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Trajectories and mishaps to care work in nursing: gender questions

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No. 20 (2023): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.73466

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Objective: To analyze the training and work trajectories of nursing technicians from a gender perspective, especially the sexual division of labor (STD). Methodology: Qualitative research in a large Brazilian city, with the use of oral history to understand work and training paths, reasons and choices for entering the profession. Interviews were conducted with eleven nursing technicians (nine women and two men). Results: Entry into the profession is motivated by obtaining a job; improvement in salary conditions for men and women; desire to care related to “vocation” and family influence. Some women have had interruptions due to reproductive work; the discontinuities in the trajectories were not experienced by men and by young women without children. Conclusions: The STD approach allowed us to understand the different pathways for care work between genders, the reasons for career and work interruptions

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Gender and health, nursing, work, women working

Author Biographies

Cristiane Batista Andrade, Fundación Oswaldo Cruz

Doutora em Educação e Pós-Doutorado em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Professora Titular da Fiocruz/Ministério da Saúde, Brasil.

Tatiana Giovanelli Vedovato, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

Doutora e Pós-Doutorado em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brasil.

Inês Monteiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Doutora em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professora Associada da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil.

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Batista Andrade, C., Giovanelli Vedovato, T., & Monteiro, I. (2023). Trajectories and mishaps to care work in nursing: gender questions. Revista Punto Género, (20), pp. 206–240. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.73466
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