Abstract
To identify the representational contents of pregnant women living with HIV. Exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study, conducted with pregnant women with HIV from August 2017 to January 2018. Semi-structured interview was opted for. The IRAMUTEQ software was used for analysis, organizing the data into 2 blocks: a) moment of discovery, impacts, representational contents of HIV; and b) representational contents in living with the disease. The participating pregnant women amounted to 25. Initially, the social representation of HIV translated the representation of death; however, this construction changes as women understand information of the pathology, which starts to be seen as a disease which demands more care. The conception of HIV as frightful is mainly due to concern about transmission to the fetus. The resignification of HIV was perceived among pregnant women, which favors new behaviors and attitudes towards the representational contents related to a deeper knowledge about the virus, demystifying the idea that this is a deadly disease.
Highlights
Throughout four decades, growth and significant changes in the global context of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were observed
The social representation of HIV translated the representation of death; this construction changes as women understand information of the pathology, which starts to be seen as a disease which demands more care
The resignification of HIV was perceived among pregnant women, which favors new behaviors and attitudes towards the representational contents related to a deeper knowledge about the virus, demystifying the idea that this is a deadly disease
Summary
Throughout four decades, growth and significant changes in the global context of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were observed. This context represents important epidemiological transformations, which are marked by the phenomena of feminization (women in reproductive age), juvenilization, its spread in inland areas, and pauperization[1,2]. In Brazil, around 125 thousand pregnant women lived with HIV from 2000 to 2019. This rate has been presenting a considerable increase in the last 10 years[3]. Most women find out their serologic condition only when they know that their child was infected (in prenatal, delivery, or puerperium). In recent years, a noteworthy increase in this type of diagnosis was observed; this was due to the increase of screening with rapid tests throughout the pregnancy[4]
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