Publications by authors named "Luz Angelica Munoz-Gonzalez"
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- End-stage chronic kidney disease significantly affects patients' quality of life and incurs high healthcare costs, prompting the need for deeper understanding.
- The study involved interviews with eighteen dialysis patients to explore their social perceptions of kidney disease, through qualitative methods like content analysis.
- Eight key categories emerged from the findings, highlighting the importance of social support, personal beliefs, emotional well-being, and the need for a holistic approach to healthcare that engages patients, families, and communities.
Objective: to understand the meaning of nursing care in primary health care from the perspective of Chilean nurses.
Method: this was a qualitative study based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schutz. Data was collected between January and April 2013, through interviews with 13 primary health care nurses in Chile.
Objective: Knowing the effectiveness of clinical management of primary care health in the field of Integral Protection System for Children "Chile Crece Contigo" and "Red Protege".
Method: Observational, descriptive, with information available from secondary sources of Chile Crece Contigo system in the district of Pudahuel, Santiago de Chile. The population was 1,656 pregnant women assigned to Chile Crece Contigo system in 2009.
The direction of care delivery goes from the action to the being; a process built from professional experience, which gains special characteristics when the service is delivered by telephone. The goal of this research was to understand the interaction between professionals and users in a remote care service; to do so, a research is presented, using Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical references. Data were collected through eight interviews with professionals who deliver care by telephone.
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- The study looked at how family caregivers feel when taking care of older people who are depressed, considering their culture.
- Caregivers often feel lonely, sad, and guilty because of the heavy responsibilities of caring for someone who is unwell.
- They know what the illness looks like, how to help, and that they play a key role in supporting the person to get better, even with social stigma around mental health.