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0181/2025 - Youth social dynamics in low-income urban communities in Brazil: spaces, leisure and vulnerabilities to HIV
Dinâmicas de sociabilidade juvenil em comunidades urbanas de baixa renda no Brasil: espaços, lazer e vulnerabilidades ao HIV

Author:

• Simone Monteiro - Monteiro, S - <monteiro.simone.fiocruz@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-1790

Co-author(s):

• Isabelle Honorato - Honorato, I - <isahonorato@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9556-4615
• André Luiz Machado das Neves - Neves, ALM - <almachado@uea.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7400-7596
• Regina Maria Barbosa - Barbosa, RM - <Rbarbosa@nepo.unicamp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-2137
• Andrea Leal - Leal, A - <dea.leal@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-9579
• Laio Magno - Magno, L - <laiomagnoss@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-0782
• Daniela Knauth - Knauth, D - <daniela.knauth@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-0240


Abstract:

Given the incidence of HIV among youth in Brazil and the dismantling of educational policies on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) by the federal government (2019-2022), the lack of current national studies with heterosexual youth on these topics is worrying. To expand this knowledge, we conducted socio-anthropological research in spaces of sociability and leisure for heterosexual youth in low-income communities in five Brazilian cities. According to field observations and reports collected, leisure and sociability take place in the communities (dances, parties), given that economic and symbolic barriers limit circulation to other places in the city. In these spaces, most young people establish meetings and affective and sexual interactions and use alcohol and other drugs, generally with people from the territory; digital interactions take a secondary role. In the five communities, no campaigns and educational actions were identified on access to means of protection against STI/HIV, HIV testing, and AIDS care. The findings, together with data on the views and practices of these young people regarding STI/HIV, can contribute to the formulation of interventions aimed at SRH, within and outside the contexts of sociability, adapted to the sociocultural and economic reality of the youth segments.

Keywords:

youth; poverty; leisure activities; HIV; prevention

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Monteiro, S, Honorato, I, Neves, ALM, Barbosa, RM, Leal, A, Magno, L, Knauth, D. Youth social dynamics in low-income urban communities in Brazil: spaces, leisure and vulnerabilities to HIV. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jun). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/youth-social-dynamics-in-lowincome-urban-communities-in-brazil-spaces-leisure-and-vulnerabilities-to-hiv/19657



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