Understanding intimate self-care among riverine women: qualitative research through the lens of the Sunrise Model.
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ABSTRACT: Objectives
to contribute to the change in understandings and knowledge of the popular system among riverine women about female intimate self-care before and after the application of an educational dynamic.Methods
a qualitative-participative study based on the Sunrise Model. Twenty women registered at a Basic Health Unit on the Combu island, state of Pará, Brazil, participated in the second half of 2022. Semi-structured interviews were conducted before and after the educational dynamic; followed by reflective inductive analysis.Results
these are pointed out: a female mechanism of generational education; the cultural act of bathing as synonymous with intimate self care and disease prevention; intimate care with medicinal herbs; lack of professional system approach to the topic; fear of using "muddy water"; and lack of financial resources to purchase specific products for genitourinary care.Final considerations
companionship and social factors drive intimate self-care; however, riverine women experience taboos, ignorance, and poverty.
SUBMITTER: Brito CES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11259441 | biostudies-literature | 2024
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Understanding intimate self-care among riverine women: qualitative research through the lens of the Sunrise Model.
Brito Camila Evelyn de Sousa CES Coelho Bruna Larissa Fernandes BLF Santos Talita Lima Dos TLD Marcelino Thais Cristina Flexa Souza TCFS Rodrigues Lucas Geovane Dos Santos LGDS Santana Mary Elizabeth de ME Correa Júnior Antonio Jorge Silva AJS Pinheiro Adriana de Sá AS
Revista brasileira de enfermagem 20240719 2
<h4>Objectives</h4>to contribute to the change in understandings and knowledge of the popular system among riverine women about female intimate self-care before and after the application of an educational dynamic.<h4>Methods</h4>a qualitative-participative study based on the Sunrise Model. Twenty women registered at a Basic Health Unit on the Combu island, state of Pará, Brazil, participated in the second half of 2022. Semi-structured interviews were conducted before and after the educational dy ...[more]
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