Authors

1Begoña Ruiz de Alegría Fernández, 2Patricia Lara Marcos, 2Isabel Rodríguez Gutiérrez, 2María Ocejo Lavin

Position

¹Profesora de Fundamentos de Enfermería de la Escuela de Enfermería de Vitoria-Gasteiz.²Diplomada en Enfermería.

Contact address

Escuela de Enfermería de Vitoria-Gasteiz. C/ Jose Achotegui, s/n. 01009 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Contact email: vrprufeb@vc.ehu.es

Abstract

Immigration challenges healthcare professionals with having to care for people with self-care habits and practices that are quite different to ours. Hence, it is necessary to study these practices to find out what they are like. In a previous investigation, we were unable to obtain reliable information regarding such practices in a specific group of immigrants. This paper attempts to share the knowledge acquired by means of a communicative reflexion group with the investigators in order to gain some insight into the elements that intervene in the dialogue on self-care practices with people from other cultures.
Factors such as a lack of horizontality and inadequate interviewing skills on the part of the interviewer as factors that limit the lack of communication have been identified. Other strategies that allow the approximation and communication between people through different care practices have also been implemented.

Keywords:

communication; interculturality; groups; learning; Immigration; self-care; nursing studentsresearch

Versión en Español

Título:

Aprender de los demás: a propósito de una investigación intercultural