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Mental health in Brazil’s quilombola communities: a systematic review of the literature

Abstract:

This review’s objective was to verify studies on mental health developed with quilombola populations. The researches were taken from three different databases: Lilacs, Medline and SciELO, using the following describers: “quilombola OR quilombo AND mental health OR mental disorders”. We selected eight studies, which met the inclusion criteria. Most of the studies pointed social and economic indicators as factors associated to the health and mental health conditions of members of quilombola communities.

Keywords:
mental health; public health; social determinants of health

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