RESUMO
In this article the author accepts the WHO definition of symptoms to establish a diagnosis of AIDS in children. Risk factors and roster of transmission list parents with Aids Related complex (ARC) or AIDS or at risk for AIDS, receipt of contaminated blood products, infection during treatment of haemophila or coagulation disorders, multiple use of needles in drug abuse and sexual activity or abuse. Age and sex distribution, clinical features, non-specific clinical manifestations of Aids in children and varying clinical manifestations in children versus adults with HIV are examined
Assuntos
Infecções por HIV/classificação , Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico , Infecções por HIV/transmissão , Sinais e Sintomas , Sistema Imunitário , Anormalidades Congênitas/classificação , Anormalidades Congênitas/diagnóstico , Fatores de Risco , Infecções Oportunistas/classificação , Infecções Oportunistas/diagnóstico , Infecções Oportunistas/terapia , Cuidados de Enfermagem , BarbadosRESUMO
Participant observation and structured interviews with selected groups of mothers in Northern Ireland and Jamaica revealed a variety of individual experiences that highlighted contrasts between the two cultures, and differences within each culture. The findings are used to illustrate the danger of cultural stereotyping, and the implications for the transcultural nursing movement are discussed. (AU)
