Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

This collection contains research-based information related to community health issues such as food security, nutrition, obesity, women's health, drug and alcohol use, and more. It also includes documents that focus on social issues, gender, education, and history in Monteverde, The Bellbird Biological Corridor and other areas of Costa Rica.

This digital collection is a service of the Monteverde Institute, whose mission is to catalyze social, ecological and economic sustainability by integrating community initiatives with education, research and conservation.

Esta colección contiene información basada en investigaciones relacionadas con problemas de salud de la comunidad, como seguridad alimentaria, nutrición, obesidad, salud de la mujer, uso de drogas y alcohol, y más. También incluye documentos que se enfocan en temas sociales, género, educación e historia en Monteverde, el Corredor Biológico Pájaro Campana y otras áreas de Costa Rica.

Esta colección digital es un servicio del Instituto Monteverde, cuya misión es catalizar la sostenibilidad social, ecológica y económica integrando iniciativas comunitarias con educación, investigación y conservación.

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Salud mental y alcoholismo, July 21, 2001

Melanie de Luna, Renzo Rosales, and Jennifer Avery

Findings and recommendations for further studies on the incidences and causes of mental health issues and alcoholism.
La interacción entre el acceso al cuidado de la salud y la medicina alternativa en Monteverde, Costa Rica, July 21, 2001

Heidi Heuchan, Jason Lind, and Santiago Ruiz

Overview of traditional biomedical health care services and alternative medical practices. Includes recommendations for follow up studies. In Monteverde, issues relating to access to health care and health services in the community are very important. This paper provides a brief overview of the health services available to the community both through the CCSS and through alternative medicine including homeopathy and herbal remedies. Our research team also collected information concerning variation, use, and application of different medical alternatives encountered in the community. Our preliminary results show that many people in the Monteverde zone seek and administer alternative medicine and that this manifestation is based on a response by the people to seek health services that may not be readily provided through the biomedical system.
The interaction between access to health care and alternative medicine in Monteverde, Costa Rica, July 21, 2001

Heidi Heuchan, Jason Lind, and Santiago Ruiz

Overview of traditional biomedical health care services and alternative medical practices. Includes recommendations for follow up studies.
La morbilidad, las afecciones respiratorias y la diarrea, July 21, 2001

Danitza Tomianovic, Linda Choi, and Kenia Barrantes

A report on the incidence and treatment of intestinal and respiratory diseases in San Luis and how they are related to water quality in the Guacimal river.
Ejercicio para los adultos mayores : perceptions and emerging themes in the elderly population of Monteverde, 1974

Jamie Drake, Sammy Moussly, Cynthia Pace, and Jennifer Webb

Report of an investigation that focused both broadly on elder health and more specifically on physical activity/exercise. The specific aims of the research were three-fold: to determine if exercise was a culturally-salient and cohort-appropriate term by asking participants; to obtain data regarding the exercises most enjoyed by the elderly and what were self-perceived barriers to and motivations for participating in both exercise and the group; and to better understand the difference in the perspectives between San Luis residents and the perspective of those elderly adults participating in the Santa Elena group regarding what physical activity was emphasized as exercise.
Ejercicio para los adultos mayores [PowerPoint], 1974

Jamie Drake, Sammy Moussly, Cynthia Pace, and Jennifer Webb

PowerPoint presentation on the results of a preliminary study of two communities in the Monteverde Zone on the perceptions and values that older people have toward exercise and physical activity.