Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Jan 2014)

BEING A CAREGIVER OF A CHILD WITH ASTHMA: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF ITS MEANINGS

  • Neila Santini de Souza,
  • Eliane Tatsch Neves,
  • Regina Issuzu Hirooka de Borba

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769210991
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 0
pp. 573 – 580

Abstract

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Doi: 10.5902/2179769210991 Aim: to know the discursive formation and meanings of being a family caregiver of a child with asthma. Method: a descriptive, qualitative approach, which used the creative method - Sensitive developed with families of children with asthma, where we used the Dynamic Creativity and Sensitivity (DCS) Sewing Stories. Data were submitted to discourse analysis in its French strand. Results: it is evident in the discursive formation of the caregiver that meaning is determined by ideological positions, revealing the political and ideological social functioning. Conclusions: it is necessary to review the forms of interaction with the family and act as mediator in shared care with families.

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