Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: an experience report with families after natural disasters to present the adapted application of autobiographical narrative analysis in nursing research, proposed by Fritz Schütze. Method: to describe the process of obtaining narratives followed by the adaptations steps of method application. Results: six cases of families from a rural area of southern Brazil were surveyed one year after the disaster which resulted in deaths and material losses. The first step was the formal text analysis. The second, was the accurate analysis of each narrative segment. The third phase consisted of the analytic abstraction with the reconstruction of the families' stories. The fourth step recaptured the discussion segments of narratives and theoretical explanations developed by the informants about the disaster. The fifth step summarized the comparison among different cases. Conclusion: the method offers support for interviews and in-depth analysis of health and disease narratives and their social context. Its potential for application to nursing research highlights attitudes and life changes in the face of crisis and suffering, based on experiences of individuals in groups such as families and communities.
Highlights
In recent decades, health researchers, especially nursing researchers, have relied on the social sciences, notably anthropology and sociology, to understand the experiences of their clients
The objective of this paper is to present the adapted application of autobiographical narrative analysis proposed by Fritz Schütze, with families in a post-natural disaster scenario
It is understood that the adaptation of the analysis method of autobiographical narratives in nursing research has been contemplated in the presented report, with a necessary contribution to the dissemination of the appropriate use of qualitative methodologies in the interpretive studies in the health area
Summary
Health researchers, especially nursing researchers, have relied on the social sciences, notably anthropology and sociology, to understand the experiences of their clients. This made it possible to give greater importance to the narratives and to understand that they need to be analyzed with reference to the context of the people.[1] Analyzing these narratives allows health professionals to build their knowledge regarding certain themes and situations that people go through. The author’s method is based on Symbolic Interactionism, Social Phenomenology and Social Ethnomethodology From this perspective, the author understands that the explanation of social phenomena cannot be without the perspective of individuals. Schütze and his work group contributed to the resumption of biographical research
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