Serena Brigidi

Serena Brigidi
Universitat Rovira i Virgili | URV · Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work

M.A.; Ph.D Medical Anthropology

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Introduction
Current research interests: gender-based violence; obstetric violence; gender and health. Teaching innovation and gender. Maternity Studies. Methods and techniques: Qualitative methodology: ethnography, in-depth interviews, body itinerary, etc. What they're working on now: How to introduce the gender perspective in the health sciences and in medicine; obstetric violence; Breastfeeding and gender
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January 2013 - May 2016
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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  • Professor (Associate)
September 2010 - October 2014
Autonomous University of Barcelona, EUI Gimbernat
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  • Professor (Full)
January 2005 - December 2009
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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  • PhD candidate/FI grant

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In this paper we deal with the methodological, technical and ethical problems that emerged during the ethnographic research that we carried out at three different hospitals. We describe the forms of access to the hospital, the roles given to the anthropologists, and the different anthropological research methods that we were able to use. We analyze...
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Objective: To measure the perception of obstetric violence among health sciences students. Method: Cross-sectional design in which the validated questionnaire PercOV-S (Perception of Student Obstetric Violence) was used. The questionnaire was offered to the students who participated in the I Congress of Feminist Medicine of the CEEM (State Counc...
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Background: Although current guidelines recommend that mothers with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection should be encouraged to initiate and continue breastfeeding, up-to-date literature shows conflicting data regarding breastfeeding experiences in infected women. This survey aimed to report on the psychological impact of SARS-CoV-2 infect...
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Objective: To describe maternal perception of the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) in facilities in Norway during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Women who gave birth in a Norwegian facility from March 1, 2020, to October 28, 2021, filled out a structured online questionnaire based on 40 WHO standards-based quality measu...
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Objective: To investigate women's perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia, comparing the years 2020 and 2021, among women who went into labor or had a prelabor cesarean. Methods: Women giving birth in healthcare facilities in Latvia from March 1, 2020, t...
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Objective: To investigate potential associations between individual and country-level factors and medicalization of birth in 15 European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Online anonymous survey of women who gave birth in 2020-2021. Multivariable multilevel logistic regression models estimating associations between indicators of m...
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Objective: To explore the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) during the COVID-19 pandemic by facility type among 16 European countries, comparing rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean. Methods: Women who gave birth in the WHO European Region from March 1, 2020, to February 7, 2022, answered a validated online questionnaire. R...
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Obstetric violence consists of a set of practices and situations that put women in a defenseless condition. They are emotionally and/or bodily crushed in a non-consensual situation that produces physical and psychological consequences of different degrees of intensity. We can affirm that obstetric violence occurs when the basic ethical and human co...
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Background Multi-country studies assessing the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as defined by WHO Standards, are lacking. Methods Women who gave birth in 12 countries of the WHO European Region from March 1, 2020 - March 15, 2021 answered an online questionnaire, including 40 WHO Standard-based Quality Meas...
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Objectives: Investigate the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) during childbirth in the first year of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, from the mothers' perspective, as key service users. Methods: Women who gave birth in an Italian facility from March 1, 2020 to February 29, 2021 answered an online questionnaire including 40 WHO Standard-bas...
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Como citar este artículo: Rota-Musoll L, Brigidi S, Molina-Robles E, Oriol-Vila E, Homs-del Valle M, Subirana-Casacuberta M. Sexo y género en la donación de riñón: visiones desde las profesionales de la consulta de trasplante renal. Enferm Nefrol. 2021 Oct-Dic;24(4):365-77 Resumen Introducción: En el trasplante renal de donante vivo son las mujeres...
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Introducción: En el trasplante renal de donante vivo son las mujeres las que donan con más frecuencia. Las profesionales de nefrología tienen un papel muy importante en la información sobre los tratamientos de sustitución renal y la ayuda en la toma de decisiones. Objetivo: Explorar cómo influye la perspectiva de género en el trasplante renal de do...
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1. INTRODUCCIÓN El confinamiento al cual se sometió a la población catalana a partir del marzo del 2020 debido a la situación generada por la COVID-19, reveló lógicas de exclusión respeto a cuestiones de género, clase y etnia/raza, entre otros ejes de opresión estructural, que afectaron de diversas ma-neras a diferentes segmentos de la población. L...
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Este libro es un ejercicio de libertad. La libertad de explorar de forma íntima, sincera y profunda nuestras herstories. Estas narraciones vivenciales y profesionales sirven para mostrar, contar, o llevar al espacio público lo obviado. Uno de los factores comunes del volumen ha sido el colocar el cuerpo y las emociones en el centro de la argumentac...
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Background Living-donor transplantation is the best treatment option in patients with chronic kidney failure. Global data show that women are less likely to be kidney recipients than men but are more likely to become living kidney donors. We explored the experience of women who donate a kidney to relatives with biological and socio-cultural ties an...
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“El silencio de la mujer es una necesidad, el silencio del hombre es un privilegio.” Fina “No tengo tiempo, en este momento no tengo tiempo. No me parece haber ganado nada [con el confinamiento], respecto a antes. […] Yo pensaba: ‘¡Cuántas cosas podré hacer!’. En cambio, no, cero.” Mara “El problema es cuando tienes 4 o 5 solicitudes de atención...
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Background Multi-country studies assessing the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) during the COVID19 pandemic, as defined by WHO Standards, are lacking. Methods Women who gave birth in 12 countries of the WHO European Region from March 1, 2020 - March 15, 2021 answered an online questionnaire, including 40 WHO Standard-based Quality Measu...
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Survivors. Directed by Arthur Pratt. 2018. 84 minutes. Colour. Produced by WeOwn TV. urvivors. Directed by Arthur Pratt. 2018. 84 minutes. Colour. Produced by WeOwn TV Survivors was made by a collective of West African filmmakers living in Freetown during a state of emergency caused by Ebola. The outbreak lasted 21 months (2014), and over 28,000 p...
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"volver como antes no, no quiero... Así estoy bien, solo necesito la babysit-ter y alguien que me limpie el piso… como antes. (Fina; abril, 2020) Fina es una de las mujeres que hemos entrevistado hasta ahora para ex-plorar las contradicciones de las maternidades intensivas (Hays, 1998) impuestas por el confinamiento y la consecuente reorganizació...
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La actual crisis mundial derivada del nuevo coronavirus, el SARS-CoV-2, y la enfermedad que provoca, la COVID-19, está impactando en las mujeres, especialmente en aquellas que pertenecen a grupos socioeconómicos más vulnerables1. Los datos existentes desagregados por sexo muestran una mayor gravedad de la enfermedad en los hombres, con más casos de...
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El 25 de novembre del 2018, amb motiu del Dia Internacional per a l’Eliminació de la Violència Masclista contra les Dones, la Comissió Dones i Ciència del Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya (CIC) va emetre un manifest en què afirmava que “urgeix comptar amb una judicatura competent en l’aplicació del marc legal en aquesta matèria, uns serveis m...
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Childbirth is no literary genre. As usual, in the story narrated childbirth is a process completed at the entrance or exit of some new characters. In most cases, also maternity is a purely descriptive element. Based on the analysis of selected fragments of literary and artistic works, it is proposed to rethink childbirth as a biographical-relationa...
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THE DIGNITY OF TIME: CONTRADICTIONS OF WORK AND CARE FOR MIDDLE CLASS WORKING MOTHERS.
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Justificación: Se presentan los resultados de la encuesta sobre la sensibilización en materia de género, violencias y salud realizada durante el proyecto “Violencias sexuales según el paradigma de las violencias de género: un proyecto de aprendizaje servicio” llevado a cabo con el alumnado de 1er curso de Enfermería (2017-2018), de la Universitat d...
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Generalmente, la donación del cuerpo entero a la ciencia se percibe como una práctica científicamente necesaria que garantiza la mejora del aprendizaje médico. Precisamente, los departamentos de anatomía lo definen como un acto altruista y social, y la donación del cuerpo se convierte en asistencia pública desinteresada y en un servicio comunitario...
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Background The experiences described by people who have undergone kidney transplant are complex. Understanding how donors and recipients experience kidney transplantation can help us to design strategies that provide a more person‐centred health care. Objectives To review articles that report the experiences of donors and recipients in the livin...
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Resumen: Se presenta un fragmento de la historia de vida de Guadalu-pe entorno a su segunda experiencia de lactancia materna. El relato está acompañado con algunas fotografías de momentos y objetos representa-tivos de su vivencia: la mesa de la lactancia, la jeringa y las pezoneras de plata. Debido a la implicación con el objeto y el sujeto de estu...
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En el presente artículo se presentan dos casos de violencia obstétrica ocurridos en Barcelona entre los años 2016-2017 en el mismo hospital: un centro de primer nivel concertado en la comunidad autónoma de Cataluña. Los casos presentados resultan instrumentales porque ilustran claramente el fenómeno de la violencia obstétrica padecida dentro de con...
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Mientras que la Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia (SEGO) niega —bajo el nombre de la evidencia y la ciencia— la existenciade prácticas violentas en el proceso de embarazo, parto y crianza, un grupo de mujeres ha reunido sus pensamientos, reflexiones y relatos en un libro sobre Violencia Obstétrica. Ellas narran los miedos, las agresion...
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La violencia obstétrica sigue hallando escollos tanto para su aceptación como para su conceptualización. Su mera exis- tencia ha sido puesta en duda desde diferentes campos del saber, como ocurre con gran parte de las cuestiones relativas a la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres. El marco jurídico español no tiene una ley especí ca sobre vio...
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1. Introducción Uno de los discursos recurrentes a los que se enfrentan las madres lactantes es la escasez o mala calidad de su leche. Ausona Bieto (201 6) recoge variantes de este discurso en su tesis doctoral sobre lactancias maternas de larga duración. Su etno-grafía, en gran parte basada en la observación participante en diferentes grupos de ap...
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En el 2015 presentamos Altres naixements, una exposición realizada con la finalidad de analizar las percepciones sobre el parto de niñxs de 3 a 10 años: dibujos con representaciones extremadamente medicalizadas en su mayoría, incluso cuando el/la artista había nacido de forma fisiológica. En algunos casos, el parto no existe, pasando del estado de...
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Resumen Se realiza una reflexión en torno a la (in)materialidad de la maternidad contemporánea como consecuencia de la visión del libro fotográfico MaternidadeS de Rovira Bru. Por una parte, la finalidad del articulo consiste en un análisis entorno a los roles maternos esperados y percibidos dentro del imaginario colectivo. Por la otra, se indaga...
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Paul Valery spoke of film as a divertissement pour ilotes. We used to call television the silly box. The box has grown up and it has become a mirror with which we talk, day in and day out, a kind of invisible friend that is a companion for our loneliness and watches over our discomforts (also defining and identifying them). Thus, our aim is to inve...
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Los estudios entorno a la Nera Signora tradicionalmente carecen de una perspectiva o análisis de género concretos, específicamente, en el marco de las ciencias de la salud. Se ha estudiado escasamente la muerte como proceso humano desde la óptica feminista y de género. Valgan los siguientes ejemplos: ¿cómo se realiza la relación existente entre esp...
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From ethnography to education: The construction of experience in the health / illness / treatment cycle in medical dramasAbstract:In this article, we wish to discuss three dimensions of medical dramas. First, we wish to highlight the ethnographic value of medical television series, along with their credibility. These reflections include an explorat...
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Free download: http://llibres.urv.cat/index.php/purv/catalog/book/179 Este libro quiere crear una reflexión en torno al uso, creación y elaboración de materiales audiovisuales –documentales, películas, programas televisivos, anuncios y series de televisión– en la didáctica e investigación de las ciencias de la salud y ciencias sociales. Para ello s...
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In this article, we wish to discuss three dimensions of medical dramas. First, we wish to highlight the ethnographic value of medical television series, along with their credibility. These reflections include an exploration of the relationships between fiction and nonfiction, using examples from Bodies, ER, Grey's Anatomy, and other series. The sec...
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MATER-Observatori de les maternitats i paternitats contemporànies interviewed Beverley L. Beech, Honorary Chair of the Association for the Improvement of the Maternity Services (AIMS) in the UK, and author of "Am I allowed?" (3rd edition). She visited us in Barcelona last October. We got the chance to meet an have a chat with her, along with a cup...
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The first episode of E.R. (1994-2009) was a revolution and opened a new era in the production of TV medical dramas. Years later, Grey's Anatomy (2005-active), among other series, became a cultural phenomenon in the USA. The success of this TV genre is related to its subject matter and some debate has been raised concerning its influence on audience...
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Guadalupe me narra de cómo vive el fracaso de su lactancia materna: “…no pensaba, estaba vez, no me lo esperaba”. Se justifica, debido a que con su primer hijo el parto fue traumático y con Frida fue un parto hermoso y respectado en casa: “pero si he tenido un parto natural…”. Yo ya había entrevistado a Guadalupe después de sus cuatros meses llora...
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Actually, the changes resulting from the questioning of the Welfare State, ideological positions and feminism have launched a debate on supply/demand about Reproductive Health. Our purpose is to evaluate the value of ethnographic narrations of three midwives: Ramona Via, Jennifer Worth and Lisbeth Burger. The casuistry presents in these ethnographi...
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El objetivo del presente volumen es evidenciar aún más la necesidad existente de observar el proceso salud, enfermedad y atención en salud mental como un continuum donde la presencia, la historia y la cultura tengan un valor fundamental en la lectura terapéutica y su interpretación. Estos elementos permiten considerar la manera de definir, explicar...
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The paper presents a reflection on the embodied experience of mother and representations of motherhood in Western culture, within advertising and television series, documentaries and movies. Typically, motherhood is imagined as the product (having a baby, becoming a parent) and not as the arduous process over the life of a person. It is presents wi...
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A review on the autobiographies of three midwives: Lisbet Burger (Germany), Ramona Via (Catalonia, Spain) and Jenniofer Worth (UK). The paper checks the ethnographic value of these writings and the different narrative strategies and meanings of their authors. The last part of the paper discuss the motion picture version (the TV Show Call the midwif...
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Las madres y sus parejas están sometida a una excesiva, controlada y contradictoria información procedente tanto de la cultura Biomédicas y/o Alternativa como de los mass media. No sólo una medicalización, sino una verdadera popularización de los saberes y prácticas relativas al Proceso de Embarazo, Parto y Crianza. Por una parte, el protagonismo d...
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Josep M. Comelles (Barcelona, 1949). Doctor en Antropologia (EHESS, París); doctor en Medicina (UB); llicenciat en Filosofia i Lletres (UB), especialista en Psiquiatria. Professor titular de Antropologia Social a la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Ha estat professor a Tarragona des de 1977 i professor invitat a les universitats de Paris X, Lumière Ly...
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The seminar is part of the training activities proposed by the School of Nursing Gimbernat. The themes link health, cinema and culture in order to address the complexity of the analysis of the Health, Sickness and Care process. Specific themed sessions will be conducted by experts from interdisciplinary fields: Gender, Women and HIV; Bodies and Sub...
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present an ethnography conducted in mental health centres and also in Emergency Department in Barcelona and Genoa. The research focuses on migrant patients from South America and socio-health professionals. Initially my objective was to develop en ethnography of health services where I conducted my field-work, to observe the main subjects of study...
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This article grows out of the meeting with various cultural mediators of different nationalities who are working in schools in Genoa. The purpose is to observe their viewpoints on education systems, inclusion and a welcoming school environment which deals with problematic aspects, and how to resolve them. The themes concern curriculum programming a...
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This article grows out of the meeting with various cultural mediators of different nationalities who are working in schools in Genoa. The purpose is to observe their viewpoints on education systems, inclusion and a welcoming school environment which deals with problematic aspects, and how to resolve them. The themes concern curriculum programming a...
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Proyecto de investigación elaborado a partir de una estancia en el Dipartamento di Emergencia e Accetazione del E.O. Ospedalli Galliera, Italia, entre marzo y octubre del 2006. En los últimos años ha habido un aumento de la población extranjera en los servicios sanitarios de urgencias. Este estudio se propone la observación de las modalidades de ll...
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The number of foreigners using emergency departments has risen in recent years. The aim of this study was to assess the management of Latin American users, above all Ecuadorian, of an emergency departments by analysing the main reasons for access to the emergency departments, the triage codes assigned and the attitudes and behaviours of healthcare...
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The donation of the entire body to science has always been observed with the utilitaristic aim – it allows the departments of anatomy to benefit of corpses – and altruistic, considering the donation a «social act» seeing that it supports and improves the preparation of the future doctors studying the human anatomy in situ, while it hasn’t been cons...
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Esta crónica realiza una lectura crítica de las ponencias presentadas en el V Congreso sobre la Inmigración en España, “Migraciones y Desarrollo Humano”, realizado en la ciudad de Valencia los días 21 al 24 de marzo de 2007.
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La informació i descripció dels casos de discriminació s’han pogut constatar durant la realització de tasques d’acollida, informació i assessorament que es fan a la nostra entitat en conveni amb la FAVB (Federació d’Associacions de Veïns i Veïnes de Barcelona) durant 2 dies a la setmana. Que aquest informe farà referència a la discriminació difusa...

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