The importance of intercultural participation and collaboration in the training of nurses in the wichí communities of the Chaco salteñoThe article addresses the importance of intercultural collaboration in the training of nurses to guarantee the right to health in communities of the Wichí people. It describes and analyzes debates that were developed among professionals, from different disciplines, in charge of the elaboration of the curriculum of the first Intercultural Nursing course taught in the indigenous territory of the province of Salta (Argentina). The analysis of these debates shows that spaces for intercultural collaboration, oriented towards recognition, appreciation and mutual respect among diverse knowledge systems, are a valuable resource for the training of nurses. These spaces contribute to guarantee the participation recognized in international frameworks for indigenous peoples and valued by World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization for the construction of health responses. However, the regulations established for the approval of study plans in Argentina limit the development of this type of space, thereby restricting in turn the scope of health policies and programs focused on this population.
Keywords:
intercultural collaboration; intercultural nursing course; wichí