Cuidando da saúde de crianças pequenas no contexto familiar: um estudo etnográfico com famílias de camadas populares
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This study examines ways of caring for the health of small children in families assisted by the Family Health Program in a low-income outlying district of Salvador over a period of nine months. Based on participant observations supplemented by semi-structured interviews, the ethnographic approach offers a close-up view of how the respondents understand childcare and its links to the social and cultural context. Childcare requirements are arrayed along three main axes, structured on the basis of the child's gender: preservation of integrity, ability to play and education. Practices related to healthcare express evaluations and decisions that take into consideration the constraints imposed by reality and different standpoints, with the medical view occupying an important but not preponderant - position. Finally, the inter-subjective character of childcare is examined, in the sense that adults obtain moral gratification through caring for children, striving to meet their needs.
Source: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Authors: Vania Bustamante, Leny A. Bomfim Trad
Institution: Universidade Federal da Bahia
Language: Portuguese
Topic: Child and Adolescent Health
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2159484591