Persons living with AIDS in nurses' social representations: analysis of central, contranormative and attitudinal elements

Authors

  • Tadeu Lessa da Costa Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Denize Cristina de Oliveira Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Gláucia Alexandre Formozo Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600011

Keywords:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Professional Practice, Attitude of Health Personnel, Nursing, Social Psychology

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to describe and analyze the centrality, the mute zone and the attitudes expressed in nurses' social representations of people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. METHOD: the subjects were 30 nurses from a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The data was collected using a Likert scale. RESULTS: the data pointed to a process of representational change regarding Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, with the assumption of a more positive attitude regarding living with this health issue. The hypothesis of the existence of a mute zone in the representation, comprising elements with a contranormative character, was strengthened. CONCLUSION: the influence of the dynamics of social normativity on how the social representations studied are expressed may contribute to a better understanding of its structuring process. It also helps in the analysis of possible gaps among the nurses' discourses and practices in relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

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Published

2012-12-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 6 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Costa, T. L. da, Oliveira, D. C. de, Formozo, G. A., & Gomes, A. M. T. (2012). Persons living with AIDS in nurses’ social representations: analysis of central, contranormative and attitudinal elements . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(6), 1091-1099. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600011