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[Child with HIV/AIDS: perception of the antiretroviral treatment]
Maria da Graça Corso da Motta1, Eva Neri Rubim Pedro, Eliane Tatsch Neves
1Escola de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). mottinha@enf.ufrgs.br
Abstract:
This article presents a cutting from the multicentric study carried out in the municipalities of Porto Alegre and Santa Maria/ RS with the objective of unveiling the perception and the life experience of the child regarding the antiretroviral treatment. With qualitative approach, the study was carried out with seven children of five to ten years of age, in the period from 2006 to 2010, after approval by Committee National for Ethics in research and the Committees of Ethics in research. Based on the thematic analysis was obtained the results: the day-to-day life of the child with medicines; the family care upon the adhesion to the antiretroviral treatment; the professional care:perception of children with infection. Observation showed that the children face adversities, know and appreciate the treatment in spite of the paradoxical movement of rejection/acceptance expressed by the fight against the syndrome.
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