2016
DOI: 10.12957/reuerj.2016.15123
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Representações sociais do HIV/AIDS para as pessoas que convivem com a síndrome [Social representations of HIV/AIDS for people living with the syndrome]

Abstract: RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os conteúdos representacionais do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) e da AIDS para as pessoas que convivem com a síndrome. Método: estudo qualitativo pautado na Teoria das Representações Sociais (TRS), em sua abordagem processual. Participaram da investigação 30 pessoas soropositivas para o HIV que responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada, em um hospital público da rede municipal, localizado no Rio de Janeiro, entre junho e dezembro de 2010. Os achados foram tratados pela técn… Show more

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“…Their close family and friends are an essential source of support, helping them to make their everyday life more bearable and to make their adaptation positive. Most seropositive people learn to give more value to life, family and friends, as they already know that they are fundamental pillars of support, just like one participant states in the research by Braga et al [13]: "In this case, it happens that you give more value to life". Some others, however, avoid speaking about the disease/seropositivity and the feelings that it entails with people close to them, omitting in this way the problem and showing some maladjustment.…”
Section: Living With the Virusmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Their close family and friends are an essential source of support, helping them to make their everyday life more bearable and to make their adaptation positive. Most seropositive people learn to give more value to life, family and friends, as they already know that they are fundamental pillars of support, just like one participant states in the research by Braga et al [13]: "In this case, it happens that you give more value to life". Some others, however, avoid speaking about the disease/seropositivity and the feelings that it entails with people close to them, omitting in this way the problem and showing some maladjustment.…”
Section: Living With the Virusmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Following HIV diagnosis, personal and social responsibilities increase and each person deals with these demands in different ways ( 23 24 ) . Some may view this situation with ­positive ­dimensions, seeking greater family approximation, practicing self-care, changing habits, while others suffer with daily ­changes, due to fragility in marital relationships, abandonment by the partner, and family distancing.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study conducted with people with HIV has presented contents such as: (...) sadness, AIDS as a chronic disease, despair after the diagnosis, fear of AIDS, AIDS as an issue, AIDS as a limiting factor, AIDS as harmful, surprise at the diagnosis, sexually transmitted disease, AIDS as a synonym of pain, disease related to gay people, disease of other people, exclusion by others, outrage at the disease, and disease of the century, evidencing the feeling of sadness with more representativeness (13) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%