Educación para la salud en las familias inmigrantes marroquíes

Abstract

SUMMARY T o effectively carry out Health Education it is necesary to know the characteristics of the population it is aimed for. The Transcultural Nursing Model (M. Leininger) sustains that it is necessary to know the values and beliefs of other cultures to provide competent care .We are all born and raised in the heart of a certain cultural tradition that "makes us ". Every culture creates its models on the ideal way of being which tell us how to behave or not. For all this, the most characteristic features that identify the model of a good Muslim are presented. Taking in consideration that these people are immigrant Muslims who live in a social and cultural context different from that of origin. How this situation can be of influence will be analyzed . Once the most common characteristics are known, some skills to be competent in Health Education for the immigrant Moroccan families will be described.