Informational practice in the context of HIV: Spatial analysis of knowledge about prevention strategies

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Flávia Moreno Alves de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Munõz, Ivette Kafure, Possas, Cristina de Albuquerque, Wendland, Eliana Márcia Da Ros, Bessel, Marina, Pinto, Flavia Kelli Alvarenga
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/29596
• topic: Vírus da imunodeficiência humana; Análise espacial; Estudo de usuários; Distrito Federal; Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana.; Análisis espacial.; Estudio de usuarios; Distrito Federal (Brazil); Human immunodeficiency virus; Spatial analysis; User studies; Federal District (Brazil)

It highlights the interdisciplinary perspective between Information Science and Health Sciences. It discusses the relevance of knowledge about the ways of HIV / AIDS transmission and prevention strategies in the Brazilian response to this epidemic. It aims to measure the level of knowledge about the virus transmission routes and Combined Prevention strategies, by spatial distribution in the Federal District - DF. It is a cross-sectional, descriptive, applied research, with a quantitative-qualitative approach, whose method uses the survey. The results indicate a higher proportion of moderate and high knowledge about the forms of transmission. There is little knowledge about biomedical interventions based on the use of antiretrovirals on pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis. After assessing the sociodemographic characteristics and the categories of knowledge, it is found that the age group, education level and internet access have a statistically significant association. The spatial distribution among participants with a moderate level of knowledge is homogeneous, while for those with high and low knowledge, the distribution in the territory is heterogeneous. It is concluded that there are gaps in knowledge about the forms of transmission and strategies for Combined Prevention. Adequate level of knowledge is a structuring component for coping with HIV / AIDS.