Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS

• Autor(a) principal: Brandão,Brígida Maria Gonçalves de Melo
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Angelim,Rebeca Coelho de Moura, Marques,Sergio Corrêa, Oliveira,Denize Cristina de, Oliveira,Regina Célia de, Abrão,Fátima Maria da Silva
• 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=S0034-71672019000501349
• topic: Social Perception; HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Aged; Psychology, Social

ABSTRACT 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.