Social representation of alcohol consumption among elders of a quilombola population

Abstract

Objective: understand the words evoked by elders of a quilombola population about alcohol consumption. Method: this is a mixed-approach (quantitative and qualitative) research. The Free-Speech Evoking Technique was used with the inductive term “alcohol consumption”. The analysis was performed using EVOC 2005 software. A form with sociodemographic questions was used, and the statistical analysis was performed with SPSS software, version 21. Results: participants interviewed were 60 elderly, mostly were female and with low schooling. Conclusion: the social representations on the alcohol consumption were negative, which shows meanings linked to the high consumption of alcohol and to the problems deriving from this consumption.