title: [Family care provided by immigrant women and its impact on the quality of care and health].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the effects of care within the family provided by live-in female immigrants on elderly dependents and their families and the carers themselves in Seville (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  We designed a qualitative study using in-depth interviews of key informants, immigrant care workers, elderly dependents and their families, and discussion groups composed of health professionals. The study was carried out in Seville between 2006 and 2008. The observation unit consisted of the families of elderly dependents with a live-in female immigrant care worker. The analysis units were health, care, dependence, gender, ethnicity and social class. Category analysis was carried out using QSR-NUD*ISTVivo1.3. After saturation, we triangulated among disciplines, researchers, sources and techniques to validate the results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most important factors for carers' health were the migration process and care tasks. Interpersonal relationships constituted the principal factor affecting the health of all involved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The care tasks provided by immigrant women, together with the migration process, have an important impact on their health. Good and egalitarian interpersonal relationships are a protective factor for health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. rcasado@us.es
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casado-Mejía
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Arias
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solano-Parés
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001136:Armenia / Q000208:ethnology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D009790:Occupations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult