Stigma experienced by women participating in a body practice and physical activity group in a poor neighborhood

• Autor(a) principal: Alda, Kelly Gonçalves Caldas Moreno
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Dias, Douglas Fernando, Loch, Mathias Roberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Motrivivência (Florianópolis)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/motrivivencia/article/view/83541

The objective was to analyze the perception of stigma experienced by women in a neighborhood of the Minha Casa Minha Vida program for low-income people who participate in a group of Body Practices/Physical Activity (BPPA) offered by a Basic Health Unit from Londrina-PR, as well as to investigate the perceived importance in relation to participation in this group. Data were collected through interviews with 25 women. Two categories of analysis were defined: “stigma and discrimination” and “perceived changes in life after participation in the group”. Participants reported situations in which they experienced stigma and that participation in the group was beneficial both for physical fitness and for the development of a feeling of belonging to the neighborhood. It is concluded that the BPPA group was important to face the suffering related to the experiences of stigma, a problem that needs to be addressed in a broad and articulated manner.