La presente investigación cualitativa con enfoque etnográfico tuvo como objetivos: caracterizar y analizar el cuidado transcultural de la enfermera serumista en las familias quechua hablantes Inkawasi –Perú, 2013. La base teórica se fundamentó con Leininger (2011), Bustamante (2004) y MINSA (2011, 2012). La muestra fue no probabilística, siendo los informantes 7 enfermeras serumistas que laboraron en los diferentes establecimientos de salud pertenecientes a la microred Inkawasi y 7 familias quechua hablantes. Las técnicas e instrumentos de recolección de datos fueron la observación participante, la entrevista etnográfica y el diario de campo. Se usó el análisis temático de Spradley (1980), los principios de la ética personalista de Sgreccia (2007) y los criterios de rigor científico de Tello (2009). Como resultados se obtuvieron tres temas culturales: 1) La sociabilidad y la solidaridad: bases para el cuidado transcultural, 2) Hacia un cuidado transcultural de enfermería: identificación de los cuidados culturales de la familia quechua hablante, y 3) Estrategias para mejorar el cuidado transcultural de enfermería en la familia quechua hablante. Finalmente se puede inferir que a pesar de la existencia limitantes como el idioma, pobreza extrema, distancias geográficas e idiosincrasia de la población para cuidar de su salud, la enfermera serumista se muestra virtuosa al ser amable, sencilla y creativa, siendo capaz de compartir con ellos momentos de recreación y camaradería. Sin embargo, existen cuidados que se pueden preservar, negociar y reestructurar, para ello se necesita utilizar estrategias como educación intercultural, seguimiento, visitas domiciliarias y alianzas estratégicas con entidades públicas y privadas. / Tesis

This thesis examines how novels and films by British writers and filmmakers of Muslim heritage address the reshaping of masculinity through migration and interaction with other cultures within the UK. Drawing on a comparative critical framework that combines approaches from feminist, gender and masculinity studies, postcolonial, migration and transcultural studies, Islamic studies and literary and film theory, this thesis engages with five novels and four films that were written or released between 1985 and 2012, by British writers and filmmakers who were either born in a Muslim-majority nation or born to parents originating from a Muslim-majority country and who use their fictions to explore the presence and practices of Muslim cultures and communities in contemporary Britain. Through close analysis of work by Monica Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Sally El Hosaini, Ayub Khan-Din, Hanif Kureishi and Robin Yassin-Kassab, this thesis scrutinises how migrant and subsequent generations of postmigrant male protagonists construct their masculinity and how their conceptions of gender identity and performance are ‘translated’ into a British context amidst this century’s climate of Islamophobia and anti-migrant rhetoric, following events such as the Rushdie Affair, 9/11 and 7/7. In doing so, this thesis contends that through transnational movement and settlement conceptions of ‘Muslimness’, ‘Britishness’, and those of masculinity, are thrown into sharp relief and exposed as unstable and contingent constructs. By foregrounding the transcultural aesthetics and themes of this literary and cinematic corpus, however, I argue that this body of cultural production interrogates similarities and differences between the cultures they are positioned across. I use this transcultural approach to focus on how these texts depict father and son relations, religion, urban marginality and sexuality, and how through these foci, these novels creatively imagine new forms of masculinity that are forged through cultural contact, conflict and entanglement.

This paper reviews selected work, published between 1944 and 1995, on the subject of Ayurveda. The aim of the review was to explore the ethnohistory of Ayurveda and the attached concept of health and illness, out of a transcultural perspective. Ayurveda is a medical tradition practiced throughout South Asia.  It is founded upon Sanskrit texts dating back more than two thousand years. Its ancient fundamental health ideas and practices still persists. Ayurveda offers not only a complete different way of understanding health and illness, but also different forms of treatment. The Ayurvedic view of health is synergistic and multifaceted concept of balance and harmony within the organism (mind, body and soul) as well as within the universal system the organism is a part. Disturbance of the harmony on a level, causes sickness. Ayurvedic doctrine emphasizes the importance of promotion of health and prevention of sickness. The key to good health is a regulated daily life. Factors like personal hygien and conduct, work, sleep, rest, diet and physical exercise has to be regulated and individually adjusted. South Asian countries, often has a pluralistic medical system, in which Ayurvedic health care is one option among many. The Ayurvedic medical system is an important provider of modern health care in South Asia.

The aim of this study is to describe condition for cooperation between motherlanguage teachers and ordinary teacher in Swedish school. The investigation is based on a case study with teachers in one school and tries to find implications, causes and possible solutions for this problem. The theoretical framework of the investigation is based on intercultural and educational theories. Qualitative methodological approach in form of semi-structure interviews is used. The investigation shows, among other things, that it is differences and monocultural attitudes in both groups that becomes an obstacle for professional cooperation between teachers in mother language and ordinary teachers. The investigation also shows that the implications for motherlanguage teachers are problems with planning and teaching students. The results discussion suggests that guiding values come in focus through an action oriented research with external researcher competence that actively take part and lead the process. One important area is to consciously lead the project with democracy where difference ideas and opinions do not make other person an enemy but an opponent. Examples of training unthinking and automatic way to respond and communicate with and about others that seems like a stranger to us is a step in development in a form of transcultural ability

This study is a minor field study and is sponsored by Swedish Development Cooperation Agency. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and struggles with continuing reducing the national maternity mortality rate in order to satisfy WHO millennium targets. In order to improve the maternal care in Nepal an understanding of midwives experiences is needed. This study aims to explore midwives experiences from working in the Nuwakot region in Nepal from a transcultural caring perspective. The study uses a qualitative methodological approach. Unstructured interviews were performed during April 2015 at health posts in remote mountain villages in the region of Nuwakot, Nepal. Seven midwives, two men and five women were involved. By analyzing the interviews with a qualitative content analysis several categories emerged. The result shows that midwives working in a rural area of Nepal today experience several challenges in their work based on cultural influences; challenging family hierarchy, dangerous home deliveries, villagers lack of education, patients arriving too late, patients distrust in medicine and lack of resources but happy to help. The conclusion is that in order for Nepal to keep improve their maternal care, midwives needs to develop an understanding of the patient and the family’s cultural beliefs. The result can be used to reflect on how the patient's cultural beliefs can affect the midwives when performing their work in a rural area of Nepal. It can also be used to develop the midwifery education in Nepal by improving midwives’ meeting with patients and their families with cultural needs.

La presente investigación cualitativa con enfoque etnográfico tuvo como objetivos: caracterizar y analizar el cuidado transcultural de la enfermera serumista en las familias quechua hablantes Inkawasi –Perú, 2013. La base teórica se fundamentó con Leininger (2011), Bustamante (2004) y MINSA (2011, 2012). La muestra fue no probabilística, siendo los informantes 7 enfermeras serumistas que laboraron en los diferentes establecimientos de salud pertenecientes a la microred Inkawasi y 7 familias quechua hablantes. Las técnicas e instrumentos de recolección de datos fueron la observación participante, la entrevista etnográfica y el diario de campo. Se usó el análisis temático de Spradley (1980), los principios de la ética personalista de Sgreccia (2007) y los criterios de rigor científico de Tello (2009). Como resultados se obtuvieron tres temas culturales: 1) La sociabilidad y la solidaridad: bases para el cuidado transcultural, 2) Hacia un cuidado transcultural de enfermería: identificación de los cuidados culturales de la familia quechua hablante, y 3) Estrategias para mejorar el cuidado transcultural de enfermería en la familia quechua hablante. Finalmente se puede inferir que a pesar de la existencia limitantes como el idioma, pobreza extrema, distancias geográficas e idiosincrasia de la población para cuidar de su salud, la enfermera serumista se muestra virtuosa al ser amable, sencilla y creativa, siendo capaz de compartir con ellos momentos de recreación y camaradería. Sin embargo, existen cuidados que se pueden preservar, negociar y reestructurar, para ello se necesita utilizar estrategias como educación intercultural, seguimiento, visitas domiciliarias y alianzas estratégicas con entidades públicas y privadas.

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1998

The phenomenon of human globalisation has led to the creation of a new social world, one which is characterised by its cultural diversity. Health services constitute one of the most fundamental of social organisations, so with this change, has come a need for nurses to provide relevant and appropriate care to the multiplicity of peoples who now live in contemporary social communities. Providing appropriate nursing care today is demanding new skills of nurses and to ensure that they can meet this demand, new knowledge and understanding is required. To do this well, constitutes one of the greatest contemporary challenges facing nursing. The aim of this study was to identify and analyse the theories and models of nursing that hold authority on and guide cross-cultural care giving in nursing. The thesis underlying this study was to respond to the question - when nurses have had access to cultural care theory and its related literature for some 30 years, why has this not, as yet, had a significant impact on nursing? The intent being to explore the genesis and development of the knowledge used to underpin cross-cultural care in nursing and by doing so assist nurses to better understand, in the fullest sense, the meanings that are being created and conveyed. To achieve this, a qualitative methodology was employed to make possible the description and interpretation of existing theory with a critical approach being taken towards that text. Understanding and unmasking the theory revealed both overt and covert beliefs and ideas intrinsic to the discourse, which have the potential to shape and configure nurses’ attitudes, opinions and perspectives. This research has considered, explored and analysed contemporary theories of cross-cultural nursing to provide clarification and enhance the capacity of nurses to gain a fuller understanding of cross-cultural care. It offers new insights into the viewpoints being advanced and opens up fresh possibilities for the development of a deeper understanding of Western scholarship on culture in nursing. The findings also identify areas for continued inquiry, which if focused upon and developed into the future, could contribute to improvements in nursing and greater understanding of the complex domain of cross-cultural care.

The phenomenon of human globalisation has led to the creation of a new social world, one which is characterised by its cultural diversity. Health services constitute one of the most fundamental of social organisations, so with this change, has come a need for nurses to provide relevant and appropriate care to the multiplicity of peoples who now live in contemporary social communities. Providing appropriate nursing care today is demanding new skills of nurses and to ensure that they can meet this demand, new knowledge and understanding is required. To do this well, constitutes one of the greatest contemporary challenges facing nursing. The aim of this study was to identify and analyse the theories and models of nursing that hold authority on and guide cross-cultural care giving in nursing. The thesis underlying this study was to respond to the question - when nurses have had access to cultural care theory and its related literature for some 30 years, why has this not, as yet, had a significant impact on nursing? The intent being to explore the genesis and development of the knowledge used to underpin cross-cultural care in nursing and by doing so assist nurses to better understand, in the fullest sense, the meanings that are being created and conveyed. To achieve this, a qualitative methodology was employed to make possible the description and interpretation of existing theory with a critical approach being taken towards that text. Understanding and unmasking the theory revealed both overt and covert beliefs and ideas intrinsic to the discourse, which have the potential to shape and configure nurses’ attitudes, opinions and perspectives. This research has considered, explored and analysed contemporary theories of cross-cultural nursing to provide clarification and enhance the capacity of nurses to gain a fuller understanding of cross-cultural care. It offers new insights into the viewpoints being advanced and opens up fresh possibilities for the development of a deeper understanding of Western scholarship on culture in nursing. The findings also identify areas for continued inquiry, which if focused upon and developed into the future, could contribute to improvements in nursing and greater understanding of the complex domain of cross-cultural care.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-200) and index.