BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S HEALTH

A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Abstract

This study presents a mapping of Brazilian scientific output on indigenous women's health, aiming to analyze the literature on this theme in Brazilian Graduate Programs using the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Data were collected on variables such as document type, publication year, authorship, advisorship and co-advisorship, graduate programs, institutions, and institutional region. The results include 115 documents consisting of 72 dissertations and 43 theses, published over a 25-year period (between 2000 and 2025), with a major concentration in Education and Research Institutions in the South and Southeast regions, within graduate programs in the Health Sciences field. The discussion of the data highlights the limited production of research on indigenous women's health, emphasizing factors such as the discontinuity of investigation into the theme during the authors' training between the master's and doctoral levels. The thematic analysis of keywords indicates that most studies address subjects such as maternal health, reproductive health, and the prevention and control of cervical and breast cancer, as well as themes like the vulnerability of these women to gender violence, racial discrimination, and social inequalities that affect their health status. Although limited and sparse, the research on the topic developed in Brazilian graduate programs aligns with the themes present in the demands of Brazilian indigenous women, which indicates an effort to produce knowledge that can contribute to and be used in resolving specific issues of this population group.