Representations about the corporality of childhood in a pediatric hospital

Abstract

The body is the object of social representations and imaginaries because it is part of the social and cultural construction of any society. In this sense, the research aimed to identify and describe the social representations that prevail around corporality in childhood in the ages, of the members of the health team of the Hospital of Children of the Holy Trinity (City of Córdoba). The study recovered the voice, perspective and practices of children and adolescents about their own body, as well as the practices and expressions of professionals in relation to their corporality in the particular context of a pediatric hospital. The research carried out is of a descriptive and exploratory nature, with a qualitative and inductive design. It is a retrospective study made from records of workshops, team meetings and social charts of Diabetes Programs and the Project of Integral Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Rights. The objective of this work is to reflect on the processes of attention-health-illness from a frame of respect towards children and adolescents.