Reducing syndemics of non-communicable chronic diseases in Mayan Indigenous population through community-based participatory research: a mixed-methods study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous Mayan-Yucatecan communities in Mexico have a high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and rheumatic diseases (RMDs). According to the syndemic theory, these diseases combined with social, economic and cultural factors affect the quality of life. The aim of this protocol is to describe the methodological process to create, implement and evaluate a Syndemic-Based Care Model (SCM), using a Community Based-Participatory Research (CBPR) strategy in three Mayan-Yucatecan communities.

Methods and analysis

This is a convergent mixed-methods protocol. The quantitative component is a before-after study, and the qualitative component is an ethnographic study. The intervention will be a SCM co-constructed w

SUBMITTER: Motte-Garcia E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359519 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature