ABSTRACT: Introduction: The social determinants of health (SDH) are factors that can influence the distribution of rates for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in a given region. The objective of this study was to analyze SDHs related to AIDS. Method: Ecological study, using spatial analyses techniques. 7,896 disease case reports were analyzed over a period of 11 years. Subjects were 13 years or older an...
When mothers with HIV breastfeed their children, this represents a risk factor to transmit the virus. Therefore, the exclusion of breastfeeding is recommended. Not breastfeeding can make communication between mother and child more difficult. A comparative study was carried out in the light of proxemic factors between mother and child during artificial feeding and breastfeeding among HIV-positive and negative wo...
;;OBJECTIVES:;; to analyze the spatial distribution of reported cases of pregnant women infected by the human immunodeficiency virus and to identify the urban areas with greater social vulnerability to the infection among pregnant women.;;;;METHOD:;; ecological study, developed by means of spatial analysis techniques of area data. Secondary data were used from the Brazilian National Disease Notification System ...
Objective: The objective was to identify risk factors for domestic accidents in children exposed to HIV at birth and to indicate associated nursing diagnoses. Methods: A descriptive and exploratory qualitative study, conducted in the home environment of 12 families, consisting of mother and child exposed to HIV at birth, between January and February 2011. It used photography as a technological resource to targe...
When mothers with HIV breastfeed their children, this represents a risk factor to transmit the virus. Therefore, the exclusion of breastfeeding is recommended. Not breastfeeding can make communication between mother and child more difficult. A comparative study was carried out in the light of proxemic factors between mother and child during artificial feeding and breastfeeding among HIV-positive and negative wo...
The existing complexity in the health area makes it difficult for the professional to take a decision before certain situations which makes it necessary to run over certain existing ethic aspects. This research aims to identify scientific articles published on the issue “ethics in health”. It is a descriptive, exploratory and bibliographical study for the accomplishment of which 30 articles published between th...
Despite scientific advances in HIV treatment and the specific public policy for the infected population, aids represents a severe health problem that affects more vulnerable groups. Therefore, when treating HIV-positive people, the social determinants of the health-disease process need to be taken into account. The goal is to analyze the spatial distribution of aids patients in the State of Ceará, Brazil, and i...
Like all development crisis, pregnancy provokes an unbalance in a person’s life cycle. For an HIV-positive woman, specific aspects of seropositivity add to the unbalance caused by the birth of a child. Thus, there are many factors affecting the relationship between an HIV-positive mother and her child. Non-verbal communication may be the predominant means of communication in mother-child interaction. This study...
A amamentação natural da mãe infectada pelo HIV ao filho é fator de risco para a transmissão do vírus, assim recomenda-se a exclusão a amamentação natural. O fato de não amamentar ao seio pode dificultar a comunicação do binômio mãe-filho. Desenvolveu-se estudo comparativo à luz dos fatores proxêmicos entre mãe-filho durante alimentação artificial e aleitamento materno entre mães soropositivas e soronegativas p...
When mothers with HIV breastfeed their children, this represents a risk factor to transmit the virus. Therefore, the exclusion of breastfeeding is recommended. Not breastfeeding can make communication between mother and child more difficult. A comparative study was carried out in the light of proxemic factors between mother and child during artificial feeding and breastfeeding among HIV-positive and negative wo...