Staff’s perceptions of the implementation of protocol for maternal-child care in HIV

Abstract

Objective: to understand the health staff’s perceptions of the protocol of maternal-child care implanted in a teaching service of regional reference for HIV. Method: descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out in 2017, in the countryside of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the participation of 10 staff members at the teaching service. The focus group was used for data collection, and the information collected was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: the reports were organized in themes that portray aspects of changes performed in the service, contributions of the protocol to the organization of work processes and the integrality of the maternal-child clientele, in addition to highlighting factors intertwined in deployment that acted as facilitating or hindering factors in this process. Conclusion: the staff’s perceptions pointed to the recognition of the potential of the protocol deployed for the care with women and children in the scenario of HIV.

Keywords

• protocolos
• soropositividade para hiv
• saúde da mulher
• saúde da criança
• enfermagem materno-infantil