The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking

This is a quali-quantitative and descriptive study. Its objective is analyze the content and the structure of the social representations of nurses about the person with HIV/AIDS, considering the explicit and masked elements (mute zone). The subjects were 150 nurses of a university hospital in Rio de...

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Main Authors: Denize Cristina de Oliveira, Tadeu Lessa da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 2007-07-01
Series:Psicologia
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Online Access:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/698/417
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description This is a quali-quantitative and descriptive study. Its objective is analyze the content and the structure of the social representations of nurses about the person with HIV/AIDS, considering the explicit and masked elements (mute zone). The subjects were 150 nurses of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Free evocations and the technique of substitution were used for the data collection. Data analyze was developed thought the methodology of construction of the Picture of Four Houses and the statistical comparison of the evocations in normal and substitution situation, thought EVOC software. The results showed central elements for the normal situation: health education, professional protection and treatment. For the substitution, were identified: the fear, prejudice and homosexuality, which with others were the probable elements of the mute zone. The method is important to make profound studies of social representations of the HIV/AIDS.
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spelling doaj.art-e5d6d1154805414cb684edec1cbcaf5f2023-10-02T18:33:43ZengUniversidade Presbiteriana MackenziePsicologia1516-36871980-69062007-07-01927391The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social ThinkingDenize Cristina de Oliveira0Tadeu Lessa da Costa1Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroThis is a quali-quantitative and descriptive study. Its objective is analyze the content and the structure of the social representations of nurses about the person with HIV/AIDS, considering the explicit and masked elements (mute zone). The subjects were 150 nurses of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Free evocations and the technique of substitution were used for the data collection. Data analyze was developed thought the methodology of construction of the Picture of Four Houses and the statistical comparison of the evocations in normal and substitution situation, thought EVOC software. The results showed central elements for the normal situation: health education, professional protection and treatment. For the substitution, were identified: the fear, prejudice and homosexuality, which with others were the probable elements of the mute zone. The method is important to make profound studies of social representations of the HIV/AIDS. http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/698/417acquired immunodeficiency syndromecarrier statesocial representationevocnursing
spellingShingle Denize Cristina de Oliveira
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The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
Psicologia
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
carrier state
social representation
evoc
nursing
title The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
title_full The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
title_fullStr The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
title_full_unstemmed The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
title_short The Mute Zone of the Social Representations about the Person with HIV/AIDS: Normative and Counternormative Elements of the Social Thinking
title_sort mute zone of the social representations about the person with hiv aids normative and counternormative elements of the social thinking
topic acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
carrier state
social representation
evoc
nursing
url http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/698/417
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