Aisha is a 24-year-old housewife who moved to Italy from Morocco 5 years ago with her husband. She is now in her second pregnancy, the first child is 3 years old. Already upon her arrival in Italy she was overweight, but now, after the previous pregnancy, the few physical activity and unhealthy nutrition, she has reached a BMI of 29.She does not smoke, does not drink alcohol, but feels intimately uncomfortable with her weight, and very lonely. She is intelligent and curious, but this aspects has been sacrificed by her culture. She loves her baby and respects her husband, but often compensates her sense of incompleteness and loneliness with junky food. His window of freedom on the world are the social networks, Facebook. During the obstetric visit at the clinic they advised her to participate at the Mitosis laboratory to learn to eat better and practice physical activity. Her husband’s resistance was overcome by the insistence of the doctor, who explained the risk of obesity in such a young woman, and the reassurance that only women will be present at the session. Aisha is hesitant to participate, but she would like to try because she has watched the photos of the laboratory and because the doctor tells her it would help her lose weight. She speaks just little Italian.
Internet usage
Mobile device skills
Affinity to new tech
Digital Health Literacy
Assistance (ICT use)
What's important to Aisha
– Being a good wife and a good mother
– Being attractive for her husband
– Knowing the world around her, even if she’s also scared of
– Taking care of herself, feeling a little more autonomous, learning Italian
Health concerns
– Overweight, almost obesity
Daily living
– Housewives, mother and wife
– She cooks, clean her home, and take care of her daughter
– No physical activity
– No social life
– Watches soap opera on TV, tries to learn Italian by watching movies, uses social networks and chat
Health tests
– Blood pressure, glycemia, and any other test necessary for pregnancy
– Obstetric ultrasound scans
Events, issues & personal concerns
– Binge eating
– Loneliness and social margination
– No friends
– No chance to improve her social contacts
– Pregnancy
Treatment: medications, therapies, etc.
– Nothing
Own resources & assets / support
– She’s clever and curious
– She’s motivated to looseweight
– She’s young and, for the moment, healthy
Care professional concerns
– Overweight in young age and during pregnancy
– Unhealthy nutrition
– Poor physical activity
Needs
– Programs of social inclusion
– Attending Italian (free) courses
– Attending a local Mosque to make some friendships
Developed by
bySilvana Zanon, Aulss3 Serenissima – Veneto Region
