0181/2025 - Dinâmicas de sociabilidade juvenil em comunidades urbanas de baixa renda no Brasil: espaços, lazer e vulnerabilidades ao HIV Youth social dynamics in low-income urban communities in Brazil: spaces, leisure and vulnerabilities to HIV
Frente à incidência de HIV entre segmentos juvenis no Brasil e ao desmonte de políticas educativas sobre saúde sexual e reprodutiva (SSR) no governo federal (2019-2022), preocupa a carência de estudos nacionais atuais com jovens heterossexuais acerca desses temas. Para ampliar esse conhecimento, realizamos pesquisa socioantropológica em espaços de sociabilidade e lazer juvenil, heterossexual, de comunidades de baixa renda de cinco cidades brasileiras. Segundo as observações de campo e relatos colhidos, o lazer e a sociabilidade acontecem nas comunidades (bailes, festas), dado que as barreiras econômicas e simbólicas limitam a circulação para outros lugares da cidade. Nesses espaços, a maioria dos/as jovens estabelece encontros e interações afetivas e sexuais e usa álcool e outras drogas, em geral, com pessoas do território; as interações digitais assumem papel secundário. Nas cinco comunidades não foram identificadas campanhas e ações educativas sobre acesso aos meios de proteção das IST/HIV, ao teste do HIV e cuidado sobre aids. Os achados, somados aos dados das visões e práticas desses jovens sobre IST/HIV, podem contribuir para a formulação de intervenções voltadas para SSR, dentro e fora dos contextos de sociabilidade, adequadas à realidade sociocultural e econômica dos segmentos juvenis.
Palavras-chave:
juventude; pobreza; atividades de lazer; HIV; prevenção
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.
Youth social dynamics in low-income urban communities in Brazil: spaces, leisure and vulnerabilities to HIV
Resumo (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.
Monteiro, S, Honorato, I, Neves, ALM, Barbosa, RM, Leal, A, Magno, L, Knauth, D. Dinâmicas de sociabilidade juvenil em comunidades urbanas de baixa renda no Brasil: espaços, lazer e vulnerabilidades ao HIV. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/jun). [Citado em 05/12/2025].
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