title: [Child with HIV/AIDS: perception of the antiretroviral treatment].
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.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). mottinha@enf.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: Maria da Graça Corso
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: da Motta
authors.forename: Eva Neri Rubim
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pedro
authors.forename: Eliane Tatsch
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Helena Becker
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Issi
authors.forename: Nair Regina Ritter
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Neiva Isabel Raffo
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Wachholz
authors.forename: Aramita Prates
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Greff
authors.forename: Aline Cammarano
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Cristiane Cardoso
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: Débora Fernandes
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Stela Maris Mello
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: de Padoin
authors.forename: Regis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kreitchmann
authors.forename: Aline Goulart
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kruel
authors.forename: Paula Manoela Batista
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Poletto
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents