title: Health care for children and adolescents with HIV: a comparison of services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  compare the quality of different types of health care for children and adolescents with HIV, in the experience of family members and caregivers.
  
  
  METHODS
  a cross-sectional study was conducted with 71 family members and caregivers, using the children's version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool-Brazil). The Mann-Whitney or Student's t-test and Pearson's chi-square or Fisher's exact test were used for the analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  primary care services and, predominantly, specialized HIV services, were identified as the regular health care sources. There were no significant differences in quality, since their scores were close to the ideal level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the attributes of these services need to be improved, which would entail reformulating their structural and performance aspects. In addition, it is imperative to recognize primary health care as an integral place for promoting the health of children and adolescents with HIV.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Clarissa Bohrer da
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristiane Cardoso de
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luis Felipe Dias
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harzheim
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Magnago
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Denise
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schimith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care