EXPERIÊNICAS PSICOSSOCIAIS E DE ATENÇÃO À SAÚDE EM FAMÍLIAS DE BAIXA RENDA CHEFIADAS POR MULHERES

AUTOR(ES)

TELMA MARIA GOMES OLZANY SILVA

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

In view of the need for health officials to assist families comprehensively, principally through the Programa de Saúde da Família-PSF (Program for Family Health), this study aimed at obtaining subsidies to promote the health of mother-centered families.In 2000 female-headed households without partner and with children accounted for 17.3 % of Brazilian families. The percentage of this family configuration has risen with every census, mainly in urban regions. Fourteen women, heads of low-income families without partner but with children, living in São Bernardo do Campo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, were interviewed for this study. Eleven of the families were included in the PSF. This is a qualitative study and the applied technique was the Análise de Conteúdo (Content analysis). A socio-demographic characterization of the families was established and the womens outlook on life, their relationship as mothers with their children and the childrens with their fathers was analyzed and the understanding about health/diseases in the family investigated. Everyday life of theses families is marked by the battle for survival. The women family leaders find the condition of being a woman and head of the family troublesome because of the many obligations they are responsible for such as earning a livelihood, the childrens education and the care for health in the family. Ten families of this study had a per capita income below half a minimum salary. 86% of the women mentioned the occurrence of intrafamiliar violence at some moment of the family life. The focus of health care was related to disease-avoiding measures. The main action for health the mothers mentioned was taking the children to see the doctor. They are dedicated mothers who succeed in supplying the basic needs of their families. The conclusion was drawn that these families are resistant, face the adversities and that these women had chosen to live alone (without a partner) as a way of improving their and their childrens life quality.

ASSUNTO(S)

mulheres - aspectos psicossociais mulheres - aspectos psicossociais mulheres - trabalho mulheres - trabalho família psicologia - teses e dissertações psicologia programa de saúde da família família programa de saúde da família população de baixa renda população de baixa renda

Documentos Relacionados

• Sou o pai, sou a mãe: famílias chefiadas por mulheres pobres em Joinville/SC (1997 a 2009)
• Buscando estratégias de sobrevivência: um estudo da condição sócio-econômica de famílias chefiadas por mulheres em Novos Alagados
• A questão triplamente controvertida da resiliência em famílias de baixa renda
• Como famílias de baixa renda em São Paulo conciliam trabalho e família?
• Incapacidade funcional em mulheres idosas de baixa renda