Construction and transformation of social representations of AIDS and implications for health care

Authors

  • Denize Cristina de Oliveira Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000700034

Keywords:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Social Perception, Delivery of Health Care, Social Change

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to analyze the process of the constitution and evolution of social representations and practices referent to aids, based on studies carried out in the last eleven years among health professionals. METHOD: a comparison of representational structures of aids in different decades was undertaken, accompanied by a study of the silent zone, involving health professionals. Data collection and analysis included techniques of free association, structural analysis, and study of the silent zone. RESULTS: the existence of a process of change was observed in the social representations of aids, with the introduction of the possibility of co-existence with the disease and the reduction of the importance of death. CONCLUSIONS: this process is presented as the result of a complex movement of symbolic constructions arising from human interactions, contributing to knowledge of ways of thinking associated with the syndrome and to professional practices in healthcare.

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Published

2013-02-01

Issue

Vol. 21 (2013): special issue

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Oliveira, D. C. de. (2013). Construction and transformation of social representations of AIDS and implications for health care . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 21(spe), 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000700034