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- Title
"É assim, com vergonha de sair com ele": percepções de mães de crianças desnutridas, em um meio socialmente desfavorecido.
- Authors
de Magalhães, Maria de Lourdes Benevides; Tavares Machado, Márcia Maria; Madeiro Leite, Álvaro Jorge; de Carvalho, Alba Maria Pinho; da Silva, Ângela Cardoso Andrade Timóteo
- Abstract
Objective: This study aims to understand the perceptions of the mothers of malnourished children regarding the realities of their lives, considering the context of their social vulnerability and poverty. Methodology: The research was conducted with seven women, mothers of malnourished children cared for at the Institute for the Promotion of Nutrition and Human Development - IPREDE, located in Fortaleza, Ceará, between the months of May and October 2011. A qualitative methodology was adopted developing ethnographic accounts with systematic observations and semi-structured interviews. The empirical material obtained was analyzed using discourse analysis techniques. Results: The results revealed a strong link between child malnutrition and difficulties with motherhood and mother/child bonding. The women reported difficulties in living and enjoying motherhood because they feel unprepared and unprotected; they were victims of violence and abandonment during infancy and/or during their pregnancies. They have also mentioned their children's refusal to eat the food which they have prepared, showing an evidence of a rupture in the bond with the mother. Conclusion: It is concluded that nutritional intervention programs may obtain more satisfactory results when the mother's life story is valued as a supporting factor in the process of determining and recovering from malnutrition. It is understood that a more individualized and deep psycho-emotional attention to the dyad may favor the strengthening of the bond between the mother and the child.
- Publication
Demetra: Food, Nutrition & Health / Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde, 2016, Vol 11, Issue 4, p917
- ISSN
2238-913X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12957/demetra.2016.15944