Expondo-se conscientemente: vivendo e caracterizando relacionamento nos tempos de aids

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Carla Marins
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11121
• topic: Woman´s health; Genre; Nursery; Aids; Saúde da mulher; Gênero; Enfermagem; Aids; Enfermagem na saúde e higiene da mulher; Relações de gênero - Aspectos da saúde; AIDS (Doença) em mulheres - Aspectos sociais; Interacionismo simbólico; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM::ENFERMAGEM OBSTETRICA

This thesis is a result of a qualitative descriptive study focusing on the interaction process between women and the meaning they attribute to stable relationships in the context of Aids. The goals of this study are: identify the meaning of a relationship s construction attributed as stable by women; describe the social interaction process for women in a stable relationship within the context of Aids, from their perspective; analyze and interpret the process of feminine social interaction based on the principles of Symbolic Interactionism; and elaborate a theoretical model elucidating the social interaction process of women in a stable relationship within the context of the Aids epidemic. This study was conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in urban areas with high movement of people. This setting was chosen for presenting a diversity of women from various age groups, social behavior, and socioeconomic, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Participants were recruited between November 2011 and March 2012 and divided into four sample groups. These groups comprised of women who self-declared as being 18 years old or above and in a stable relationship, without any exclusion criteria for occupation or race/ethnicity. All the requirements under the Resolution 196/1996 from the National Health Ethics Committee have been met. The interviews were recorded on a MP4 device and their content transcribed as promptly as possible for data analysis. The process of data collection and analysis were guided by theoretical sampling, which entails defining which data to collect and where to locate them. This is one of the essential elements of theory construction. The data analysis process was based on theoretical-methodological presuppositions from Symbolic-Interactionism and Grounded theory. The study data were organized into three categories and showed that women value and idealize the characteristics of a stable relationship based on their construct of romantic love. Although Aids presented new conceptions about insecurity/distrust/doubt in relationships, it does not display itself as social object which can influence women in engaging in self-protection measures. To women, the logic of prevention is based on inherent values of a stable relationship and personal healthcare. Consequently, a woman s decision on not to protect herself against Aids is closely related to cultural constructions of gender and affective aspects of her relationship.