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0256/2025 - De que forma podemos nos proteger melhor?”: Representações sociais de jovens lésbicas sobre saúde sexual

Author:

• Lanna Katherine Leitão Conceição - Conceição, LKL - <lanna.klc@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1767-3581

Co-author(s):

• Jeane Freitas de Oliveira - Oliveira, JF - <jeanefo@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8401-8432
• Marilia Emanuela Ferreira de Jesus - Jesus, MEF - <marilia.emanuela@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6844-6434
• Bianca Conceição Gomes de Santana - Santana, BCG - <biancacgs@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-6195
• Georgiane Silva Mota - Mota, GS - <georgiane.mota@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-9544


Abstract:

The aim was to understand the structure of young lesbians' social representations of sexual health, based on their experiences and practices. This is a descriptive, qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations. The Free Word Association Test (FWAAT) was used online for 124 self-declared lesbians, aged between 18 and 29, and of these, 7 responded to a semi-structured interview script. The TALP data was processed using IRaMuTeQ software (prototypical analysis), contextualised by excerpts from the interviews that portray experiences and practices, and scientific references on the subject. The results pointed to the terms ‘condom’, “care” and ‘prevention’ as central elements in the structure of social representations. In the interviews, these terms refer to the importance attributed to protection and disease prevention, although the condom models are not adapted to the sexual practices of trafficked sex. The participants' practices and experiences also emphasise personal hygiene. The development of effective public policies for lesbian health requires valuing the knowledge they share socially.

Keywords:

Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexual Health; Free Association.

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Conceição, LKL, Oliveira, JF, Jesus, MEF, Santana, BCG, Mota, GS. De que forma podemos nos proteger melhor?”: Representações sociais de jovens lésbicas sobre saúde sexual. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jul). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/de-que-forma-podemos-nos-proteger-melhor-representacoes-sociais-de-jovens-lesbicas-sobre-saude-sexual/19732?id=19732



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