Aging leads to the physical and mental deterioration of the person, it is a stage of maximum fragility, so the presence of social assistance programs that promote a decent stay at this stage is dispensable. For this reason, the Pension 65 program emerges, whose purpose is to ensure the well-being of the elderly living in poverty. Therefore, the objective of the research was to determine the contributory factors of the Pension 65 program and its relationship with the well-being of the elderly in the district of Pilcuyo, province of El Collao. The study was framed within the quantitative approach of the correlational type, non-experimental design. The sample consisted of 196 elderly beneficiaries. The results showed that there is a relationship between: household targeting (r=0.903**) and affiliation criteria, non-contributory pension (r=0.875**) and access to basic services, and between s...

Native and Amazonian communities have this tendency to consider pregnancy and childbirth as a cultural and historical process of self-determination. This section deals with traditional knowledge in relation to pregnancy and childbirth, which is still revalued and put into practice in rural areas, however, this knowledge is being displaced by modernity. The objective of the research is aimed at reassessing the cultural perception of "pregnancy and childbirth", linked to customs, beliefs, cultural tradition, the role of midwives and symbolic representations, as a millenary cultural manifestation; This study is qualitative, using the ethnographic design and inductive method. The results describe the customs and beliefs in relation to pregnancy and childbirth associated with food beliefs and importance of supernatural beings and deities; as well as, the popular tradition expressed in celebra...

The increase in high blood pressure in patients from communities in the northern region of Puno, has prompted interest in traditional medicine as a treatment support. This approach uses ancestral traditional practices aimed at controlling the disease through accessible, sustainable, and effective therapeutic options. The goal is to identify complementary alternatives for managing hypertension. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of traditional medicine methods in assessing and controlling blood pressure through the use of ancestral therapies and healing practices from popular culture. A qualitative approach, ethnographic in scope, and non-experimental design were employed. In-depth interviews were used as the data collection technique. The units of analysis were interpreted using Atlas.Ti software and the narratives collected during fieldwork. The results of the stu...