Abstract

PANTANO, Liliana. Disability and poverty in the slums of Buenos Aires City. Reflections based on quantitative data. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2015, vol.63, suppl.1, pp.51-60. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v63n3sup.49344.

Background. This article is part of an investigation about the slums in Buenos Aires City held by Universidad Católica Argentina. Its aim is the epistemological and empirical research related to the relationship between poverty and disabilities in poor areas, in 2011 and 2012, as a consequence of the increase in urbanization that characterizes Latin America. Objective. The main objective of this research was to determine how the restricted and poor environments affect the lives of people with disabilities and their homes. Materials and methods.With this purpose, quantitative data from primary and secondary sources were used; with the main unit of analysis being households with at least one member with a disability. Homes with and without presence of disabled people were compared to establish similarities and differences. Results. Results were obtained with respect to the educational environment and education, health care, housing, sanitation, factors relating to hunger, violence and addiction, rejection and discrimination, as well as the assistance given by different organizations. Conclusions. Finally, as conclusions were pointed out differential trends in terms of age in the manifestation of the disability associated with poverty and considerations related to social research in this field.

Keywords : Disability; Poverty; Urbanization; Slums; Cultural Diversity; Human Rights.

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