Counseling practices in Sexually Transmitted Infections/AIDS: the female health professionals’ perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Yugo Torquato da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Silva,Luciano Bairros da, Ferreira,Sonia Maria Soares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000501137
• topic: Counseling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Human immunodeficiency virus; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Health Personnel

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the health professionals’ perception about counseling in a Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento em Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (Center for Testing and Counseling in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and AIDS) in Maceió, Alagoas. Method: it is a qualitative research, with theoretical framework of the Discursive Practices and Production of Senses in the daily life carried out with the participation of 6 counselors. For research material production, the ‘Conversation Round’ technique and the semi-structured script were used. For material treatment the Discourse Analysis method was used, resulting in the production of analysis categories and Dialogic Maps. Results: in the current policies and actions of STI/AIDS, there is centralization in the procedures of anti-HIV testing and displacement of the professional counselor, undoing the testing and counseling. Final considerations: the study indicates the need to overcome the instrumental and prescriptive models of counseling to produce a dialogical process of care and co-responsibility.