El trabajo de cuidados no remunerado como determinante social de la salud: problemáticas y políticas

Blenda Guadalupe Castañuela Sánchez; José Manuel Rangel Esquivel

doi:10.19136/hs.a25sI.6158

Authors

Blenda Guadalupe Castañuela Sánchez Universidad Autónoma del Noreste
José Manuel Rangel Esquivel Autonomous University of Nuevo León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a25sI.6158

Abstract

Research into care work has become a matter of significance in the case of Mexico, not only because of gender inequalities arising from the unfair and inequitable organisation of care – in which women are the main care providers – but also as part of the model of the social determinants of health.

In this sense, this analytical essay presents care work as a social indicator of health, given the unjust and inequitable distribution of care services within the context of the feminisation of care work and the social organisation of care; we propose that care policies, grounded in the right to care, act as a social driver of health.

Keywords: Mexico; Care work; Social determinants of health; Policies.

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Author Biographies

Blenda Guadalupe Castañuela Sánchez, Universidad Autónoma del Noreste

She is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences and Sustainable Development Guidance at the Institute for Social Sciences Research, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UANL. She holds a Master’s degree in Education from the Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdec). Her publications include the co-authored article ‘Social Mobility and Care Intensity in Nuevo León’, published in *Ensayos Revista de Economía*, and the book chapter ‘The Social Experience of Unpaid Carers in Relation to the Care of Older People in the State of Coahuila: Contributions to Public Policy’. Her research interests include: gender inequalities, care work, social mobility and social policies. She is currently an independent research lecturer at the American University of the North-East (UANE), Saltillo campus.
José Manuel Rangel Esquivel, Autonomous University of Nuevo León

PhD in Social and Scientific Studies from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO). MSc in Science, specialising in Social Work, from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. BA in Economics from the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas. Member of the SECIHTI National System of Researchers, Level 1. Research interests: health, poverty and public policy; family, health and social vulnerability; the social determinants of health; and studies on the health/illness/care process. Co-ordinator of the Master’s programme in Social Sciences specialising in Sustainable Development, affiliated with the National Postgraduate System (SNP) of SECIHTI, and full-time lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Social Research, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UANL.