Abstract This is a descriptive qualitative study, aimed at understanding what adolescents think about a real or possible relationship between HIV seropositive classmates within a school environment. The participants of this study were comprised of eight adolescents of both sexs aged between 10 and 14 years old, who were in attendance at a youth center within a philanthropic institution in Sao Paulo city. The data was collected through a semi-structured interview, from which the analysis revealed the following thematic categories: […]

Abstract The profile of children with HIV/AIDS from one public outpatient facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was investigated in order to identify and analyse their needs. A quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study was conducted in a specialty outpatient, that is reference to care for children with HIV/AIDS. Charts of 45 children was used as a source of research, which data were statistic analysed and showed the following results: in relate to gender, there is no significance variation between male […]

Abstract This qualitative study with descriptive approach had an objective to identify a vision of sutdent nurses about playing as a way of taking care children with HIV/AIDS in hospital stay situation; to describe a playing strategies adopted by them in caring for those smalls clients; to discuss repercussions of using play by them in their background and how to learn about effective children interaction. Student nurses of 7th and 8th periods from one public federal university, Rio de Janeiro, […]