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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería

Print version ISSN 0120-5307On-line version ISSN 2216-0280

Abstract

ULLOA SABOGAL, Iliana Milena  and  MUNOZ DE RODRIGUEZ, Lucy. Care from the Cultural Perspective in Women with Physiological Pregnancy: a Meta-Ethnography. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2019, vol.37, n.1, pp.20-29. ISSN 0120-5307.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v37n1e03.

Objective.

This work sought to conduct an interpretative synthesis of qualitative studies on the phenomenon of care from the cultural perspective in women with physiological pregnancy.

Methods.

The Meta-ethnography method was used with the seven traditional phases by Noblit and Hare to describe the knowledge derived from the results of qualitative studies with relation to the study phenomenon. A bibliographic search was carried out in seven databases. Twenty-nine qualitative studies were pre-selected of which 23 complied with the quality criteria of the Critical Appraisal Skills Program.

Results.

Upon synthesizing the studies selected, 12 thematic categories emerged: pregnancy: a natural phenomenon in the woman’s life; spirituality and family support; the midwife; positive and negative feelings; physical exercise; comfort and rest; feeding; avoid consumption of non-beneficial substances; intrauterine stimulation; heat and cold; sexuality during pregnancy; and traditional beliefs and myths.

Conclusion.

Synthesis of the studies permitted developing a line of argument, which reveals that the care practices of pregnant women have a cultural legacy of beliefs, values, myths, and customs that are aimed at guaranteeing the protection of the mother and of her unborn child.

Keywords : culture; pregnancy; transcultural nursing; qualitative research; review literature as topic..

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