The children nutrition is one of the problems that parents have to manage at home,
after treatment of an oncological disease. Nutritional commitment may prolong
episodes of neutropenia and compromise the e+ectiveness of treatments. The
goals of this study were: to identify the needs of parents/caregivers in the management
of children/adolescents nutrition with cancer undergoing chemotherapy
treatment, at home; to characterize parental strategies in the management of
children's nutrition at home, after chemotherapy. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive
and cross-sectional study was developed with eleven parents of children
with cancer, who underwent chemotherapy treatment, after returning home. Data
were collected through a semi-structured interview and analyzed according to Bardin.
From the analysis of content emerged the domain The Life at Home and the
category Nutrition. Home Life for parents of the child with cancer presents several
challenges, particularly in nutritional management, in the face of reduced food
intake and the new rules imposed by the neutropenic diet. Thus, parents resort
to several strategies to manage this problem: recourse to new practices in food
confectionery; changes in the diet of the whole family; insistence/verbal pressure;
distraction; reward after negotiation; supply a varied and nutritious diet; questioning/
accepting the food preference; organic food. Despite appealing to the multiplicity
of strategies, the subjects of this study require the need for more structured
support so that at home, they can respond to the challenges they face in their daily
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