POISONING IS TOO DANGEROUS - AN ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH

Authors

  • Luiza Jane Eyre Xavier de Souza
  • Maria Grasiela Teixeira Barroso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v3i1.44249

Keywords:

Community health nursing, Poisoning, Child, Cultural Anthropology.

Abstract

Poisoning is considered to be one of the main home accidents in the age group of 1-5 years. The accidents have relations with facilitated situations, family’s way of life, cultural habits and children’s characteristics. This study was carried out to learn the family’s behavior facing the poisoning of a child, interpreting their social and cultural context. Ethnographic approach was used as methodology. Eight families who had their children poisoned were studied. The children, in the age group of 1-5 years were taken care at a public hospital located in Fortaleza. Through the cultural domains and  taxonomic analysis, the study’s cultural theme emerged as No mother wants anything to happen to her child. The ethnographic findings were analyzed with the Transcultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory, understanding the World View and the dimensions of the cultural and social structures influence on the study meanings. The authors understand that is essential for a nursing team to plan and develop their care in harmony with a human and social-cultural context.

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Souza, L. J. E. X. de, & Barroso, M. G. T. POISONING IS TOO DANGEROUS - AN ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH. Cogitare Enfermagem, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v3i1.44249

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1998)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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