Care practices implemented by children, adolescents and their families during the disease

Abstract

The article presents the results of the research and pedagogical project on the care practices implemented by the families of children and adolescents (NNA, for its abbreviation in Spanish) with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) in three health institutions in Medellin, Colombia. This qualitative research, from an interpretative perspective and with a narrative approach, implemented life stories as a technique; the pedagogical proposal was supported from the workshop whose guiding activities, play and art, were recorded in pedagogical journals. The data were systematized in an analysis matrix whose emerging units of meaning, pre-categories, and categories were: emotions, play and learning experiences; process of care during the disease; habits of care and self-care during the disease; and learning about care for the disease. Among the most important results are the identification of changes in routines due to health alteration and the implementation of new care practices.

Keywords

• childhood
• family
• practices
• care
• disease