[Silence in the daily life of the adolescent with HIV/AIDS].

This study is characterized as a qualitative research with the objective of unveiling the perception and experience regarding the antiretroviral treatment of the adolescent with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The research was carried out within reference health care centers in two municipalities from the southern region of Brazil. The data production was developed through the creativity and sensitiveness dynamics of talking map type by a group of five participants.

[Child with HIV/AIDS: perception of the antiretroviral treatment].

This article presents a cutting from the multicentric study carried out in the municipalities of Porto Alegre and Santa Maria/ RS with the objective of unveiling the perception and the life experience of the child regarding the antiretroviral treatment. With qualitative approach, the study was carried out with seven children of five to ten years of age, in the period from 2006 to 2010, after approval by Committee National for Ethics in research and the Committees of Ethics in research. Based on the thematic analysis was obtained the results: the day-to-day life of the child with medicines; the family care upon the adhesion to the antiretroviral treatment; the professional care:perception of children with infection.

[Listening to the mothers of individuals with oral fissures].

This descriptive study was performed using a qualitative approach. The objective was to listen and report on the etiology of the malformation and learn about the beliefs of relatives regarding the manifestation of oral fissures. Data collection was performed from March to June 2009 using semi-structured interview and analyzed using content analysis.

[The father within the pediatric hospitalization context].

This exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach addresses the father-child relationship upon the pediatric hospitalization. The collected data, by means of semi-structured interview and field diary, at the Pediatrics Unit of a hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, over the period of December 2002 to April 2003. The data allowed to analyze the experiences and feelings of the father who takes care of his child in the hospital.