El presente artículo buscó comprender lo que entienden mujeres desplazadas, cabezas de familia, atendidas por la Asistencia Social de Brasil, sobre su proceso de desplazamiento y la actuación del Estado frente a este. A través del Análisis Crítico del Discurso se identificó que, aunque son varias las atribuciones causales al desplazamiento - como el riesgo ambiental y la violencia - lo que realmente atraviesa las experiencias de estas mujeres es una urbanización excluyente, vivida a lo largo de la historia de estas familias, que las llevó a una ocupación de espacios inapropiados para vivir, como la orilla de arroyos y terrenos no aptos, que terminaron siendo riesgosos y desalojando a las familias a mediano plazo. Esa situación fue entendida por las participantes cómo un proceso natural a su condición social, pero no como un resultado de la negligencia por parte del Estado. L...

This article sought to understand what displaced women, heads of families assisted by the Social Assistance of Brazil, understand about their displacement process and the State’s actions in regards to it. Through Critical Discourse Analysis it was identified that, although there are several causal attributions to displacement - such as environmental risk and violence - what really runs through the experiences of these women is an exclusionary urbanization, lived throughout the history of these families, which led them to occupy inadequate living spaces such as stream banks and unsuitable land, which ended up being risky and displacing the families in the medium term. Participants understood this situation as a process natural to their social condition, but not as a result of negligence on the part of the State. The results further indicate that the forms of forced displacement are arti...

This article sought to understand what displaced women, heads of families assisted by the Social Assistance of Brazil, understand about their displacement process and the State’s actions in regards to it. Through Critical Discourse Analysis it was identified that, although there are several causal attributions to displacement - such as environmental risk and violence - what really runs through the experiences of these women is an exclusionary urbanization, lived throughout the history of these families, which led them to occupy inadequate living spaces such as stream banks and unsuitable land, which ended up being risky and displacing the families in the medium term. Participants understood this situation as a process natural to their social condition, but not as a result of negligence on the part of the State. The results further indicate that the forms of forced displacement are arti...

This study aimed to understand the way women diagnosed with breast cancer perceive the social support they receive and how it relates to their self-care. Four participants were selected for biographical narrative interviews: two possessed high levels of social support and two possessed low levels. Axes were created to reflect the content of the interviews, such as history of the illness and the beginning of care, self-care as empowerment and as a way of looking at one’s self, care, and social support. Findings suggest that a diagnosis of breast cancer plays a key role in the development of self-care despite the obvious health risks and fragile support networks.

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender la percepción de las mujeres con diagnóstico de cáncer de mama, sobre el apoyo social y la relación de este con el autocuidado. Fueron seleccionadas cuatro participantes, dos con elevados niveles de apoyo social y dos con bajos niveles de apoyo social para hacer las entrevistas biográficas de carácter narrativo. Se crearon ejes que relacionan los principales contenidos de las entrevistas, como la historia de la enfermedad y el despertar del cuidado, autocuidado como empoderamiento y como una mirada de sí, cuidado y apoyo social. Se identifica que el diagnóstico del cáncer de mama ejerció un papel clave en el despertar de prácticas de autocuidado a pesar de los riesgos de salud y de las vivencias de apoyo fragilizado.

This study aimed to understand the way women diagnosed with breast cancer perceive the social support they receive and how it relates to their self-care. Four participants were selected for biographical narrative interviews: two possessed high levels of social support and two possessed low levels. Axes were created to reflect the content of the interviews, such as history of the illness and the beginning of care, self-care as empowerment and as a way of looking at one’s self, care, and social support. Findings suggest that a diagnosis of breast cancer plays a key role in the development of self-care despite the obvious health risks and fragile support networks.