Global health research to promote social justice: a critical perspective.

Autor: Bathum ME; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Clinical Science Center, Madison, WI 53792, USA. mebathum@wisc.edu
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ANS. Advances in nursing science [ANS Adv Nurs Sci] 2007 Oct-Dec; Vol. 30 (4), pp. 303-14.
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000300180.71724.8e
Abstrakt: Researchers who use a critical perspective analyze the historical, political, economic, social, cultural, and gender factors that impact on the people being studied. Research is regarded as a way to promote social justice. The purpose of this article is to describe why and how a critical perspective was used in designing and implementing research with Aymara women healers in the high plains of Peru. The study is used to demonstrate the usefulness of a critical perspective in global health nursing research to promote social justice.
Databáze: MEDLINE