Faculty of Nursing

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Research group

Spanish

Health of Women

Academic Unit: Faculty of Nursing

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Health sciences

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Strategic Focus

We research the living and health conditions of women from a gender perspective in order to transcend the biological scope and advance in the knowledge of the health-disease-death problem of women throughout the life cycle to substantiate the design of transformative healthcare proposals oriented towards social valuation of women as subjects in health. We work from an interdisciplinary perspective by linking the academic training of students of different levels of education for the promotion of women’s rights.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Sexual and reproductive health.
Violence and gender.
Women and work.
Chronic and degenerative diseases of women.
Mental health of women.
Masculinities.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Clara Victoria Giraldo Mora, PhD

PhD in Sociology and MSc in Public Health

Coordinator's Email

victoria.giraldo@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Secretary for Women in Medellin
Institute of Regional Studies – INER

Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.
Federal University of Santa Catarina.

Highlighted Projects

2015: Prevalence of psychoactive substance use and depression in nursing personnel from two hospital institutions in Medellin, 2014-2015.
2017: Binding mediation in sexual edification: A concept of care for human sexuality in nursing.
2019: Significance of the lived experience of revascularized women: a change of life, from Amazons to captives.
2020: The everyday life of people with Huntington disease: The process of losing yourself.

Key Research Findings

2010-2011: Implementation of community outreach projects “Early warning social circuits for the prevention of gender violence in Medellin”.
2018: Participation in the update of Public Policy of Women in Antioquia.
Consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en auxiliares de enfermería. (Consumption of psychoactive substances by nursing aides.) Rev Cuid. 2017; 8(2): 1591-8. DOI: 10.15649/cuidarte.v8i2.378
Riesgo de depresión, alcoholismo, tabaquismo y consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en personal de enfermería, de dos instituciones hospitalarias del área metropolitana de la ciudad de Medellín. (Risk of depression, alcoholism, smoking, and psychoactive substance use among nursing personnel at two institutions in the metropolitan area of Medellin.) Medicina UPB, 36(1), 34-43. DOI: 10.18566/medupb.v36n1.a05

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Research training for both undergraduate and graduate students of the School of Nursing in research.
Expert advice on the development of social projects with gender perspective.
Training and participation in social projects with communities related to women’s health and gender perspective.
Promoting dissemination of knowledge obtained among scientific and academic communities, academic bodies, and social actors.
Developing research activity in continuous relationship with teaching programs and community outreach projects in both undergraduate and graduate programs.