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- Title
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUNG MALE CRACK USERS ON HIV.
- Authors
Souza Pinto, Agnes Caroline; de Araújo Silva, Adna; do Amaral Gubert, Fabiane; Tavares Luna, Izaildo; da Costa Pinheiro, Patrícia Neyva
- Abstract
This study aimed to identify the knowledge that young people who are crack users have on HIV and their situations of vulnerability. This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research conducted in a therapeutic community in the city of Fortaleza, between January and March 2012. The study included 10 young men aged between 18 and 24 years. Information was collected through notes in a field diary and semi-structured interviews and data were analyzed using content analysis. The results indicated four thematic categories: who are the users of crack?; knowledge about HIV; prevention; and situations of vulnerability to HIV. The young men showed to have little knowledge about AIDS, especially believing in myths, and they are considered vulnerable to HIV, since they share pipes for the use of crack and lose consciousness favoring the practice of sex with multiple partners and without condoms. The research brings important information for the use health care professionals regarding the needs reported by young men and for them to plan educational strategies that might allow a reflection on the theme of drugs and its complex relationship with the various factors surrounding this issue, including HIV.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CRACK cocaine; HIV infections; RESEARCH methodology; MEN'S health; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; HEALTH literacy; PSYCHOLOGY of drug abusers; ADULTS
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 2, p350
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v15i2.29393