title: [A story for children to help children with HIV understand the health-disease process].
abstract: This study analyzed how a story for children related to AIDS contributed to the understanding of the health-disease process of children with HIV. It was conducted at the Pediatric Clinic in Porto Alegre/RS from May to December 2011. The participants were five children aged between seven and nine years and their caregivers. The data were collected by a focal group through interviews and submitted to thematic content analysis. Two categories were found: identification with the story, relationship with the health-disease process, understanding of the story, and the health-disease process. The results demonstrated that stories for children are resources to talk about the health-disease process with children without revealing the diagnosis, leading them to understand their situation and the importance of treatment. We considered that this resource may be a strategy to help the caregivers and health professionals to initiate the process of revelation of diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem (EE) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Departamento Materno Infantil da EE/UFRGS, Faculdade de Enfermagem da Faculdades Integradas de Taquara (FACCAT), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. jeaninebrondani@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Jeanine Porto
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Brondani
authors.forename: Eva Neri Rubim
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pedro
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008093:Literature, Modern; D033262:Narration; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child; D014342:Truth Disclosure
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents