%0 Journal Article %T Significado del cuidado de si y de su hijo por nacer en gestantes desplazadas %A Bernal-Rold¨¢n %A Mar¨ªa Carmen %A Mu£¿oz de Rodr¨ªguez %A Lucy %A Ruiz de C¨¢rdenas %A Carmen Helena %J Aquich¨¢n %D 2008 %I Universidad de La Sabana %X this study is part of maternal and perinatal care based on transcultural nursing, a research project being developed by the nursing faculty at the national university of colombia. broadly speaking, its aim is to explore the significance of self-care and prenatal care for a group of displaced pregnant women living at bogot¨¢, based on their own beliefs and practices.the study was conducted during 2006 in suba and ciudad bolivar, which are two of the largest districts in the nation£¿s capital. the research is qualitative and uses the ethnonursing method. spradley£¿s ethnographic analysis was applied for data management. the target group was comprised of 12 pregnant women; data collection was based on personal and group interviews, as well as observation.the focus was on £¿the significance of self-care and prenatal care among displaced pregnant women£¿. one of the lessons derived from the study concerns how these women manage to adapt and to find ways to protect and care for their unborn children. %K displacement %K pregnancy %K prenatal nutrition. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-59972008000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en