The adolescents have plans and projects and although HIV is considered a stressor, positive perspectives for the future prevailed. The answers about treatment show that adherence is a dynamic process and involves moments of greater or lesser interest in relation to care for one's health. However, a normal life situation is guaranteed by being responsible with one's health, the condition that the diagnosis be kept secret and concerns about HIV transmission and dissemination to a sexual partner.
Resultsīeing “normal” and “different” were central issues voiced by the participants. Semi-structured interviews were carried out of which script consisted of questions about their personal histories, experiences and difficulties they must face while living with HIV/AIDS. Qualitative study, involving 20 subjects (aged 13–20 years), followed at services specialized in the treatment of pediatric AIDS in São Paulo, Brazil. Explore the meanings attributed by young individuals about “living as an adolescent with HIV” in a group of patients that acquired the infection at birth and the elements involved with the adherence to antiretroviral treatment.
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