2019-08-082019-08-082018FERREIRA, Gabriela Campos de Freitas; SILVA, Juliette Nobre dos Santos. Compreensão de gestantes HIV positivas sobre HIV/aids e transmissão vertical. Orientadora: Danielle Saraiva Tuma dos Reis. 2018. 68 f. Trabalho de Curso (Bacharelado em Enfermagem) - Faculdade de Enfermagem, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2018. Disponível em: http://bdm.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/prefix/1618. Acesso em:.http://bdm.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/prefix/1618This study resulted in a survey entitled: understanding of HIV-positive pregnant women about HIV/AIDS and vertical transmission that had as main objective to meet the understanding of pregnant women assisted by high-risk prenatal a Reference, in the State of Pará about viruses and disease and, as secondary objectives, do the demographic, economic and obstetric characterization of these women, as well as verify the understanding about the vertical transmission of HIV, the meaning of lymphocyte count and viral load and operation of ART. Was held an exploratory research with qualitative approach. To obtain the data we used individual interview through a script containing semi-structured questions and documental analysis of the medical records of pregnant women meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. The method for treatment of the data was the content analysis, which emerged three broad categories and six sub-categories. The results were presented and discussed, corroborating with other authors of studies and researches in the area. It was observed that the HIV-positive pregnant women assisted in the unit had an understanding about HIV/aids, vertical transmission, specific tests and HAART rather limited, fragmented, inconsistent or even nonexistent. Through the characterization of women was unable to understand the results, because they are in the greater vulnerability of exposure to HIV due to their unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, low educational level, poor access to information and marital relations prioritised, contributing to difficulty in adopting preventive measures to the vertical transmission of HIV in gestational period.Acesso AbertoHIVPré-natalGestaçãoAIDSCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM::ENFERMAGEM OBSTETRICATrabalho de Curso - Graduação - Monografia