María Mercedes Arias Valencia

Aspectos de la fecundidad de mujeres indígenas Suruí, Rondônia, Brasil: una aproximación

OBJECTIVES: to analyze female fertility among Surui Indian women in the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: a total of 88 reproductive and birth histories were collected by means of household interviews carried out in two Surui villages in 2004. RESULTS: the average age of menarche was 12 years-old; the average ages of first marriage and of the delivering the first child were, respectively, 13.8 and 15.7 years-old. For most women, delivery took place in their own village. The average time between pregnancies was 22.8 months and the average breast feeding duration was 18.4 months. Very few Surui women use contraceptives and most have attended school for only a couple of years. On average, the total fertility rate was of 6.3 children per woman. CONCLUSIONS: in comparison with other populations, Suruis demography shows a moderately high fertility rate. The authors argue that the findings of this study can be of use to better plan health services that are more culturally compatible with the reality of Surui women.

Calendario reproductivo de los pueblos indígenas Zenú y Embera de los subgrupos Eyabida y Chamibida de Antioquia (Colombia)

OBJECTIVE This work sought to compare the reproductive calendar of the Zenú and Embera ethnicities of the Eyabida and Chamibida subgroups in Antioquia, Colombia from 2011 to 2013. METHODOLOGY This was a sociodemographic study of purposive sampling through the reproductive history technique, conducted with 165 indigenous women older than 10 years of age. RESULTS The reproductive calendar is characterized by an age of menarche between 12 and 13 years for both ethnicities; entry to union with a partner occurs 30 months and more in all groups; the first pregnancy 7.9 months after the entry to union with a partner for the Eyabida, 14.0 months for the Chamibida, and 11.3 months for the Zenú; the first delivery happens at 15 years of age among the Zenú, at 16 and 17 for the Eyabida and Chamibida, respectively. The use of Western contraceptive methods is highlighted in the ethnicities. CONCLUSION For the ethnicities studied, early ages of onset of reproductive life are noted, along with the fastness of the divergent pattern conserved since the late 1990s for the Chamibida and the growing use of contraceptive methods to limit the number of children.

Calendário reprodutivo dos povos indígenas Zenú e Embera dos subgrupos Eyabida e Chamibida de Antioquia (Colômbia)

OBJECTIVE This work sought to compare the reproductive calendar of the Zenú and Embera ethnicities of the Eyabida and Chamibida subgroups in Antioquia, Colombia from 2011 to 2013. METHODOLOGY This was a sociodemographic study of purposive sampling through the reproductive history technique, conducted with 165 indigenous women older than 10 years of age. RESULTS The reproductive calendar is characterized by an age of menarche between 12 and 13 years for both ethnicities; entry to union with a partner occurs 30 months and more in all groups; the first pregnancy 7.9 months after the entry to union with a partner for the Eyabida, 14.0 months for the Chamibida, and 11.3 months for the Zenú; the first delivery happens at 15 years of age among the Zenú, at 16 and 17 for the Eyabida and Chamibida, respectively. The use of Western contraceptive methods is highlighted in the ethnicities. CONCLUSION For the ethnicities studied, early ages of onset of reproductive life are noted, along with the fastness of the divergent pattern conserved since the late 1990s for the Chamibida and the growing use of contraceptive methods to limit the number of children.

Reproductive calendar of the Zenú and Embera indigenous peoples of the Eyabida and Chamibida subgroups from Antioquia (Colombia)

OBJECTIVE This work sought to compare the reproductive calendar of the Zenú and Embera ethnicities of the Eyabida and Chamibida subgroups in Antioquia, Colombia from 2011 to 2013. METHODOLOGY This was a sociodemographic study of purposive sampling through the reproductive history technique, conducted with 165 indigenous women older than 10 years of age. RESULTS The reproductive calendar is characterized by an age of menarche between 12 and 13 years for both ethnicities; entry to union with a partner occurs 30 months and more in all groups; the first pregnancy 7.9 months after the entry to union with a partner for the Eyabida, 14.0 months for the Chamibida, and 11.3 months for the Zenú; the first delivery happens at 15 years of age among the Zenú, at 16 and 17 for the Eyabida and Chamibida, respectively. The use of Western contraceptive methods is highlighted in the ethnicities. CONCLUSION For the ethnicities studied, early ages of onset of reproductive life are noted, along with the fastness of the divergent pattern conserved since the late 1990s for the Chamibida and the growing use of contraceptive methods to limit the number of children.