Social representations of nurses concerning domestic violence against women: study with a structural approach. / Representações sociais de enfermeiras acerca da violência doméstica contra a mulher: estudo com abordagem estrutural.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the structure and contents of the social representations of nurses concerning domestic violence against women. METHODS: This is a qualitative study conducted with 100 nurses between May and September 2014 in two hospitals of Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. Data were collected through evocations and semi-structured interviews. The data were processed in Evoc software and subjected to contextual analysis, respectively. RESULTS: A negative representation was identified with core elements alluding to forms of violence and its judgment, expressed as "physical aggression" and "contempt". In the periphery, "fear" is how the professionals and the victims feel toward the aggressor and "submission" is mentioned as a cause of violence. The term "verbal aggression" in the contrast zone suggests the possibility of a subgroup with a different representation. CONCLUSIONS: A centralised view regarding physical injuries and the culpabilisation of domestic abuse victims can limit care actions, revealing the need to discuss this subject with health workers.

[Social representation of domestic violence against women among Nursing Technicians and Community Agents]. / Representação social da violência doméstica contra a mulher entre Técnicos de Enfermagem e Agentes Comunitários.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the social representations of the Nursing Technicians and Community Health Agents about domestic violence against women. METHOD: A qualitative study carried out in the city of Rio Grande, RS, in which evocations and interviews were collected between July and November 2013. For the treatment of data were used the EVOC 2005 software and the context analysis. RESULTS: It is a structured representation, in which the central nucleus contains conceptual, imaging and attitudinal elements, namely: abuse, aggression, physical aggression, cowardice and lack of respect. Such terms were present in the context of the interviews. The professionals acknowledged that violence is not limited to physical aspects and were judgemental about the acts of the aggressor. CONCLUSION: This knowledge may enable the problematization of the studied phenomenon with the team, and facilitate the search for prevention and intervention strategies for victims, offenders and managers of health services.

[The representations of adolescents about gynecological consultation]. / Representações de adolescentes acerca da consulta ginecológica.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the social representation of adolescents about gynecological consultation and the influence of those in searching for consultations. METHOD: Qualitative descriptive study based on the Social Representations Theory, conducted with 50 adolescents in their last year of middle school. The data was collected between April and May of 2010 by Evocations and a Focal Group. The software EVOC and contextual analysis were used in the data treatment. RESULTS: The elements fear and constraint, constant in the central nucleus, can justify the low frequency of adolescents in consultations. The term embarrassment in the peripheral system reinforce current sociocultural norms, while prevention, associated with learning about sex and clarifying doubts, allows to envision an educative function. Obtained testimonies in the focal groups exemplify and reinforce those findings. CONCLUSION: For an effective health education, professionals, including nurses, need to clarify the youth individually and collectively about their rights to privacy, secrecy, in addition to focus the gynecological consultation as a promotion measure to sexual and reproductive health.

Social representation of young people in higher education about sexually transmitted infections.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the social representations about sexually transmitted infections elaborated by undergraduate students. METHODS: a descriptive, qualitative study, in the light of the structural approach of Social Representation Theory, carried out with 160 young undergraduate students, in the second half of 2019, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, knowledge and practices for preventing sexually transmitted infections, analyzed using descriptive statistics and a form of free evocations with the inducing term STD, analyzed using prototypical and similarity analysis. RESULTS: the representation's possible central nucleus is composed of lexicons aids, disease and HIV; the peripheral system by syphilis, sex, condoms, gonorrhea, prevention, infection, carelessness, HPV, herpes, ignorance, treatment, fear, unprotected-sex and danger. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: social thinking about sexually transmitted infections is characterized by their recognition as diseases, which require barrier prevention measures, associating with unsafe sexual practices that arouse fear.

Social representations of the quality of life of the young people living with HIV.

OBJECTIVES: to analyze the social representations of the quality of life of the young people living with HIV. METHODS: qualitative survey, based on the Social Representations Theory, with 24 young people living with HIV, monitored in specialized services in Rio de Janeiro, through semi-structured interviews, and the analysis supported by the software IRAMUTEQ. RESULTS: multidimensionality of the quality of life was observed unfolding the implications of living with HIV/aids concerning the familiar and social support network, time of diagnosis, healthcare services, antiretroviral therapy, and prejudice expressions. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: a conceptual synthesis of quality of life is observed when it is associated with healthy lifestyle habits, interpersonal relationships, and health services and professional practices.

[Professional autonomy in an atomic design: social representations of nurses]. / Autonomia profissional em um desenho atômico: representações sociais de enfermeiros.

This work has the objective of describe and analyse the social representation of professional autonomy build by public health nurses. The methodology theoretical referencial was the Theory of Social Representation. Interviews were deeply made with 30 nurses of a city in state of Rio de Janeiro. The information was analysed by Alceste software. The results showed the professional autonomy drawing based on professional characteristics (responsibility is balance) and health programming as an important space to autonomy building. It can be concluded that autonomy process is under construction and that the existence of its representation.

[Social representations of the care provided to HIV seropositive patients]. / Representações sociais do cuidado prestado aos pacientes soropositivos ao HIV.

This is a qualitative research whose objectives were to identify and compare the social representations of nursing care to patients with HIV seropositive to professionals of nursing. The scenario was a public university hospital in Rio de Janeiro and the subject 20 nursing assistants and 20 nurses. The data collection took place through semi-structured and used for its analysis software ALCESTE 4.7. Among the nursing assistants were characterized about the content of the daily nursing care provided to patients with HIV/AIDS, whereas the nurses have content back to their quality of life. Thus it was concluded that the social representation of nursing assistants is anchored in the practical elements of daily care, while nurses anchored in the knowledge reified.

Meanings and dimensions of cancer by sick people - a structural analysis of social representations.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the contents and structure of the social representation of cancer. METHOD: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in a High Complexity Care Unit in Oncology. Data collection included a socio-occupational and clinical characterization questionnaire and free evocations form from 100 cancer patients in chemotherapy treatment and in-depth interviews with 29 of them. The analysis was performed using EVOC software. RESULTS: One hundred (100) patients participated in the study. The social representation of cancer has the words normal, difficult disease, death and fear in its central nucleus. The apparent ambivalence between the continuity of life and its finitude as structuring meanings of this representation enables establishing an inferential hypothesis that relates normal disease to the possibility of treatment, control and cure of cancer, while the fear of death remains in the representational field linked to the disease, which has a difficult treatment to cope with. CONCLUSION: The social representations of cancer based on the presented interrelationships provide reflections which may contribute to increasing the individual and social care of patients with malignant neoplasm and their family in health services.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Burnout Syndrome among Primary Health Care Nursing Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with Burnout Syndrome (BS) in Primary Health Care (PHC) nursing professionals from the state of Bahia, Brazil. A multicentre, cross-sectional population-based study was conducted in a cluster sample among 1125 PHC Nursing professionals during the years 2017 and 2018. We used a questionnaire that included sociodemographic, labor and lifestyle variables and the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale to identify BS. The associations were evaluated using a robust Poisson regression with the hierarchical selection of the independent variables. The prevalence of BS was 18.3% and the associated factors were ethnicity (prevalence ratio (PR) = 0.62, confidence interval (CI) 95% = 0.47-0.83), residence (PR = 2.35, CI 95% = 1.79-3.09), economic situation (PR = 1.40, CI 95% = 1.06-1.86), satisfaction with current occupation (PR = 1.75, CI 95% = 1.31-2.33), (PR = 1.60, CI 95% = 1.23-2.08), rest (PR = 1.83, 95% CI = 1.41-2.37), technical resources and equipment (PR = 1.37, CI 95% = 1.06-1.77), night shift (PR = 1.49, CI 95% = 1.14-1.96), physical activity practice (PR = 1.72; CI 95% = 1.28-2.31), smoking (PR = 1.82, CI 95% = 1.35-2.45), and satisfaction with physical form (PR = 1.34, CI 95% = 1.01-179). Strategies are needed to prevent BS, with an emphasis on implementing worker health programs in the context of PHC.

Rebuilding subjectivity from the experience of cancer and its treatment.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the social representations of chemotherapy and the experiences built by people with cancer. METHOD: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred between August and December 2016, through interviews with 29 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at an institution in the northern part of Paraná State, and the Thematic-Categorical Content Analysis. RESULTS: Four categories have emerged denoting attitudes, feelings and experiences associated with chemotherapy and the need for reconstruction of daily life, permeated by the distancing of social life and work. At the same time, we note the close ties with friends and family, as well as adaptive strategies, new meanings of experiences lived and life priority setting. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Cancer represents an interruption of plans and dreams, modifying everyday tasks and generating new experiences. This process facilitates giving a new meaning to the past and the reconstruction of subjectivity.

Representações sociais da autoproteção profissional e pessoal para Enfermeiros no contexto da COVID-19 / Social Representations of Professional and Personal Self-Protection for Nurses in the COVID-19 Context / Representaciones sociales de la autoprotección profesional y personal para enfermeros en el contexto del COVID-19

Objetivo: analisar as representações sociais da autoproteção profissional e pessoal dos enfermeiros no contexto da Covid-19. Método: estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, pautado na Teoria das Representações Sociais, abordagem processual. Participaram 30 enfermeiros que realizaram cuidados de enfermagem a pacientes com Covid-19, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de entrevista semiestruturada entre abril e maio 2021, realizada em plataforma online. O tratamento dos dados foi realizado com a técnica de análise de conteúdo temático-categorial. Resultado: a análise resultou em quatro categorias: Representações sociais e práticas relativas a Covid-19; Representações sociais da autoproteção; Desafios no enfrentamento da Covid-19: autoproteção pessoal e profissional; e Estrutura e fluxo de atendimento e sua relação com a autoproteção profissional. Considerações finais: houve engajamento dos profissionais no uso dos EPI na pandemia, o que aponta uma preocupação quanto à autoproteção na prestação de cuidados à pacientes com a Covid-19.

Objective: to analyze the social representations of professional and personal self-protection among nurses in the context of Covid-19. Method: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, based on the Social Representations Theory, using a procedural approach. Thirty nurses who provided nursing care to Covid-19 patients in the State of Rio de Janeiro participated in the study. Data collection took place through semi-structured interviews between April and May 2021, conducted on an online platform. Data analysis was performed using the thematic-categorical content analysis technique. Results: The analysis resulted in four categories of social representations and practices related to challenges in coping with Covid-19: personal and professional self-protection; Care structure and flow and its relationship with professional self-protection. Final considerations: There was engagement of professionals in the use of PPE during the pandemic, indicating a concern regarding self-protection in providing care to patients with Covid-19.

Objetivo: analizar las representaciones sociales de la autoprotección profesional y personal de los enfermeros en el contexto del Covid-19. Método: estudio descriptivo, con enfoque cualitativo, basado en la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales, enfoque procesal. Participaron 30 enfermeros que brindaron cuidados de enfermería a pacientes con Covid-19 en el Estado de Río de Janeiro. La recolección de datos se llevó a cabo a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas entre abril y mayo de 2021, realizadas en una plataforma online. El procesamiento de los datos se realizó mediante la técnica de análisis de contenido temático categorial. Resultado: del análisis surgieron cuatro categorías: Representaciones sociales y prácticas relacionadas con el Covid-19; Representaciones sociales de la autoprotección; Desafíos de enfrentar el Covid-19: autoprotección personal y profesional; y Estructura y flujo de atención y su relación con la autoprotección profesional. Consideraciones finales: los profesionales demostraron compromiso en el uso de EPP durante la pandemia, lo que indica que se preocupaban por autoprotegerse durante la atención a pacientes con Covid-19.

Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS.

OBJECTIVE: to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. METHOD: a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software. RESULTS: it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.

Representations and care practices of health professionals for people with HIV. / Representações e práticas de cuidado de profissionais de saúde às pessoas com HIV.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the social representations of health professionals regarding the care of people living with HIV. METHOD: A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach in light of the Theory of Social Representations, carried out with health professionals. The semi-structured interview technique was used, which was analyzed using the lexical content analysis technique. RESULTS: Forty-six (46) professionals participated. The analyzed results reveal that the representations and care practices referred to by health professionals are technical, relational and organizational, ensuring the confidentiality of the diagnosis and taking care to develop embracement actions, provide guidance, clarification and emotional and psychological support, as well as being based on confidentiality, multi-professional care practice and addressing structural difficulties. CONCLUSION: It is important to encourage multiprofessional care for people living with HIV, so that professionals engage, develop critical thinking and are able to act in improving healthcare services.

Representação social da Covid-19 para a população de uma cidade de pequeno porte / Social representation of Covid-19 for the population of a small-sized city / Representación social del Covid-19 para la población de un pequeño pueblo

Objetivo: analisar a representação social da Covid-19 para a população geral de uma cidade de pequeno porte do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Método: estudo qualitativo, apoiado na abordagem estrutural das representações sociais. Participaram 100 usuários de serviços de saúde. Os dados foram coletados por questionário sociodemográfico de evocações livres de palavras e roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada. Os dados foram analisados com o auxílio dos softwares Excel, EVOC 2005 e análise de conteúdo temático-categorial para contextualização das evocações respectivamente. Resultados: os termos do possível núcleo central foram: morte, sofrimento, cuidados, ansiedade-angústia e vacina. Na primeira periferia: medo e prevenção. À segunda periferia: informação-desinformação; desgoverno; ter-fé e proteção. A zona de contrate: doença; isolamento-social; dificuldades; catástrofe-mundial; desemprego e pandemia. Considerações finais: marcaram essa representação os impactos psicossociais negativos resultantes da desestruturação da vida e das mortes ocasionadas pela nova doença, no entanto o grupo aderiu as medidas de cuidados de proteção.

Objective: to analyze the social representation of Covid-19 among the general population of a small-sized city in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Method: Qualitative study, based on the structural approach of social representations. One hundred healthcare service users participated. Data were collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire, free word evocation, and a semi-structured interview guide. The data were analyzed using Excel software, EVOC 2005, and thematic-categorical content analysis for contextualization of the evocations, respectively. Results: the terms of the possible central core were: death, suffering, care, anxiety-distress, and vaccine. In the first periphery: fear and prevention. In the second periphery: information-misinformation; mismanagement; having faith and protection. The contrast zone: disease; social isolation; difficulties; global catastrophe; unemployment; and pandemic. Final considerations: this representation was marked by the negative psychosocial impacts resulting from the disruption of life and the deaths caused by the new disease; however, the group adhered to protective care measures.

Objetivo: analizar la representación social del Covid-19 para la población general de una pequeña ciudad del Estado de Río de Janeiro. Método: estudio cualitativo, basado en el enfoque estructural de las representaciones sociales. Participaron 100 usuarios de servicios de salud. Los datos se recolectaron mediante un cuestionario sociodemográfico con evocación libre de palabras y una guía de entrevista semiestructurada. Los datos fueron analizados utilizando lo software Excel y EVOC 2005 y análisis de contenido temático-categórico para contextualizar las evocaciones respectivamente. Resultados: los términos del posible núcleo central eran: muerte, sufrimiento, cuidados, ansiedad-angustia y vacuna. En la primera periferia: miedo y prevención. En la segunda periferia: información-desinformación; desgobierno; tener fe y protección. La zona de contraste: enfermedad; aislamiento-social; dificultades; catástrofe-mundial; desempleo y pandemia. Consideraciones finales: esta representación se caracterizó por los impactos psicosociales negativos derivados de la desestructuración de la vida y de las muertes causada por la nueva enfermedad, sin embargo, el grupo adhirió a las medidas de protección.

[Brazilian National Health Policy: health professionals' social representations]. / A política pública de saúde brasileira: representação e memória social de profissionais.

The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) was created 15 years ago with the aim of promoting universal access to health care. This study analyzes the content of social representations by health professionals from Rio de Janeiro concerning the system's implementation. The study was based on social representation and social memory theory and was conducted in five health care institutions with 100 professionals. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed through lexical analysis using the Alceste 4.7 software. The results showed two thematic blocks, namely the formal and real SUS. The formal representation discusses themes related to human resources policy, health system definitions and principles, and social participation. The real representation discusses the health professional-client relationship and health care structure, hierarchical and regional organization of care, and client profile. The results reflect the main characteristics of the SUS and allow the identification of representations and memories that differentiate it from the previous system.

Social representation of young people in higher education about sexually transmitted infections / Representación social de jóvenes en educación superior sobre las infecciones de transmisión sexual / Representação social de jovens da educação superior sobre infecções sexualmente transmissíveis

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the social representations about sexually transmitted infections elaborated by undergraduate students. Methods: a descriptive, qualitative study, in the light of the structural approach of Social Representation Theory, carried out with 160 young undergraduate students, in the second half of 2019, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, knowledge and practices for preventing sexually transmitted infections, analyzed using descriptive statistics and a form of free evocations with the inducing term STD, analyzed using prototypical and similarity analysis. Results: the representation's possible central nucleus is composed of lexicons aids, disease and HIV; the peripheral system by syphilis, sex, condoms, gonorrhea, prevention, infection, carelessness, HPV, herpes, ignorance, treatment, fear, unprotected-sex and danger. Final considerations: social thinking about sexually transmitted infections is characterized by their recognition as diseases, which require barrier prevention measures, associating with unsafe sexual practices that arouse fear.

RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar las representaciones sociales sobre las infecciones de transmisión sexual elaboradas por estudiantes universitarios. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, cualitativo, a la luz del enfoque estructural de la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales, realizado con 160 jóvenes universitarios, en el segundo semestre de 2019, en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. Los datos fueron recolectados mediante un cuestionario de caracterización sociodemográfica, conocimientos y prácticas para la prevención de infecciones de transmisión sexual, analizados mediante estadística descriptiva y un formulario de evocaciones libres con el término inductor de ETS, analizados mediante análisis prototípico y de similitud. Resultados: el posible núcleo central de la representación está compuesto por los léxicos sida, enfermedad y VIH; el sistema periférico, por sífilis, sexo, condones, gonorrea, prevención, infección, descuido, VPH, herpes, desconocimiento, tratamiento, miedo, sexo sin protección y peligro. Consideraciones finales: el pensamiento social sobre las infecciones de transmisión sexual se caracteriza por su reconocimiento como enfermedades que requierendo medidas de prevención de barrera, se asociando a prácticas sexuales inseguras que despiertan miedo.

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar as representações sociais sobre as infecções sexualmente transmissíveis elaboradas por jovens universitários. Métodos: estudo descritivo, qualitativo, à luz da abordagem estrutural da Teoria das Representações Sociais, realizado com 160 jovens universitários, no segundo semestre de 2019, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Os dados foram coletados por questionário de caracterização sociodemográfica, conhecimentos e práticas de prevenção das infecções sexualmente transmissíveis, analisados pela estatística descritiva e por formulário de evocações livres com o termo indutor DST, analisadas pela análise prototípica e de similitude. Resultados: o possível núcleo central da representação é composto pelos léxicos aids, doença e HIV; o sistema periférico, por sífilis, sexo, camisinha, gonorreia, prevenção, infecção, descuido, HPV, herpes, desconhecimento, tratamento, medo, sexo-sem-proteção e perigo. Considerações finais: o pensamento social sobre as infecções sexualmente transmissíveis caracteriza-se pelo seu reconhecimento como doenças que requerem medidas de prevenção de barreira, e associam-se a práticas sexuais inseguras que despertam medo.

Mulheres que vivem com HIV e gestação: compreendendo suas (des)motivações / Women living with HIV and pregnancy: understanding their (de)motivations / Mujeres viviendo con VIH y el embarazo: comprendiendo sus (des)motivaciones

Objetivo: compreender as (des)motivações das mulheres que vivem com vírus da imunodeficiência humana na decisão de engravidar. Método: a coleta de dados ocorreu no período de janeiro a fevereiro de 2022 em um Centro Municipal de Saúde, através de entrevistas semiestruturadas com nove mulheres atendidas no Serviço de Assistência Especializada da unidade. Os dados foram analisados pela técnica de análise de conteúdo de Bardin, sendo organizados segundo Oliveira. Resultados: há uma certa relevância das condições socioeconômicas dessas mulheres em conjunto com informações sobre o assunto. Assim como os sentimentos negativos e positivos expressos, essas questões acabam por ter certa influência tanto no desejo pela gravidez quanto na falta dele. Considerações finais: tendo em vista as diversas esferas que envolvem a mulher que vive com HIV, é papel do enfermeiro acolher essas demandas particulares, contribuindo com sua autonomia na decisão pela gravidez

Objective: to understand the (dis)motivations of women living with human immunodeficiency virus in their decision to become pregnant. Method: data collection was conducted from January to February 2022 at a Municipal Health Center through semi-structured interviews with nine women assisted at the unit's Specialized Assistance Service. Data were analyzed using Bardin's content analysis technique, which was organized according to Oliveira. Results: there is a certain relevance in the socioeconomic conditions of these women alongside with their knowledge on the subject. These issues, as well as the negative and positive feelings expressed by them, end up having a certain influence on either the desire for pregnancy or the absence of it. Conclusion: in view of the different spheres that involve the woman living with HIV, it is the nurse's role to welcome these particular demands, contributing with their autonomy in the decision for pregnancy

Objetivo: comprender las (des)motivaciones de mujeres que viven con virus de inmunodeficiencia humana en la decisión de quedarse embarazada. Método: la recolección de datos se realizo de enero a febrero de 2022 em um Centro de Salud Municipal a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con nueve mujeres atendidas em el Servicio de Atención Especializada de la unidad. Los datos fueron analizados utilizando la técnica de análisis de contenido de Bardin, siendo organizados según Oliveira. Resultados: existe certa relevancia en las condiciones socioeconómicas de estas mujeres junto a sus conocimientos sobre el tema. Estas cuestiones, así como los sentimentos negativos y positivos expresados por ellas, acaban teniendo certa influencia tanto en el deseo de embarazo como en el no. Conclusión: frente a las diferentes esferas que involucran a las mujeres que viven com el HIV, corresponde a las enfermeras acomodar las demandas particulares, contribuyendo con su autonomía en la decisión por el embarazo

Quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS: temporal, socio-demographic and perceived health relationship.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS and its relationship with sociodemographic variables, health satisfaction and time since diagnosis. METHOD: quantitative, cross-sectional study with a sample of 100 HIV positive people monitored in a specialized service in southeastern Brazil. Sociodemographic and health forms were applied, followed by the WHOQOL-HIV BREF, a short form instrument validated to evaluate the quality of life. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed. RESULTS: the perception of quality of life was intermediate in all quality of life domains. A relationship was identified between greater satisfaction with health and better quality of life, as well as statistically significant differences among the dimensions of quality of life according to gender, employment status, family income, personal income, religious beliefs and time since diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: the time since the diagnosis of HIV infection enables reconfigurations in the perception of quality of life, while spirituality and social relationships can assist in coping with living with this disease.

Representações sociais de adultos soropositivos sobre vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana e Aids / Social representations of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus among HIV-positive adults / Representaciones sociales de adultos VIH positivos sobre el Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana

Objetivo: identificar as representações sociais de adultos soropositivos acerca do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) e da Aids. Método: pesquisa de campo, do tipo exploratório-descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa, fundamentada na Teoria das Representações Sociais, realizada de 2017 a 2018, na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, aplicados 129 questionários de evocações livres com adultos vivendo com HIV e 30 entrevistas semiestruturadas. Utilizou-se da análise prototípica e lexical. Resultados: observaram-se conteúdos representacionais atrelados ao início da epidemia, como preconceito e morte, refletindo sobre a base histórica destes, como conteúdos relacionados a uma perspectiva de normalidade da doença. Conclusão: demonstrou-se existência de processo de mudança nas representações, inicialmente ligadas à morte, porém, posteriormente, visão de normalidade, provavelmente como consequência da convivência com a doença, por meio do novo contexto que possibilita maior sobrevida.

Objective: to identify the social representations of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among HIV-positive adults. Method: exploratory-descriptive field research, with a qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out from 2017 to 2018, in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, applied 129 questionnaires of free evocations with adults living with HIV and 30 semi-structured interviews. Prototypical and lexical analysis was used. Results: Results: we observed representational contents linked to the beginning of the epidemic, such as prejudice and death, reflecting on their historical basis, as well as contents related to a perspective of normality of the disease. Conclusion: it was demonstrated the existence of a process of change in the representations, initially linked to death, but later, a view of normality, probably as a consequence of living with the disease, through the new context that allows greater survival.

Objetivo: identificar las representaciones sociales de adultos VIH positivos sobre el Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) y el Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA). Método: investigación de campo exploratoria-descriptiva, con enfoque cualitativo, basada en la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales, realizada de 2017 a 2018, en la ciudad de Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil; se aplicaron 129 cuestionarios de evocaciones libres con adultos que viven con VIH además de 30 entrevistas semiestructuradas. Se utilizó análisis prototípico y de léxico. Resultados: se observaron contenidos representacionales vinculados al inicio de la epidemia, como el prejuicio y la muerte, reflexionando sobre su base histórica, así como contenidos relacionados con una perspectiva de normalidad de la enfermedad. Conclusión: se demostró la existencia de un proceso de cambio en las representaciones, inicialmente ligado a la muerte, pero luego, una visión de normalidad, probablemente como consecuencia de vivir con la enfermedad, a través del nuevo contexto que permite una mayor supervivencia.