, the model allowed systematizing the practices of the leaders, identifying that the actions improve the perception of community health and revealing the need for empowered communities, trained professionals, discarding hegemonic paradigms and recognizing community wisdom. Conclusions: SP can be adapted to the reality of each society, but it is important that civil society and health professionals recognize their roles in this coexistence and development of health. Elizabeth Anderson's model allowed the valuation of the community in reference to SP.