Abstract
to analyze the social representations of the quality of life of the young people living with HIV. qualitative survey, based on the Social Representations Theory, with 24 young people living with HIV, monitored in specialized services in Rio de Janeiro, through semi-structured interviews, and the analysis supported by the software IRAMUTEQ. multidimensionality of the quality of life was observed unfolding the implications of living with HIV/aids concerning the familiar and social support network, time of diagnosis, healthcare services, antiretroviral therapy, and prejudice expressions. a conceptual synthesis of quality of life is observed when it is associated with healthy lifestyle habits, interpersonal relationships, and health services and professional practices.
Highlights
The infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tackles approximately 37.9 million people in the world, and it is estimated at around 1.7 million new cases[1] in 2019, still representing a big issue in public health.Brazil has annually registered an average of 39 thousand new cases of aids in the last five years[2]
It is noticed that the constitutive content of the social representation of the quality of life of the group of young people living with HIV is coherent with the multidimensional concept of the QOL, which encompasses the economic, lifestyle, health conditions, housing, personal satisfaction, social environment contexts, among others[24]
This multidimensionality of the QOL was observed in the set of lexical classes that reveals the relationships and the implications of living with HIV/Aids in the family and social support networks, with the moment of the diagnostic, health services, and antiretroviral therapy
Summary
The infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tackles approximately 37.9 million people in the world, and it is estimated at around 1.7 million new cases[1] in 2019, still representing a big issue in public health.Brazil has annually registered an average of 39 thousand new cases of aids in the last five years[2]. Young people are defined as those in the age range from 15 to 29 years old[7] though it may be understood as a stage of life in which the transition between childhood and adulthood lives occurs. This idea of youth liked to the transition process between the stages or age range has been subjected to criticism, bearing in mind that youth constitutes a category in permanent historical and social construction, in a process of constant changes[8,9]
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