STIGMA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RUPTURE AFTER HIV/AIDS DIAGNOSIS

  • Ana Beatriz das Mercês Oliveira
  • Ravena Araújo de Oliveira
  • Thaynara Martins Brito
  • Evelin Duarte Serpa
  • Débora Lopes dos Santos
  • Ana Beatriz Barros Ferreira da Silva
  • Talita Miranda Pitanga Barbosa Cardoso
  • Marcia Cristina Graça Marinho
  • Marcio Costa de Souza Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Palavras-chave: Patient-centered care, Continuity of patient care, Public health services

Resumo

This work aims to understand ways of life after the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS as a result of the experience of life with stigmas and in the face of biographical rupture. The methodological trajectory is qualitative and exploratory in nature and semi-structured interviews were used as a data production tool, applied in a reference unit for specialized care in a capital in the Northeast of Brazil. 12 people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were interviewed, and the interpretation was made using Bardin's Content Analysis. The research showed how much people with HIV/AIDS experience stigmas that depreciate them and that the illness process produces biographical ruptures in their daily lives. It was concluded that stigma affects not only infected bodies, but also family, professional and self-care relationships, including access to health services, as well as other environments they frequent.

Publicado
2024-07-12
Seção
Ciências da Saúde