Abstract

CARDOSO DE PAULA, Cristiane et al. HIV/AIDS in childhood and adolescence. Trends in Brazilian scientific production. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2013, vol.31, n.2, pp.277-286. ISSN 0120-5307.

Objective. To analyze the theme HIV/AIDS in childhood and adolescence, its characteristics and trends, in Brazilian scientific production between 1983 and 2010. Methodology. Review of 121 quantitative and qualitative descriptive studies. Results. 81% of the production comes from the South-East/South of the country. In the 1980's, a balance is observed between experience reports (50%) and research (50%). Seventy percent of the papers were produced between 2003 and 2010. The most frequent theme analyzed with regard to childhood was care delivery (75%), against prevention in adolescence (72%). Studies related to HIV/ AIDS in emphasized clinical-epidemiological aspects (70%), while sociocultural studies predominated for the adolescent period (90%), with a preventive trend. Conclusion. The scientific production under analysis is coherent with the Brazilian policy to cope with the epidemic and addresses all care levels related to this public health problem.

Keywords : adolescent health; child health; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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