The Intersectionality and its approach in physiotherapy training

La Interseccionalidad y su abordaje desde la formación en fisioterapia

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Jose Luis Sandoval Aponza
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Intersectionality, a concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 in the context of African American feminism, has allowed us to recognize that social inequalities emerge from the interaction of different systems of domination and subordination. This perspective leads us to understand that individuals in disadvantaged situations experience multiple and interconnected discriminations that cannot be reduced to a single axis of inequality (Crenshaw, 1989; Grollman, 2014; Harnois, 2014; La Barbera, 2016). In the health field, this approach has been key to understanding how structural inequalities affect health care and outcomes, particularly in disciplines such as physical therapy.

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