STIGMAS AND PREJUDICES EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

Abstract

HIV is considered a public health problem in the world, especially in Brazil, where about 194,000 people have been infected with the virus in the last 10 years in the country. In addition to the physical problems that HIV infection imposes on HIV-positive individuals, social and institutional problems end up being a major barrier in the lives of these individuals, such as stigma and prejudice, which segregate and exclude them from social life. Objective: to make a critical analysis of the stigma and prejudice seen by people living with HIV in recent decades. Methodology: integrative literature review, with searches in lilacs, Bdenf and Scielo databases, based on the question "how prejudice interferes in the routine of people living with HIV/AIDS, and the stigmas that are carried by them". Eighteen (18) articles were selected in the respective databases, which followed the theme "HIV and prejudice". Results: Soon after the analysis of the articles, 03 thematic axes were constructed that helped to understand the data. Conclusion: It was noticed that prejudice and stigma are factors that transform, in a negative way, the life of those who have HIV/AIDS infection.