A Multidisciplinary Vision In Studying Minorities Health Status, The Tuareg Women In The Lens Of Syndemic Theory

Abstract

This work examines the deteriorated health position Sahelian Tuareg minority have suffered from in comparison to Algerian Tuareg. Equally important, gender disparities in the context of health are being well considered as they clarify the complex jeopardy of gender and ethnic affiliations. This research depends on syndemic as a multidisciplinary theory approaching a measurement on how large-scale social factors can be entwined and biologically synergy to undermine health status in the target vulnerable group. To provide this explanation, the research work analysis relies on limiting the scope on a case study that associates life stresses, triggered from life discriminatory events, with diabetes prevalence among Sahelian Tuareg women. The work accentuates the role of narratives as a pathway to design a relevant measure of stress; then the paper depends on a mixedmethods study to complete a syndemic case in Sahelian Tuareg women who live in Ghardaia town, depending on a populationbased quantitative survey (N = 30) and indepth, qualitative interviews (N =30).Over all, the work shows that there is a positive association between perceiving discrimination experienced by Sahelian Tuareg women within their home countries with their unfavourable health condition in general, and their affliction with diabetes in particular