Introduction: Breastfeeding is the natural process in which an infant is fed with breast milk. In humans, it is a biocultural process, subject to modifications based on social, economic and cultural influences. In this context, The United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) considers that "breastfeeding is key for survival". Objective: To interpret the perception about experiences, beliefs, and attitudes towards the donation of breast milk in adult women from the "Dr. Rafael Avaria Valenzuela Hospital" in the commune of Curanilahue, Biobío Region, Chile. Materials and Methods: Qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. The convenience sample was made up of 15 women who participated in a semi-structured interview. A content analysis was applied to the obtained results using informant triangulation. Results: Women presented knowledge of the act of donating breast milk, emphasizing an altruistic paradigm. They associated this act with generosity, especially for babies who do not have access to breast milk directly from their mothers. There is a smaller group that has participated in cross-nursing in a family setting, having the certainty of who is giving and who is receiving the milk. Conclusions: The cross-nursing is an approved practice among the interviewed women, who consider it an altruistic act. However, its practice is based on reasons of trust and closeness.
Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the word “health” not only as the absence of an illness, but as a perspective that goes beyond the physical or biological wellfare of a person, involving a mental and social prosperity of an individual. Because of all these aspects, the health specialist or the so called Internal User has the need to adapt himself/herself to a new way of intervention in the Familiar Health Center, that it used to be called “health center” or “doctor’s office”. Objective: Determine the perception that the intern user has about the biomedical transition to the biopsychosocial one. Materials and methods: using quantitative methodology with a phenomenological approach. The instrument used was an interview that was applied to 23 users, specialists, related to the Family Health Center Pinares, located in Chiguayante, in February 2009. Results and discussion: The information does not demonstrate the rejection to the new Model of Familiar Health. Nevertheless, you can observe deficient or fragmented knowledge that was brought together with not so many resources; making difficult the implementation of the biopsychosocial model
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