Author:

• Laio Magno Santos de Sousa - Sousa, Laio Magno Santos de - Vitória da Conquista, BA - Departamento de Ciências da Vida/Universidade do Estado da Bahia; 2 - Instituto de Saúde Coletiva/Universidade Federal da Bahia - <laiomagnoss@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-0782

Thematic Area:

Informação e Comunicação em Saúde

Abstract:

This article seeks to identify and critically analyze, based on the analytical framework of vulnerability concept, qualitative studies on the vulnerability of truck drivers to HIV. The inclusion criteria were: to address a thematic of truck drivers’ susceptibility to HIV/AIDS and to develop a qualitative approach. A total of 445 abstracts were found, of which 17 articles were included in the analysis and categorized in "sociocultural studies", "evaluative studies" and "risk behavior studies". The analysis was based on the concept of vulnerability in health. The critical study was the predominance of qualitative behaviorist studies, with an emphasis on the identification of risk behaviors, conceptions and representations about HIV/AIDS. Moreover, it points to studies of sociocultural and evaluative matrix that cross a barrier of individual behaviors, expanding the scope of analysis, analysis of structural phenomena and interactions of subjects before epidemic, approaching the concept of vulnerability. A review of a need for studies that take into account the concept of vulnerability, contextualizing the behaviors to the socio-structural dimensions involved in the AIDS epidemic.

Keywords:

Truck DriverHealth VulnerabilityAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHIV

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