Child-mothers with congenital Zika syndrome: daily rites for the prevention of COVID-19

Madres-infantiles con síndrome congénito de Zika: ritos diários para la prevención del COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Objective  To comprehend the daily rites of child-mothers with congenital Zika virus syndrome for the prevention of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Method  Study with a qualitative-exploratory approach, in the light on the comprehensive sociology of Michel Maffesoli, carried out in WhatsApp groups of associations of families of children with the syndrome. 44 mothers answered the online questionnaire between April and May 2020. Lexical and similarity analyzes were used through IRaMuTeQ.

Results  Mothers encourage exercises for child development and help the children’s school activities, watch television, sew, cook, support other mothers on social networks and find satisfaction in not meeting previously established schedules. To prevent COVID-19, mothers adopt physical distance, try to consume healthy foods and intensify hygiene measures.

Final considerations  Child-mothers experience, in physical distance being closer to their children and other mothers through the networks, and adopt preventive care to COVID-19, with care overload.

Keywords
Coronavirus infections; Zika virus; Disabled children; Postmodernism; Mother-child relations; Covid-19