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En el marco de los debates académicos y políticos actuales, en este artículo proponemos abordar un tema que ha estado presente en el campo de las discusiones, desde distintos enfoques y perspectivas: la militancia sindical de las mujeres trabajadoras. A partir de la revisión de la bibliografía producida en Argentina en los últimos años, nos centramos en el cruce entre militancia, género y clase con el propósito de contribuir a mapear algunas de las principales discusiones existentes en el campo de la sociología.

Introducción: los accidentes de tránsito (AT) constituyen una importante causa de mortalidad en el mundo, y en los últimos años han ocupado los primeros lugares en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). Los marcos conceptuales clásicos para el abordaje de la mortalidad por AT han sido: el enfoque de salud pública, el modelo sistémico y la matriz de Haddon. Desarrollo: se describen las características de los modelos clásicos y, desde la mirada de la Epidemiología Crítica (EC) y de la teoría crítica del espacio, se analizan cuatro formas de reducción de la realidad: primero, la reducción de su explicación a la acción de una causa externa (fuerza cinética) ejercida sobre el cuerpo humano que supera la resistencia del mismo. Segundo, la mirada del espacio como mero continente físico o unidad administrativa. Tercero, la consideración del carácter social de los eventos de tránsito como sumatoria de los hechos individuales. Cuarto, la organización de los grupos sociales con criterios de estratificación y no con base en la clase social. Además, se describe cómo, mediante un estudio exploratorio de varias fases, que comprendió revisión documental, enlace de archivos, encuesta a un familiar de la persona fallecida y georreferenciación de la residencia de la persona fallecida, se analizó la mortalidad por AT en el DMQ, con base en las categorías de la Epidemiología Crítica: segregación social del espacio, clase social y perfil epidemiológico, en el contexto de la mortalidad por AT en el DMQ. Conclusión: el abordaje desde la EC permite una comprensión más integral de la mortalidad de los AT, como resultado de determinaciones socioeconómicas, de procesos de orden etnocultural y de construcción social del género, propios de los modos de vida de las diferentes clases sociales.

Para Stampini, Robles, Sáenz, Ibarrarán y Medellín (2015a): los países que pertenecen a la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), han aumentado en este siglo significativamente el volumen de clase media, en un entorno de crecimiento de la economía nunca experimentado, impulsado por el precio al alza de las materias primas.

El objeto de este artículo es analizar la composición y los procesos de movilidad social intergeneracional que presenta la denominada “clase creativa” (Florida, 2014) en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Para llevar a cabo el estudio se utilizará como fuente de datos los resultados de la “Encuesta sobre movilidad social y opiniones sobre la sociedad actual” realizada en 2012-2013. Inscribiéndose en la tradición de los estudios de estratificación y movilidad social, se parte de un abordaje metodológico cuantitativo, utilizando técnicas de análisis de movilidad absoluta y relativa, así como regresiones logísticas para comprender la incidencia de determinados factores sobre las probabilidades de acceso a la clase creativa.

RESUMEN El uso de las intuiciones como evidencia es ubicuo en la epistemología, pero no poco controvertido. Por más de una década y media, algunos epistemólogos experimentales han cuestionado esta apelación a las intuiciones epistémicas. Estos filósofos explotan los métodos de la psicología experimental, en particular métodos de encuestas, para poner a prueba cuán ampliamente compartidas son algunas intuiciones. Dado su compromiso con la relevancia de la investigación empírica a la construcción de teorías filosóficas, estos filósofos califican como naturalistas metodológicos. Pero algunos naturalistas metodológicos que también recomiendan renunciar a esa apelación de la intuición como evidencia no basan su caso en encuestas. En este artículo considero dos desafíos fundamentales a la práctica estándar de apelar a las intuiciones que estos filósofos naturalistas plantean y argumento que un proyecto epistemológico inspirado en el trabajo de Edward Craig le permite, en principio, al epistemólogo que comparte ese naturalismo metodológico lidiar con ellos. De todas formas concluyo que, independientemente del éxito del enfoque Craiguiano, las intuiciones tienen un rol que jugar en el teorizar epistemológico en relación a la adjudicación entre enfoques.

The paper seeks to understand the macroeconomic context of the Brazilian Agroindustrial Complex’s constitution process and the incorporation of the Central-West region into the national economic space between 1965 and 1980 in order to analyze the regional class structure engendered by this process. This analysis is done through the bibliographical and documentary survey of sectoral, economic and regional public policies that led to the acceleration of the industrialization process in the country during the military governments. This is articulated with the analysis of data from the population, agricultural and industrial censuses of the 1965-1980 period. From this survey, the article makes a theoretical reflection on the framework of the Latin American Dependency Theory regarding the class structure originated from the incorporation of the Center-West region into the national economic space. The results of the study demonstrate that the incorporation of the Central West region into Brazilian capitalism took place by means of a joint action between State, landowners and agroindustrial capitals, and that it was a relevant step toward the change in Brazil’s position in the international division of labor and toward its differentiation regarding other peripheral countries. This incorporation, whose rhythm of expansion and development patterns were derived from the new agricultural technologies and from the domain of capitalist land ownership, generated a regional class pact whose discussion and reflection must take into account its similarity with the social tripod described by the Theory of Latin American Dependence, considering it typical of a dependent industrialization on an essentially agricultural region, yet indicating the industrial character of modern capitalist farming.

Los cambios económicos, sociológicos, culturales y tecnológicos que se han sucedido en estas últimas décadas en la sociedad española, llevan incorporados también cambios en el quehacer educativo. Los centros de enseñanza son el reflejo de una sociedad cada vez más global, multicultural y a la que se le exigen nuevas funciones sociales; una situación que incide en el trabajo del profesorado. El profesorado se encuentra desbordado, fruto de la incertidumbre generada por el cambio social, y busca entre sus funciones los roles que le definan y sitúen en el nuevo contexto, en parte frustrado por la existencia de otros canales socializadores y transmisores de contenidos. Esto nos conduce a considerar las representaciones del profesorado como un factor clave a la hora de tratar la influencia en el desarrollo de su práctica educativa y la relación que establece con el resto de la comunidad escolar, en particular con la familia. El profesorado concibe sociedad y familia como dos entes inherentes a la comunidad educativa, pero sostiene determinadas representaciones sociales sobre ambos agentes que limitan su relación, sintiéndose utilizado y poco valorado.

Introduction: Adolescence is a stage of life in which future hygiene habits are consolidated and is also a period of multiple discoveries and changes in human beings’ life. As teenagers go through so many different new emotions, they often leave their health unattended, and thus are at greater risk of suffering oral diseases, which often affect this population early and are treated in late stages, resulting in tooth loss. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral health profile of adolescents living in a region of extreme poverty. Methods: a cross-sectional analytical study assessing data from 205 adolescents living in the Augusta Meneguine district in the city of Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results: The average tooth loss was one tooth per teenager. The Student t-test (p ≤ 0.05) showed no significant differences by sex (p = 0.158). Adolescents whose families had a monthly income of up to one minimum wage had a higher average score of tooth loss, compared to those from families of higher monthly income, but this difference was not significant (p = 0.341). No significant differences were observed between lost teeth and sugar consumption (p = 0.869), nor in relation to the average number of cavities among adolescents with oral hygiene supervision (p = 0.631). Conclusions: This study helped identify poor oral health conditions and low socioeconomic levels among adolescents with low income and education levels, leading them to have high rates of visible plaque, gingival bleeding, caries, and tooth loss.

The article presents testimonies that illustrate the acts of violence suffered by some of the young women from working-class neighborhoods in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, in 2011. On the basis of the theoretical perspectives of hermeneutics and gender studies, it seeks to account for the diverse processes that shape and give rise to sexual exploitation. The article suggests that the social bond created by dating organizes meaning, while, at the same time, preserving and reproducing the logic of male domination that marks these women’s everyday lives.

La novela O filho eterno, de Cristóvão Tezza, presenta la trayectoria de un padre no nombrado a través del reflejo en relación con su hijo, Felipe, portador del síndrome de Down. En este trabajo, se busca enfatizar la trayectoria del padre como representante de una generación que tuvo su juventud marcada por la presencia de la dictadura militar y que vivenció la transición al proceso llamado "redemocratización" de Brasil. Para ello, se parte de la hipótesis de que dicho reflejo se da también en función de la historia del país, con relación a la cual el padre deja entrever el sesgo de clase con el que se construye el relato. Se muestra que las maneras en que la novela vincula la trayectoria del padre a la del país varían a lo largo del libro, pero se hacen presentes en recortes temporales enfatizados en las décadas de los setenta, ochenta y en el año dos mil.

Objective: To understand institutional practices in healthcare as relates to women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period according to social class in Bogota. Materials and methods: Qualitative study based on the critical hermeneutics paradigm. Critical ethnographic method with theoretical sampling. The participants included 9 women and 8 healthcare professionals from the city of Bogotá, attending public and private healthcare institutions that serve populations under both the subsidized as well as the contributive regimes of the General Social Security System. Overall, 38 in-depth interviews were conducted during a 13-month period, with 62 instances of support to the mothers in terms of prenatal care, vaccination, labor, postpartum visits, follow-up tests, psychoprophylactic course, hospitalization and waiting room. Triangulation analysis on Atlas Ti. Results: Taking into account the discourse of the different players, observations and context, two categories were found to be determining factors of inequities: "Market-regulated health" and "Oversight and control in health services". Conclusions: It is advisable in medical practice to build competencies in the population in order to ensure the realization of the rights of women and healthcare personnel. Qualitative research offers the opportunity to promote the transformation of medical rationale affecting women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The late Carlos Gorostiza, playwright, novelist and former Argentine Secretary of Culture, is most well-known for his dramatic works, and scarce attention has been given to his 1988 creative non-fiction novel El basural (The Garbage Dump). Nonetheless, this text, which centres on a public dispute over the existence of a dump in a Buenos Aires neighbourhood, accurately mirrors the socio-political divisions which permeated Argentine society for much of the twentieth century. I argue that the two sides of the conflict—the waste-pickers who inhabit the dump and depend on it for their survival, and their contemptible middle-class neighbors—represent conflicting groups in twentieth-century Argentine society: respectively, the working class and the middle-class medio pelo. By chronologically linking the plot and the publication of the novel to key political and social developments in Argentine history, I demonstrate its relevance, highlighting the author's criticism of the medio pelo, the segment of the middle-class which simulates an upper-class existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Worldwide high blood pressure (HBP) is a public health problem. In Colombia, HBP has a prevalence of 25% and a high mortality rate; however, the psychosocial factors that affect pharmacological adherence have not been sufficiently studied. Despite international evidence on psychosocial factors in adherence to adherence to hypertension, in Colombia there is a paucity of research on the role of chronic stress in the relationship between socioeconomic status (PSE) and pharmacological adherence. Objetive: To examine the role of chronic stress in the relationship between socioeconomic status and pharmacological adherence in hypertensive patients aged 45 to 70 years old in three Colombian cities. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of hypertensive patients during 2015 to 2016. Data for this study came from the first wave of longitudinal study aims to examine social factors associated to the control of hypertension in Bogotá, Medellín and Quibdó. Patients with hypertension were selected randomly from a sample of those that attended a hypertension control program. For the statistical analysis of the data we used factorial analysis and multivariate regressions. Results: We found a positive association of PSE with the measure of pharmacological adherence and negative with chronic stress. In addition, evidence was found that stress has a negative association with the measure of adherence. Conclusions: The results suggest that stress is not a likely mediator between PSE and the pharmacological adherence of hypertensive patients in Colombia. Additional studies are required to confirm these relationships with a larger sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been well established that physical appearance plays a role in the hiring decision, especially for women. However, the association between occupational prestige and image has not been well documented. As the use of regression analysis does not imply causality, this study focuses on the association between obesity and occupational prestige. Utilizing data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), this study seeks to extend the literature by analyzing the relationship between occupational prestige and the observed differences in ranking by body mass index (BMI). Adjusting for sociodemographic factors, this study concludes that an inverse relationship between BMI and occupational ranking is observed among women, while a positive association exists among men. The use of ordinary least squares modeling does not permit the exclusion that these associations are due to obesity alone, as there could be other unobserved characteristics influencing this relationship. However, the associations found can be a critical component in the attainment of occupational prestige and show that gender differences are present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article responds to a recent call to problematise the theoretical underpinnings of lifestyle migration and in particular, to critically examine the construction of lifestyle migrants as an ideal-type of individualised subject, freed from the constraints of normative social structures. Recent research has begun to do so, by demonstrating how class, race and gender can intersect to delimit the post-migratory experiences of lifestyle migrants, as they negotiate multiple social hierarchies. This article adds a new dimension to these studies by showing how class, gender and sexuality interconnect through the prism of 'cosmopolitanism' to structure the lives of British women in the affluent Catalan town of Sitges. Although British lesbians have more social autonomy than other British female lifestyle migrants in the town, they are simultaneously rendered subordinate in relation to Sitges' cosmopolitan discourse, which privileges a stereotypical male homosexuality instead. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: in Chile there are high rates of decay. The emergence of this condition is influenced by social determination, reflected in low income, unfavorable physical environment, unhealthiness and low education. Objective: to determine the prevalence of caries in children under 6 years of age and correlate it with social stratification. Methods: retrospective study on children admitted for dental treatment during 2018 at the San Sebastián University Health Center. Clinical records were reviewed and 44 records were analyzed. The ceod index and social risk survey of Graffar attached were taken into account. The data was recorded in Excel® and then exported to the SPSS program for statistical analysis. Results: the study population was 44 children, 24 boys (54.5%) and 20 girls (45.5%). The prevalence of caries was 31.8%. The distribution of caries in males was 85.2% and in females 14.8%. According to Graffar's stratification, 47.7% belongs to the Medium High stratum, 50% to the Medium Low stratum and 2.3% to the Labor stratum. Children with cavities are in the upper middle and lower middle strata. Conclusion: the prevalence of caries is high in the upper middle and lower middle strata. There were differences between males and females. There were no significant differences regarding the profession of the family head, mothers´ educational levels, and income and housing conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to critically and systematically summarize the most important theoretical approaches to the study of class structure and social stratification from the perspective of analytical sociology. To do this, the author creates a dialogue among different contemporary analytical theories associated with the study of social stratification. He identifies innovations and common characteristics with the sociological schools of thought that have traditionally studied class relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of this article is to analyze the relationship between processes of intergenerational social mobility and the distribution of material well-being in the city of Buenos Aires, based on a 2012-2013 survey. Given the proposal's multidimensional nature, the author uses a multiple correspondence factorial analysis. He also operationalizes class position based on Torrado's (1992, 1998) proposed classification system. The results make it possible to identify class positioning as central when characterizing the different circumstances of well-being, showing how they are specific as a function to the contrasting trajectories of mobility based on processes of accumulation of (dis)advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present work was to identify the role played by the social class in the participation or non-participation of people in protest actions, in the context of the socio-environmental mobilizations that took place in 2016 on Chiloé Island, in the southern Chile. A quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out, by applying a survey to a random sample of 400 people over the age of 18, from the two main cities of the island. A structural equations model was tested that included variables traditionally identified by social psychology as predictors of participation, in addition to the social class of individuals, variable that is not usually included in social psychology studies in this field. The results show that the proposed model presented an adequate fit and the social class is an important predictor of participation in collective action, although in the opposite direction to that hypothesized. That is, it was the upper and middle class people who tended to participate more in the protests. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of social-environmental movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to establish the association of the Social Determinants of Health (DSS) with the degree of disability in a population over 18 years of age in the city of Barranquilla. A descriptive study was carried out, with 216 people with disabilities. As a dependent variable, the degree of disability was measured with the WHODAS 2.0 and the social determinants of health were evaluated as independent variables. 56.9% were women, the average age was 53.68 years, according to the degree of disability the highest percentage was found in the extreme degree the activities of daily living-paid work and in the moderate degree the domains of participation in society. As the age increases, the hours of work, the time of work and the years without rehabilitation are affected the domains of understanding and communication, mobility, self-care, relationships with other people, activities of daily life-unpaid work, activities of daily living-paid work, participation in society and with the final disability degree and that this association is statistically significant p <0.05. It is concluded that there is an association between the social determinants of health and the degree of disability in the population studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results and conclusions of the study of the relationship between the ideas that were elaborated from PC of Chile with respect to the indigenous peoples, especially Mapuche. Through a hemographic review, it identifies and analyzes the discourses established by the PC; with the purpose of verifying the hypothesis regarding the elaboration of different inclusive speeches to understand the existence and political participation of the different indigenous peoples, from 1912 to 1973. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To understand the relationship established between women in a situation of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum with the health services personnel according to social class in Bogotá (Colombia). Materials and methods: Qualitative study. Critical hermeneutical perspective and critical ethnography. Theoretical sampling. Analysis by triangulation in Atlas.ti. 9 women and 8 health professionals participated. 38 in-depth interviews were conducted for 13 months and 62 accompaniments to the maternal in the activities of prenatal control, vaccination, labor, postpartum consultation, follow-up exams, prophylactic pisco course, hospitalization and waiting room, both in public services as private. Results: There are inequalities according to social class in which the relationship between women and staff is configured in the following aspects: permeability to the needs of women, recognition of psychosocial aspects, having different points of view against a medical recommendation and right to complain or demand to improve. Conclusions: The situation described above intensifies gender issues in women with a less advantageous social class. It is necessary to develop interventions in educational and health institutions that consider aspects where human resources are sensitized on social issues related to the theoretical proposals of research and the democratization of medical information. It is unfair that the condition of social class and gender affects the quality of care and economically stratifies people's rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Al hablar de mujeres y reproducción social, el énfasis suele colocarse en actividades domésticas que recaen sobre ellas. Se extiende el concepto para aludir a otro fenómeno menos problematizado: la reproducción social de la clase. En los análisis de la reproducción social, la familia es conceptualizada desde dos vertientes. La primera la toma como una unidad corporativa y los miembros actúan hacia un objetivo común. La segunda, focalizando en las desigualdades de género, observa que los individuos tienen intereses particulares que colisionan entre sí. Con base en los resultados de una investigación sobre mujeres de clase-media alta del área metropolitana de Buenos Aires, se ilustra la pertinencia y complementariedad de los dos enfoques para analizar el papel de ellas con relación a la reproducción social, a partir de sus prácticas cotidianas. Adelantando los resultados, se observó que estas mujeres cuentan con gran participación en las decisiones concernientes a la reproducción social a pesar de persistir el modelo de varón jefe de hogar, reforzado por prácticas domésticas cotidianas. © Universidad Católica Luis Amigó - Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales.

Correct spelling is associated with social prestige. However, the research carried out in the Spanish-speaking world, from preschool to university, shows little impact of social class on spelling competence. In this study, we use lexical availability materials to investigate the influence of sociolinguistic factors — gender, type of school, area and sociocultural level — on pre-university students' misspellings. The factorial correspondence analysis showed that the variables studied are directly related to the type of error recorded. Sociocultural level may be especially significant: the lower the level, the greater and more stigmatized the reported errors. These results encourage us to reflect on the levelling power that school should have in the twenty-first century when preparing students to face life in society with the strongest guarantees of success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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RESUMEN Este artículo presenta y analiza algunos discursos de un grupo de niños considerados “vulnerables” en relación a la influencia de la clase social en el éxito o fracaso escolar, donde la meritocracia tiene un lugar relevante. Al inicio se analiza el concepto de meritocracia y su relación con la Modernidad y la Educación. Se describe la metodología utilizada con los niños, en que se levantó información con un juego de identidades sociales, mientras que el análisis se llevó a cabo a través de Análisis Crítico de Discurso, ya que nos interesaba también observar y analizar las interacciones argumentativas. Los resultados distinguen tres discursos (“los pequeños Bourdieu”, “los críticos pesimistas” y los “sueño americano”) y un lugar predominante de la meritocracia como factor explicativo del éxito escolar en los grupos sociales no privilegiados. Finalmente se discuten los discursos meritocráticos y su carga violenta en sociedades desiguales como la chilena.

Objetivos: Detectar si hay diferencias en prevalencia, distribución de factores de riesgo y riesgo cardiovascular según las funciones REGICOR y Score, entre poblaciones pertenecientes a diferentes clases sociales ocupacionales y población en riesgo de exclusión. Diseño: Descriptivo transversal. Emplazamiento: Ayuntamiento de Córdoba. Unidad de salud laboral. Participantes: Muestra disponible de 628 personas. El grupo de trabajadores municipales fue obtenido por aleatorización, mientras que se tomó la totalidad de las contratadas por riesgo de exclusión. Intervención: No se aplicaron acciones preventivas ni terapéuticas que modificaran el curso de la situación previa de los trabajadores. Mediciones principales: Tabaco, glucosa, lípidos, presión arterial e IMC como principales variables. Se emplearon la t de Student para comparar medias y Chi2 para porcentajes. La significación estadística fijada para error alfa fue

Trabajamos con niños y niñas de una escuela “vulnerable” con el objetivo de conocer sus discursos sobre aprendizaje respecto a su clase social, desde una perspectiva de análisis crítico del discurso que considera que los discursos se constituyen socialmente y que los sujetos pueden tener una perspectiva crítica sobre sus realidades. A través de una problematización teórica sobre la pobreza en el mundo neoliberal, llegamos a la descripción del proceso investigativo, cualitativo y emergente, y luego al análisis de algunos resultados, que expresan lo que llamamos el desajuste que los niños y las niñas viven con la pobreza desde dos perspectivas: una territorial y otra educativa. Finalizamos con algunas reflexiones sobre el lugar de la educación y la superación de la pobreza.

Analizamos las nociones sobre la alimentación saludable y la percepción de riesgos asociados a la comida industrializada de mujeres y varones jóvenes y de mediana edad de clase media que residen en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Los datos provienen de ocho grupos focalizados realizados en el año 2013. Nuestro estudio muestra que los participantes de los grupos incorporan el conocimiento nutricional-científico en sus concepciones de alimentación saludable. Sin embargo, unos pocos plantean los riesgos para la salud derivados del consumo de alimentos procesados, más allá de la creciente divulgación pública sobre las grasas trans y el contenido de sal. Si bien se valoran positivamente los alimentos orgánicos, se objetan su costo y la localización del circuito comercial. Además de la preocupación por la salud, en las prácticas alimentarias intervienen otras prioridades como los costos, la comodidad, la estética, el placer y la sociabilidad.

Analizamos prácticas familiares de implicación en la escolaridad filial mediante entrevistas en profundidad y observación etnográfica. En lugar de tomar las definiciones de la literatura experta, nos aproximamos al concepto de implicación parental tal como lo entienden los propios sujetos. Los resultados muestran que las prácticas parentales están condicionadas por el capital cultural de los progenitores, el tiempo disponible y la trayectoria previa de los hijos. Las familias conceptualizan estratégicamente los significados de implicación, de forma que se acoplen al universo de prácticas posibles. Concluimos que la implicación parental ha de entenderse atendiendo a la disponibilidad de recursos, frente a las explicaciones basadas en las voluntades familiares.