Cuidados De Enfermagem No Atendimento De Emergência À Vítima De Queimadura

Cultural influence on angolan maternal care of newborns and health strategies: health professionals’ perspective

“…Madeleine Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality is based on the universality and diversity of care coated with the cultural influences of the surrounding environment and interpreted in accordance with the different cultural meanings of human care (Leininger & McFarland, 2006). Caring is a universal phenomenon, but its expressions, processes and patterns vary across cultures (Ramos 2003(Ramos , 2004(Ramos a,b, 2016Ribeiro et al, 2009). Therefore, some of the assumptions of transcultural nursing are: care is seen as essential for health; all cultures have knowledge and care practices which vary transculturally; values, beliefs and practices of cultural care are influenced by the religious, family, political, educational, economic, technological, historical and environmental context of a specific culture (Tomey & Alligood, 2004).…”

“…Therefore, some of the assumptions of transcultural nursing are: care is seen as essential for health; all cultures have knowledge and care practices which vary transculturally; values, beliefs and practices of cultural care are influenced by the religious, family, political, educational, economic, technological, historical and environmental context of a specific culture (Tomey & Alligood, 2004). This model relates cultural care to health determinants and their multiple influences from a multicultural perspective (Ribeiro et al, 2009).…”

“…In healthcare, the encounter with cultural differences may compromise the success of interventions and the quality of care when a health professional has not been trained in communication and interculturality (Ramos, 2006). Therefore, it is fundamental for health professionals to know the culture of Angolan mothers and families and take into consideration the family context in which they are included, which will make it possible to provide culturally congruent and quality care based on a continuous partnership relationship (Ramos, 2008;Ribeiro, et al, 2009).…”