title: Non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV in an experimental environment.
abstract: Non-verbal communication is predominant in the mother-child relation. This study aimed to analyze non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV. In an experimental environment, five HIV-positive mothers were evaluated during care delivery to their babies of up to six months old. Recordings of the care were analyzed by experts, observing aspects of non-verbal communication, such as: paralanguage, kinesics, distance, visual contact, tone of voice, maternal and infant tactile behavior. In total, 344 scenes were obtained. After statistical analysis, these permitted inferring that mothers use non-verbal communication to demonstrate their close attachment to their children and to perceive possible abnormalities. It is suggested that the mothers infection can be a determining factor for the formation of mothers strong attachment to their children after birth.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil. simonecvc@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Sousa Paiva
authors.forename: Marli Teresinha Gimeniz
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.forename: Lorita Marlena Freitag
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pagliuca
authors.forename: Paulo César
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003448:Crying; D003625:Data Collection; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007753:Laboratories; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors