Social representations of adolescents and youth living with HIV about adolescence, sexuality and AIDS

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Andréia Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Jesus, Michele Cunha de, Silva, Lucineide Santos, Oliveira, Jeane Freitas de, Paiva, Mirian Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/12815
• topic: Sexuality; Adolescent; HIV; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.; Sexuality; Adolescent; HIV; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.; Sexualidad; Adolescentes; VIH; Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida.; Sexualidad; Adolescentes; VIH; Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida.; Sexualidade; Adolescente; HIV; Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Sexualidade; Adolescente; HIV; Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida

The adolescence is marked by changes bio-psycho-social. The teenager seropositive, in addition to dealing with these changes is to address the limitations of seropositivity end exercise safe sex practices in order to not re-infect/spread the virus. The objectives are: to understand the Social Representations (SR) of adolescents and young living with HIV/AIDS on “adolescence” and “adolescence and AIDS” and identify how they live their sexuality. The study consists in part of a research, being qualitative type of, based on the on RS theory, developed with 18 seropositive subjects 11 to 20 years who are attending a reference center. We conducted content analysis of semi-structured interviews. That despite internal conflicts and constraints in being a person in adolescence and/or young living with HIV, the ripening process, brought even by the very condition of seropositivity drives the search for strategies that provide better coping with sexuality. Therefore, there is a need for interventions in health and sexuality of these people. Descriptors: Sexuality; Adolescent; HIV; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.