Pablo Luiz Santos Couto 1 , Mirian Santos Paiva 2 , Jeane Freitas de Oliveira 3 , Antônio Marcos Tosoli Gomes 4 , Marizete Argolo Teixeira 5 , Elionara Teixeira Boa Sorte 6 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the consensus and dissent of Catholics youths about HIV/AIDS prevention from their representations about sexuality. METHODS: This is a quantitative and qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations carried out with 84 Catholics youths who answered online to the Free Word Association Test on Facebook and three questions about the influence of Catholic doctrine on the free exercise of sexuality and the adoption of practice safe sex. The techniques of Factorial Analysis of Correspondence and Semantic Content were used. RESULTS: On sexuality, only the young women with access to higher education represented the term as a free practice that should not lead to guilt. There was a consensus on chastity, virginity, and sex within marriage as effective means of HIV prevention. It is also representational consensus of the young people that sexual practice is pleasurable, however, condemned by the church, and that AIDS is a preventable disease. Social representations have revealed dissent between men and women, while they consider that the exercise of sexuality should be restricted to marriage, they advocate sexual freedom. As for AIDS, they represent that the syndrome stems from prejudice, and they consider that vulnerability favors contagion. CONCLUSIONS: In the consensuses among the young people studied, there are sexist prejudices and stereotypes that influence HIV/AIDS prevention actions. Therefore, health professionals, especially those of Nursing should propose actions aimed at this age group in educational activities about the adoption of preventive practices on safe sex, always considering the social representations around the subject. Copyright© by the Universidad de Antioquia.
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the consensus and dissent of Catholics youths about HIV /AIDS prevention from their representations about sexuality. METHODS: This is a quantitative and qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations carried out with 84 Catholics youths who answered online to the Free Word Association Test on Facebook and three questions about the influence of Catholic doctrine on the free exercise of sexuality and the adoption of practice safe sex. The techniques of Factorial Analysis of Correspondence and Semantic Content were used. RESULTS: On sexuality, only the young women with access to higher education represented the term as a free practice that should not lead to guilt. There was a consensus on chastity, virginity, and sex within marriage as effective means of HIV prevention. It is also representational consensus of the young people that sexual practice is pleasurable, however, condemned by the church, and that AIDS is a preventable disease. Social representations have revealed dissent between men and women , while they consider that the exercise of sexuality should be restricted to marriage, they advocate sexual freedom. As for AIDS , they represent that the syndrome stems from prejudice, and they consider that vulnerability favors contagion. CONCLUSIONS: In the consensuses among the young people studied, there are sexist prejudices and stereotypes that influence HIV /AIDS prevention actions. Therefore, health professionals, especially those of Nursing should propose actions aimed at this age group in educational activities about the adoption of preventive practices on safe sex, always considering the social representations around the subject. Copyright© by the Universidad de Antioquia.
Entities: Disease
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Keywords:
acquired immunodeficiency; consensus; dissent and disputes; religion and sex; sexual behavior; sexuality; social media; síndrome; young adult
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Year: 2018
PMID： 30148940 DOI： 10.17533/udea.iee.v36n2e06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Invest Educ Enferm ISSN： 0120-5307