Educar para el Cuidado Materno Perinatal: Una propuesta para reflexionar / Educating for perinatal maternal care: a proposal for reflection

RESUMEN

El propósito del cuidado materno perinatal es la salud y la calidad de vida de la madre y el niño, lo cual se puede lograr mediante una interacción que se ejerce entre la madre, la familia y el cuidador; es allí donde se comparten conocimientos, experiencias y percepciones acerca del cuidado, y a su vez se generan responsabilidades para que se alcance este fin. Para lograrlo, es preciso reconocer que la práctica del cuidado materno perinatal difiere de un lugar a otro y de un tiempo a otro, porque el cuidar como toda actividad humana se ejecuta siempre en el seno de una determinada cultura y una sociedad, es decir, se articula con la cultura en el marco de un contexto histórico. Así el cuidado materno perinatal es vía de transmisión, conservación y actualización de la cultura de una generación a otra. El reflexionar sobre las relaciones entre cuidado y cultura me llevó a plantear una propuesta educativa que parte de una visión más integradora de la realidad utilizando como estrategia la educación participante a través de la cual se desarrolla la capacidad de las personas para investigar, reflexionar, participar y cuidar asumiendo responsabilidad por su propio proceso de desarrollo. / The purpose of the perinatal maternal care is the mother’s and child’s health and life quality, which can be achieved through the interaction between the mother, family and caretaker. It is within this relationship where knowledge, experiences and perceptions about care are shared, generating responsibilities to achieve this goal. However, to obtain this, it is necessary to realize that the perinatal maternal care practice differs from one place to another and from time to time, since care taking, like every human activity, is always set in a particular culture and society, that is to say, it is articulated with culture in within a historical context. This way, the perinatal maternal care is a transmission, conservation, and culture upgrade channel, from one generation to the nex...

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the perinatal maternal care is the mother'sand child's health and life quality, which can be achievedthrough the interaction between the mother, family andcaretaker. It is within this relationship where knowledge,experiences and perceptions about care are shared, generating responsibilities to achieve this goal. However,to obtain this, it is necessary to realize that the perinatalmaternal care practice differs from one place to anotherand from time to time, since care taking, like every humanactivity, is always set in a particular culture and society,that is to say, it is articulated with culture in within ahistorical context. This way, the perinatal maternal care isa transmission, conservation, and culture upgradechannel, from one generation to the next. Meditating onthe relationship between care and culture, led to theoutline of an educational proposal based on a moreintegrative vision of reality, using as participant educationas a strategy, though which it is possible to developpeople's capacity to research, meditate, participate andcare assuming the responsibility for their owndevelopment process