Miguel Company Morales

University of Almería | UAL · Department of Nursing Science, Physiotherapy and Medicine

(1) Background: Currently, numerous qualitative research studies on food and its influence on health are being conducted. In qualitative research, data are obtained by analyzing participants’ responses. However, silence during conversation has been little studied. The aim of this study was to interpret the silences in the narratives of elderly peop...

Food is fundamental in the decision making of pregnant and breastfeeding women to care for their own health and that of their child. In this paper, we explore some common food classification systems and certain attributes assigned to these categories, represented by values of trust and distrust. This study is based on an interdisciplinary research...

One of the big challenges in treating individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) is nonadherence to medication. This is the principal factor associated with a worse prognosis or outcome of the disease. This study aimed to explore and analyze the individual perceptions that people with BD have about the positive and negative aspects when taking medicati...

(1) Background: In recent years, a growing number of qualitative health research studies have performed discourse analysis of data from participants’ narratives. However, little attention has been paid to the gaps and silences within these narratives. The aim of the present study is to interpret the silences detected in the discourse of pregnant an...

A significant proportion of scientific studies consider pregnant and breastfeeding women as vulnerable subjects. The objective of this study was to analyse the perception of pregnant and breastfeeding women regarding their participation in environmental research studies. Our work is a descriptive and interpretative observational study that has been...

Introduction The main factors that are involved in a correct adherence to the therapeutic recommendations in Bipolar Disorder includes aspects related to age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic level and characteristics of the illness associated with the severity, comorbidity and adverse effects related to previous medicine. Objectives To analyse the i...

The objective of this study was to explore what motivates pregnant and breastfeeding women to make changes in their diet, specifically to examine how their perceptions regarding diet facilitate or act as obstacles to introducing healthy eating habits. For the optimal development of the mother, the fetus, or breastfeeding baby, it is important to av...

Introduction Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) are substances that are characterized by the cumulative effect at low doses inside the body. Exposure to PTS in pregnant and breastfeeding women, through food consumption, shows various harmful effects on the health of the mother, the fetus and the baby. The objective of this article is to analyze how...

A partir de los primeros resultados de una etnografía alimentaria realizada en mujeres embarazadas y lactantes en la ciudad de Tarragona (España), este artículo pretende aportar elementos de reflexión sobre cómo el cuerpo y el género participan en la construcción de percepciones sobre el riesgo alimentario, cuya gestión implica, a menudo, controver...

Introducción: Es poco lo que se conoce sobre cómo son recibidos e interpretados por los escolares los mensajes sobre promoción de la salud emitidos por las instituciones sociales. Objetivo: Analizar la influencia de los mensajes procedentes del discurso de las instituciones sociales en la construcción de las ideas sobre la salud de los escolares....

La investigación cualitativa es un campo de investigación científica con su propia entidad. Engloba disciplinas, campos y temática entre las que se encuentra la salud. Una compleja e interrelacionada familia de términos, conceptos y supuestos rodea al término investigación cualitativa. Estos incluyen las tradiciones asociadas con el positivismo, po...

A obesidade tornou-se uma prioridade para as políticas de saúde pública na Espanha. Com base no aumento da prevalência foi classificada como uma epidemia. Apesar dessas afirmações, as investigações nem sempre parecem tão conclusivas. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar algumas das ‘verdades’ sobre a obesidade: a) que a obesidade está aumentando e é...

Obesity has become a top priority for public health policies in Spain. Based on increasing prevalence, it has been classified as an epidemic. Despite these claims, research does not always seem so conclusive. The purpose of this article is to review some of the ‘truths’ about obesity: a) that it is on the rise and is an epidemic in Spain; b) that t...

Objective: To discern health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural area of southeastern Spain. Methodology: A transversal descriptive study in which we analysed the link between development of the type 2 diabetes mellitus disease process and the quality of life of these patients. The SF-36 health survey was us...

Resumen En la sociedad actual la preocupación por el control del peso corporal se ha convertido en una actividad prioritaria para instituciones sociales y ciudadanos. Para favorecer el estado "normal" del peso corporal los programas de educación para la salud señalan como imperativos el control de la alimentación y el fomento de la actividad física...