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- Title
Condições sociodemográfica, materna e clínica de crianças expostas ao vírus da imunodeficiência humana.
- Authors
Gimeniz Galvão, Marli Teresinha; da Cunha, Gilmara Holanda; Gomes Freitas, Julyana; Gir, Elucir; Reis, Renata Karina
- Abstract
This was a quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study aiming to identify the sociodemographic, maternal and clinical conditions of children exposed to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, who were treated in a reference hospital for infectious diseases in Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. The sample consisted of 117 mothers who brought their children for consultation between July and December 2009. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview form. There was a higher percentage of mothers aged 20-29 years (53.8%), married (73.5%) and unemployed (68.3%). Most children were less than 12 months old (39.4%), did not receive governmental assistance (66.6%), and did not attend the health service on the scheduled date (77.0%). Some mothers did not use Zidovudine during pregnancy (15.4%), and eight children did not use it after birth (6.8%). Nineteen children did not use prophylaxic Trimethoprim-Sulfametaxazol in the first year of life. It was concluded that most children had socioeconomic difficulties that negatively influenced their health conditions.
- Subjects
HIV infection transmission; DRUGS; FISHER exact test; INTERVIEWING; LITERACY; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL care use; MOTHERS; PATIENT compliance; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; QUALITATIVE research; JUDGMENT sampling; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p78
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2014000100011