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- Title
The cultural dialogue on the domestic dimension of care to immigrant caregivers in Spain.
- Authors
Morales-Moreno, Isabel; Giménez-Fernández, Maravillas; Echevarría-Pérez, Paloma
- Abstract
Objectives: to determine how the immigration phenomenon influences the response to informal care in the domestic level through the caregiver activity, and to analyze the cultural dialogue established in the residential area of Murcia (Spain). Method: This is an ethnographic study, conducted in 26 informal immigrant caregivers. As data collection instruments, semi-structured interviews and participant observation were employed. MAXQDA-2 assisted content analysis was also applied. Results: the immigrant caregiver is the main consumer of traditional medicines, extending these health practices to her home group. A cultural dialogue is established on informal care, characterized by interculturalism and mutual adaptation. Conclusions: cultural hybridization was identified for informal caregivers, immigrants and cultural integration: new health care practices and cultural behaviors in informal systems. There is a transformation in the roles of family members attended in domestic environments, increasing quality of life and self care. They represent an alternative to medicalization, promoting self-management of health.
- Subjects
SPAIN; ATTITUDE (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; CONTENT analysis; DISEASES; EMIGRATION &; immigration; EXPERIENCE; FAMILIES; HEALTH attitudes; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; CULTURAL pluralism; SEX distribution; TRANSCULTURAL medical care; ETHNOLOGY research; CULTURAL awareness; HOME environment; CULTURAL competence; DATA analysis software; HEALTH &; social status
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 5, p821
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-1169.0442.2620