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Miscommunication in the COVID ‐19 Era
Author(s) -
García Gerardo M.,
Haboud Marleen,
Howard Rosaleen,
Manresa Antonia,
Zurita Julieta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.13179
Subject(s) - indigenous , covid-19 , vulnerability (computing) , face (sociological concept) , interpretation (philosophy) , political science , indigenous language , public relations , sociology , linguistics , medicine , virology , social science , computer security , computer science , biology , ecology , philosophy , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This article discusses issues around the communication of preventive health messages related to COVID‐19 to indigenous language‐speaking communities in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Official communication is primarily in Spanish, and the many translation initiatives that have arisen do not always succeed in getting the message across due to the lack of cultural interpretation that needs to accompany the linguistic message. This situation compounds the vulnerability of indigenous peoples in the face of the crisis.