Replication data for: Indigenous peoples’ health: culturally grounded evidence from the Baka, Southeastern Cameroon

This dataset derives from the research project "Resilience of Indigenous Peoples Healthcare system", led by Sandrine Gallois, funded by the Beatriu de Pinós Programme and the Ministry of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia (BP2020-00216). This research explores the local medical system of the Baka people, forager-horticulturalists living in southeastern Cameroon. Specifically, it aims to assess the adaptive capacity of their medical system to the current social-ecological changes, by taking an interdisciplinary lens, diving into the local ecological knowledge and practices of the Baka and the different disturbances affecting their health and healthcare system.
This dataset is part of this broad research, focusing specifically on the health state of the Baka and on their cultural conception towards health, healthcare, and the disturbances on both these laters.
The data were collected in two villages from southeastern Cameroon, in the Lomié and Messok districts, in 2022, with a total of 302 individuals (148 children and 154 adults) belonging to 83 households. The dataset contains the answers to the self-reported health recall questionnaires conducted with these individuals.