The reality of multiculturalism in Ecuadorian health systems

Abstract

For several decades, the Ecuadorian state and institutions have made visible and concerned about the country's ethnic communities, building laws, regulations, plans, among others. In that sense, this research aims to analyze the interaction of Ecuadorian health systems with ethnic communities and how their ancestral processes can be inserted into their policies. The methodology used has a qualitative approach, of a documentary type with a bibliographic approach, where different scientific articles, theses, books, documents of international and national organizations, constitutions, laws, among others, were consulted, there is a lot of relevant information which is very significant. , but it was necessary to take the information that supported the topic precisely. As results, the conceptualizations and characterizations of ethnicity, multiculturalism, the fundamental legal bases that support these communities and how the health factor has been treated in these communities were obtained, allowing the analysis of how the Ecuadorian health systems have interacted to date with the different ethnic groups of Ecuador. The main conclusion was obtained that, despite all the laws, regulations, and initiatives by the state, even in health centers the incorporation of traditional and complementary medicines is not observed, nor is there much interest on the part of members of the health sector. acquire the skills for its application.