Children and adolescents living with HIV: participatory health care proposal

Niños y adolescentes que viven con VIH: propuesta de atención participativa en salud

ABSTRACT

Objective:  To present a proposal for participatory health care based on the Human Rights of children and adolescents living with HIV.

Method:  Qualitative study with participatory approach that used the Sensitive Creative Method. The participants were 16 health professionals from three Specialized Care Services in southern Brazil. Data were submitted to Discourse Analysis in the French current.

Results:  The first thematic category highlighted the perspectives on the right to participation as a new meaning in the science of care. The second category revealed the construction of a participatory care proposal by health professionals, that can be implemented in the daily practice of teamsin six moments.

Final considerations:  The implementation has the potential to promote the legitimacy of the right to participation and, consequently, the qualification of health care.

Keywords: Human rights; Child; Adolescent; HIV; Nursing; Patient participation.