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Objective: Within the framework of the project of solidary continuing education "Laboratory of rural and intercultural health community of Bojayá, Chocó", this paper presents the results of the individual diagnostic phase and the initial approach to the collective diagnosis of the health status diagnosis presented in an Afro-Colombian group surviving to a notorious massacre occurred in Colombia. Methodology: Preliminary exploration and community diagnosis elements with 66 survivors of the massacre occurred on May 2, 2002 in the Bellavista village, in the municipality of Bojayá, Chocó. Results: Deficient socio-economic conditions and neglected clinical diagnosis were identified. An initial approach to the available potentialities to face the individual and collective health needs of the approached population was made, represented by community knowledge and accessibility to institutional programs and health services for victims. Conclusions: Although more than 15 years have passed from the occurrence of the Bojayá massacre until our work with the community began, the persistence of numerous unsatisfied needs that negatively affect the individual and collective health status, without adequate and timely intervention, was found. Any further action looking to address such matters should take into account the socio-historical conditions that define the health-illness-care process in that community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the experience lived by one of the authors as a community nurse in Peru, this reflection had as aim to describe and to understand the meaning and sense found in the relationship between nurse and families in rural communities. The Interpretative Interacionism permitted us the analysis of the experience, where "Discovering roads" was the main component of the experience. The valorization of nurse-family relationship, in a comprehensive and humanized way, allowed to carry out the basic actions with the families. The steps followed were: Inserting in their world; Knowing their reality, Perceiving their vulnerability; Understanding their concerns; Perceiving their ways of acting; Sharing the activities. In the description of the meanings attributed to the experience, contextual aspects, actions and intentions of the nurse and the feelings emerged during the implementation of the activities with the families, were explored. This work enabled us to understand the meaning of the experience, rescuing the importance of nurse-family relationship, making appropriate use of communication, observation and interaction, as well as, the use of strategies to achieve walking toward cultural maturity and humanized care, together and, in order to solve some crucial problems and needs that emerge in this context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]