The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study
The objective of the present investigation was to learn about the feelings experienced by HIV-infected pregnant women. This was a qualitative study carried out at a Maternity in Fortaleza, Brazil, from April to May 2005. Nine pregnant women who were aware of being infected with HIV were interviewed...
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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
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| author | Simone Gonçalves Vasconcelos Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão Maria Isis Freire de Aguiar Violante Augusta Batista Braga |
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| description | The objective of the present investigation was to learn about the feelings experienced by HIV-infected pregnant women. This was a qualitative study carried out at a Maternity in Fortaleza, Brazil, from April to May 2005. Nine pregnant women who were aware of being infected with HIV were interviewed using guided questions. Data analysis was performed by reading and ordering the data, culminating in speech categorization. The data indicated that, when the pregnant women received a diagnosis of HIV infection they experienced episodes of sadness, anger and depression, but, with the passing of time, they looked for different strategies in order to cope with the disease. Pregnancy, even when unplanned, became something indispensable in their lives and represented not only encouragement and hope not to develop more advanced stages of the disease, but also a reason to overcome the social problems due to the infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d09d6d7290b4529b1e0e3a39bb06b5b2023-09-02T16:05:02ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852006-04-0151The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory studySimone Gonçalves VasconcelosMarli Teresinha Gimeniz GalvãoMaria Isis Freire de AguiarViolante Augusta Batista BragaThe objective of the present investigation was to learn about the feelings experienced by HIV-infected pregnant women. This was a qualitative study carried out at a Maternity in Fortaleza, Brazil, from April to May 2005. Nine pregnant women who were aware of being infected with HIV were interviewed using guided questions. Data analysis was performed by reading and ordering the data, culminating in speech categorization. The data indicated that, when the pregnant women received a diagnosis of HIV infection they experienced episodes of sadness, anger and depression, but, with the passing of time, they looked for different strategies in order to cope with the disease. Pregnancy, even when unplanned, became something indispensable in their lives and represented not only encouragement and hope not to develop more advanced stages of the disease, but also a reason to overcome the social problems due to the infection.http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/61Nursing, health promotion |
| spellingShingle | Simone Gonçalves Vasconcelos Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão Maria Isis Freire de Aguiar Violante Augusta Batista Braga The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing Nursing, health promotion |
| title | The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study |
| title_full | The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study |
| title_short | The perception of pregnant women dealing with HIV infection - an exploratory study |
| title_sort | perception of pregnant women dealing with hiv infection an exploratory study |
| topic | Nursing, health promotion |
| url | http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/61 |
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