AIDS in the school: the contexts and social representations of high schools students. / AIDS na escola: os contextos e as representações sociais de estudantes de ensino médio.
AUTOR(ES)
Moacir Wuo
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2003
RESUMO
This study aimed to explore the contextualizations and Social Representation of adolescents of High School about AIDS and Program of AIDS Prevention in schools. 440 High Schools students of the 1st and the 3rd grades of 10 towns of São Paulo state participated in this study. A questionnaire with familiar and social contexts dimensions, with opened and closed questions, situation of risk and Social Representation about AIDS and Program of AIDS Prevention in Schools were used. The answers were analyzed by the Contents Analysis technique. At the results of the adolescents perceptions, male students enjoy freedom in leisure, work routine and study, relationship with friends, money availability, alcohol consumption and sexual experiences more than the female students. All of them presented less care about AIDS. They admitted having sexual intercourse with no commitments. 31% indicated that they have had sexual intercourse and female students presented more sexual activity than male students. 58% indicated that they have used condom, with more rejection among the female students. The female students of the 1st grade indicated more prematurity in the beginning of sexual life and alcohol consumption. On the Social Representations about AIDS, biological-medicalized aspects is pointed out with low references of prevention, distortions of prevention and transmission knowledge. The 3rd grade manifested more dissatisfaction and a lack of interactivity in the Preventions Program. The adolescents reproduce the Social Representations of Teachers about AIDS via activities of prevention in the schools.
ASSUNTO(S)
aids representações sociais aids escola aids adolescente hiv/aids aids adolescents aids social representations aids educação hiv/aids psicologia aids education aids school
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=54Documentos Relacionados
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