Profilaxias pré-exposição e pós-exposição para HIV/AIDS: representações sociais de internautas do Portal UOL Notícias.

Abstract

Pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP / PEP) for HIV / AIDS arrived in Brazil in mid-2010 in order to add to other HIV virus prevention techniques that were proving to be ineffective in reduce the occurrence of new cases of transmission. However, their inclusion in national health programs has generated the most varied reactions regarding the groups that benefit from this strategy, as well as the costs it generates to the government. This is a study whose material was analyzed quantitatively through the Iramuteq Software and qualitatively from the perspective of the Thematic Content Analysis (Bardin, 1977) with the objective of analyzing the social representations of UOL Portals about PrEP / PEP, through the comments posted on the subject between October 2017 and October 2018. The results are overwhelming and reveal the need for new strategies on the part of the health equipment in which it conserves the confrontation of stigmas and prejudiced concepts.