Abstract The purposes of this study are to understand the dynamics of the families of pediatric transplant recipients and to identify the needs and resources of the family. We will use as a theoretical reference the Symbolic Interactionism, and the Grounded Theory methodology. The comparative analysis of the data will allow the understanding of the meaning of the family’s experience, based on which we will propose a theoretical model to explain the experience.

Abstract Background: Children are submitted to various procedures during hospitalization and in some situations, they are not allowed to take part on them. Aim: to understand children’s experience of autonomy during therapeutic procedures. Method: It was conducted in a public teaching hospital in São Paulo. Data were carried out by observation and semi-structured interviews with nine children. Results: the qualitative content analysis allowed the comprehension of children’s experience of autonomy, revealing that the right of autonomy is poorly contemplated, so […]

Abstract The objective of this descriptive, exploratory, study is to classify the current feeding habits of children during their first year the according to social strata. One hundred ninety-seven children from zero to twelve months participated in the study. In order to include various social strata, the data was collected in a health clinic in the rural zone of a country in Maranhão-Brazil. One offered public health care services and the other offered private, or paid, health care services. The […]

Abstract The aims of the study were to identify nurse’s feeling toward child out of therapeutic possibilities and relate his/her role to the child’s family. Death is always an inexplicable loss and several times misunderstood by many people. The qualitative interview was developed with six nurses who work in the following settings: Infant Oncology Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Content Analysis was applied to the data, and results revealed that the most common professional’s feelings toward diagnosis were […]

Abstract Once at home, Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) demand complex care from their caregivers. However, scientific knowledge regarding these children is insufficient of caring for, which led us to identify who they are, how they live and what is their demands of caring. An exploratory and descriptive study was developed with 25 caregivers and 28 CSHN followed-up at hospital of Santa Maria (Brazil). Data from interview and charts were analyzed. The results indicated that 50% of children […]

Abstract High prevalence of Ascaris infection among young children led to develop many studies in different countries and its impact over their nutritional condition. However, a few of them had described the number of hospitalized children with intestinal parasitic infection in different place. These data prompted us to investigate the prevalence of hospitalized children with enteroparasitosis in three hospitals at Guarapuava city, associating degree of infection, age, sex and nutritional conditions. The nutritional state of the children was evaluated by […]