The objective was to discuss the social representations of peripheral venipuncture, the self-perception of its stages, manifestations of vascular trauma and post-catheter removal procedures according to hospitalized adults. The design adopted was qualitative according to the procedural approach of Social Representations. Research carried out in a private hospital in which people admitted to the clinical-surgica...
Objective: To analyze the contents that integrate the social representation of flower essence therapy in its structural analysis for professors at a university center. Methodology: This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, based on the Theory of Social Representations in its structural approach with 66 university professors from a University Center located in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro....
The objective was to analyze the coping strategies adopted by female sex workers for stressors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive, qualitative study, supported by the theories of Systems and Coping. An in-depth interview was conducted with 30 female sex workers, from Alto Sertão Produtivo Baiano, during the months of September and October 2020. The narratives were submitted to the resources of th...
Sex workers have experiences that raise questions about what can satisfy them sexually and, thus, have a good quality of life. The objective was to analyze the representations meanings of sex workers about sexual satisfaction in their daily lives. Qualitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in the municipality where the Alto Sertão Productive Region of Bahia (Brazil) is located...
Objective: to discuss the social representations of people aged ≥65 years about being elderly or aged. Method: research outlined in the Theory of Social Representations. Elderly people from Minas Gerais Basic Health Unit participated. Sociodemographic characterization data were collected and evocation technique and recorded interviews were applied in 2015, with prototypical and content analyzes, supported by so...
Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of women undergoing hemodialysis. Method: descriptive and cross-sectional quantitative study of 51 women undergoing hemodialysis treatment attended at a hospital in Northeast Brazil. Data were collected using the KDQOL-SF36 questionnaire. The descriptive statistical analysis and the calculation of the questionnaire score were performed. The ANOVA and t Tukey tests were...
Objetivo: Analisar as representações sociais de jovens católicos/as sobre a prevenção ao HIV/aids e a sexualidade.Método: Estudo misto, aportado na teoria das representações sociais, realizado em 2015 com oitenta e quatro jovens católicos participantes do grupo da Jornada Mundial da Juventude do Facebook. Os dados foram coletados através da técnica de associação livre de palavras e entrevista em profundidade. P...
Seropositivity and the development of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome – AIDS – in a child can cause serious damage to the family structure. This study aimed at analyzing the social representations of nurses regarding the family of the HIV-positive child. This qualitative study was performed founded on the Theory of Social Representations. Data collection occurred between January and May of 2008 in two public...
A adolescência associada a uma gestação não planejada traz profundas consequências para o indivíduo. Os objetivos desta pesquisa foram: identificar as representações de gestantes adolescentes sobre o engravidar; descrever os fatores que motivaram a gravidez; analisar as representações objetivando o desenvolvimento de subsídios para a atuação da enfermagem. Pesquisa qualitativa fundamentada na Teoria das represe...
Adolescence associated with an unplanned pregnancy has profound consequences for the individual. The objective of this research was to identify the representations of pregnant teenagers about pregnancy, to describe the factors which led to pregnancy, consider the representations aimed at developing grants for nursing activities. This is a qualitative research based on the theory of social representations. We co...