Resumen

OSTIGUIN-MELENDEZ, R.M.  y  BUSTAMANTE-EDQEN, S.. Healthcare process from the perspective of poor urban mexican families. Enferm. univ [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.2, pp.115-123. ISSN 2395-8421.  https://doi.org/10.22201/eneo.23958421e.2018.2.65169.

The family has been seen as a resource, medium, context, and provider element, but little is known about its internal healthcare mechanisms. Because of this, it is important, from the specific epistemic frameworks, to unveil the elements involved in these processes. This study addresses the issue and contributes to the advancement of collective health.

The objective was to explore the Mexican family healthcare process.

Method: The study design was qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory. Five Mexico City families attending a medical facility were studied. Data were gathered through guided interviews and field notes. The analysis was thematic.

Results suggest that family healthcare is an ontogenetic-featured autopoietic process which is learned and transferred through generations as a cycle and in a self-constituting form in order to face and avoid external threats, thus preserving the family’s unique functional model.

Conclusions: Considering the specific characteristics of healthcare within the poor urban Mexican families, one conclusion is that it is important to conduct further studies on the phenomenon in order to contribute to the improvement of health of these families.

Palabras llave : Care; family support; nursing; family relationships; Mexico.

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