BLACK QUILOMBOLA WOMEN - RACISM ARTICULATED WITH OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND ITS IMPACTS ON HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

Introduction: With the National Policy for the Integral Health of the Black Population, the study of the health conditions of the black population has gained more expressiveness, challenging researchers and social activists to implement actions and public policies that establish quality, equitable, free and humanized health. Black quilombola women live in constant disadvantages related to exploitation and discrimination, which are translated into social inequalities. Objective: To portray how the reproductive health of black quilombola women has been influenced by racism and other social determinants.  Method: integrative review of the literature, consulting the databases (CAPES Journals, VHL and Scielo), with no limit on the date of publication or language. Results: 10 articles were included in the review. Along with racism, the social determinants most cited in the studies were: economic vulnerability, sexism and racial and gender inequality, lack of communication and low schooling. To a lesser extent, the following were highlighted: religion, political vulnerability, social policies, psychological problems, higher rates of chronic diseases and violence. Conclusion: It takes respect, prior knowledge and great care to access them, to provide assistance; without having to give up the wisdom they have carried for decades, in an intergenerational way; Possibly, the greatest or only inheritance they keep alive and inexhaustible.