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Vol. 23. Núm. 2.
Páginas 125-133 (Agosto 2014)
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The value of grounded theory for disentangling inequalities in maternal-child healthcare in contexts of diversity: A psycho-sociopolitical approach
La importancia de la Teoría Fundamentada para la investigación sobre la desigualdad en salud materno-Infantil en contextos de diversidad: una aproximación psicosociopolítica
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Sonia Hernández Plazaa,b,
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, Beatriz Padillaa, Alejandra Ortizb, Elsa Rodriguesb
a Centre for Research in Social Sciences (CICS), University of Minho, Portugal
b Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL), University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal
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Adopting a psycho-sociopolitical approach, the present paper describes the results of a community-based participatory needs assessment focusing on the perceived needs of women of reproductive age as users of primary healthcare in contexts of migration-driven diversity and socioeconomic vulnerability in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon. The investigation comprised 64 in-depth interviews with women, including natives and immigrants to Portugal from the main origin countries in the context under study (Brazil, Cape Verde, and other Portuguese-speaking African countries) and a survey of 125 women, again natives and immigrants from these countries. The central role of qualitative methodology and grounded theory, in the framework of a multi-method research, allowed understanding the needs of women as embedded in contexts characterized by asymmetrical power relations, in terms of unequal opportunities and resources, at multiple interrelated ecological levels (personal, relational, organizational, community, socioeconomic, health system/policy, cultural/migration). The priority perceived needs of women were primarily related to socioeconomic disadvantage, severely aggravated in the current contexts of crisis; and factors at the health system level, mainly unequal access to family doctors, excessive waiting lists, and increases in the direct costs of healthcare. Results allow questioning the adequacy of cultural competence approaches for the reduction of inequalities in maternal-child healthcare in the context under study, showing the critical and innovative value of qualitative methodology and grounded theory in research on social justice and health in contexts of diversity characterized by unequal power dynamics.

Keywords:
Inequalities
Maternal-child healthcare Immigration
Social justice
Grounded Theory
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Adoptando una aproximación psico-sociopolítica, en el presente trabajo se describen los resultados de una evaluación de necesidades percibidas por las mujeres en edad reproductiva como usuarias de cuidados de salud primarios en contextos de diversidad asociada a la inmigración y vulnerabilidad socio-económica, en el área metropolitana de Lisboa. Se llevaron a cabo 64 entrevistas en profundidad a mujeres, tanto autóctonas como inmigrantes, de los principales países de origen en el contexto analizado (Brasil, Cabo Verde y otros países africanos de lengua oficial portuguesa) y una encuesta en la que participaron 125 mujeres, tanto autóctonas como inmigrantes, procedentes de los mencionados países. El papel central de la metodo-logía cualitativa y la Teoría Fundamentada, en el marco de una investigación multimétodo, permitió comprender cómo las necesidades de las mujeres se insertan en contextos caracterizados por relaciones de poder asimétricas, basadas en el acceso desigual a los recursos y oportunidades, a múltiples niveles ecológicos, interrelacionados entre sí (personal, relacional, organizacional, comunitario, socioeconómico, sistema/políticas de salud, cultura/migración). Las necesidades prioritarias identificadas se relacionan principalmente con la situación de desventaja socio-económica en la que se encuentran las mujeres, agravada en el actual contexto de crisis, y con factores a nivel de sistema de salud, tales como el acceso desigual al médico de familia, las elevadas listas de espera, o los costes cada vez mayores de la atención sanitaria. En este sentido, los resultados obtenidos permiten cuestionar la adecuación de la competencia cultural como estrategia para reducir las desigualdades en salud materno-infantil en el contexto objeto de estudio, mostrando el valor de la metodología cualitativa y la teoría fundamentada en la investigación sobre justicia social y salud en contextos de diversidad y dinámicas de poder asimétricas.

Palabras clave:
Desigualdades
Salud materno-infantil Inmigración
Justicia social
Teoría Fundamentada
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