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Linguistics and semiotics in indigenous and non-indigenous people's training and performance in nursing
Nádile Juliane Costa de Castro1, Purupramare Lima Gavião2, Antônio Luis Parlandin Dos Santos3
1Universidade Federal do Pará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Objective:
To reflect on linguistics' and semiotics' contributions to intercultural training and indigenous and non-indigenous nurses' work in the Brazilian Health System, highlighting the challenges, potential and strategies of inclusive communication in healthcare of indi-genous peoples.
Method:
This is a study with a theoretical-reflexive approach, supported by contemporary literature, as well as by the experience and identity of its authors, in order to elucidate the contributions brought by those sciences, in light of critical interculturality.
Results:
It was organized into two cores, following the sequence of ideas on training, implementation and action: Linguistics and semiotics in intercultural training: strategies for equity in professional practice; and Language translation and interpretation: paths to equity in healthcare.
Final Considerations:
The inclusion of specific linguistic and semiotic content in undergraduate courses, associated with the development of bilingual tools and the adoption of policies that respect the diverse indigenous worldviews, reinforces commitments to equity and social justice in healthcare services provided by the Brazilian public health system.
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