Representaciones sociales de líderes comunitarios sobre el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en un sector marginal de la comuna 18 de la ciudad de Cali-Colombia en el año 2018 / Social representations of community leaders on the consumption of psychoactive substances in a marginal sector of the ciyi of Cali

RESUMEN

el objetivo primordial de este estudio fue Comprender las representaciones sociales de los líderes de organizaciones de base comunitaria sobre el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en un sector barrial de la comuna 18 en la ciudad de Cali. Método: Se desarrolló un estudio bajo un enfoque investigativo cualitativo y su diseño se asumió como un estudio de representaciones sociales, el cual se suscribe al paradigma interpretativo-constructivista. Resultados: Las representaciones sociales son una especie de conocimiento de sentido común por medio del cual los individuos y las comunidades convierten una realidad física en construcciones perceptibles de aquello que les rodean, convirtiendo lo extraño en familiar. Esta descripción está basada en el proceso de codificación y categorización que se teje alrededor de los componentes de las Representaciones Sociales, a saber; La información, las actitudes y el campo de la representación social.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Social representations are a kind of common sense knowledge by means of which individuals and communities convert a physical reality into perceptible constructions of what surrounds them, converting the strange into familiar. The main objective of this study was to understand the social representations of the leaders of community-based organizations on the consumption of psychoactive substances in a neighborhood sector of commune 18 in the city of Cali. Method: A study was developed under a qualitative research approach and its design was assumed as a study of social representations, which subscribes to the interpretive-constructivist paradigm. Results: The community leaders defined the two-dimensional phenomenon, on the one hand; a health problem, evidencing a series of scientific knowledge in the participants, which influences the constitution of the Social Representation of psychoactive substance consumption as a disease, and on the other hand, a social problem given that it is associated with social determinants and of policies that are outside the scope of consumption itself. Conclusion: The Social Representations that leaders and community-based organizations attribute to the use of psychoactive substances in the sector of the commune 18 are characterized by being made up of meanings that are woven between a scientific knowledge about the consumption of substances, an institutional discourse and the moral assessment system established in the context of the community.