OBJECTIVE to know how the approach of public policy humanization prerequisites and health programs proposed by the Ministry of Health occur in the practice of prenatal of care usual risk. METHOD field study, exploratory descriptive qualitative approach. The survey was conducted from February to June 2014, with participant observation and semi-structured interviews in four family health units ...

OBJECTIVES to determine how the immigration phenomenon influences the response to informal care in the domestic level through the caregiver activity, and to analyze the cultural dialogue established in the residential area of Murcia (Spain). METHOD This is an ethnographic study, conducted in 26 informal immigrant caregivers. As data collection instruments, semi-structured interviews and parti...

This paper depicts an initiative to deploy an online peer-to-peer exchange system for a community network of single parents – a group of people in need of goods, services, and social support in their local neighborhoods. We apply participant observation and semi-structured interviews to uncover key issues that can hinder the emergence of sharing practices in local community networks of this typ...

Health initiatives are becoming a growing solution for healthcare provision in developing countries. With the purpose of helping people from underserved areas to access physicians, the University of California Irvine has designed the mobile application VirTelMed. The objective of the study was to implement a usability study of VirTelMed in South Africa, with a focus in its design, usefulness an...

This article focuses upon a game known as gateball which is popular among older Japanese. The game is described and patterns of social behavior among gateball players are also discussed. Using data collected from an open-ended questionnaire, participant observation on a gateball team, and a series of semi-structured interviews with older people living in a rural region of Japan, some of the rea...

Shaheen Bagh is no longer merely the name of a Muslim locality in South Delhi (India). It has, fact, now become an iconic symbol resistance defense Constitution. Based on participant observation, as well semi-structured interviews with protestors, this article engages women and men transitioning from state silent citizenship to insurgent by putting up extraordinary political regime wake enactme...

This article examines the language ideologies of lead teacher and five Mexican mothers Spanish-speaking, emergent bilingual children in a Head Start program Arizona. Data from semi-structured interviews, informal conversations, participant-observation field notes were analyzed using interrelated concepts family policy. The adhered to that benefit children’s bilingualism such as expressing pride...

This study aimed to identify the work developed by the Judiciary to prevent sexual violence against children and adolescents within the family. The approach to social representations in a cultural perspective was used. The field study consisted in the 1st and 2nd Court of Crimes against Children and Adolescents, at the State Supreme Court of Pernambuco, Brazil. Participant observation, semi-str...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the causes of the dominant risk factors, affecting Enterprise System implementation projects and propose remedies for those risk factors from the perspective of implementation consultants. The study used a qualitative research strategy, based on e-mail interviews, semi-structured personal interviews with consultants and participant observation dur...