0186/2025 - Homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) – representações e práticas de prevenção das infecções de transmissão sexual Men who have sex with men (MSM) – representations and practices for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections
Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, apoiado na Teoria das Representações Sociais, na abordagem estrutural. Objetivou analisar as representações sociais das práticas de prevenção das infecções sexualmente transmissíveis no grupo de homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH). Participaram cem homens homossexuais, na faixa etária de 18 a 29 anos, que responderam a um questionário para caracterização social e de práticas, e a um formulário de evocações livres, ao termo indutor “prevenção de DST”. As evocações livres foram analisadas com as técnicas de análise prototípica e de similitude. O grupo investigado tinha idades entre 26-29 anos, (65%); informou presença de parceria sexual fixa (67%) e 45% utilizaram, nos últimos 12 meses, o preservativo de forma inconsistente ou esporádica. Na análise prototípica, os elementos que constituem o provável núcleo central foram preservativos, PrEP e cuidado, o que foi reforçado pela análise de similitude. A representação social sobre a prevenção das infecções de transmissão sexual de HSH está ancorada no cuidado de si, contudo o tipo de parceria sexual e a confiança no parceiro são fatores definidores para a adesão ou não às práticas de prevenção das infecções.
Palavras-chave:
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis. Saúde do Homem. Sexualidade. Representação social
Abstract:
This is a descriptive, qualitative study, supported by the Theory of Social Representations, in the structural approach. The objective of this study was to analyze the social representations of sexually transmitted infection prevention practices in the group of men who have sex with men (MSM). One hundred homosexual men, aged 18 to 29 years, participated in the study, who answered a questionnaire for social and practice characterization, and a free evocation form, to the inducing term "STD prevention". Free evocations were analyzed with prototypical and similarity analysis techniques. The investigated group was aged between 26 and 29 years (65%); reported the presence of a fixed sexual partner (67%) and 45% had used condoms inconsistently or sporadically in the last 12 months. In the prototypical analysis, the elements that constitute the probable central nucleus were condoms, PrEP and care, which was reinforced by the similarity analysis. The social representation of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections of MSM is anchored in self-care, however the type of sexual partnership and trust in the partner are defining factors for adherence or not to infection prevention practices.
Keywords:
Sexually Transmitted Infections. Men's Health. Sexuality. Social representation
Men who have sex with men (MSM) – representations and practices for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections
Resumo (abstract):
This is a descriptive, qualitative study, supported by the Theory of Social Representations, in the structural approach. The objective of this study was to analyze the social representations of sexually transmitted infection prevention practices in the group of men who have sex with men (MSM). One hundred homosexual men, aged 18 to 29 years, participated in the study, who answered a questionnaire for social and practice characterization, and a free evocation form, to the inducing term "STD prevention". Free evocations were analyzed with prototypical and similarity analysis techniques. The investigated group was aged between 26 and 29 years (65%); reported the presence of a fixed sexual partner (67%) and 45% had used condoms inconsistently or sporadically in the last 12 months. In the prototypical analysis, the elements that constitute the probable central nucleus were condoms, PrEP and care, which was reinforced by the similarity analysis. The social representation of the prevention of sexually transmitted infections of MSM is anchored in self-care, however the type of sexual partnership and trust in the partner are defining factors for adherence or not to infection prevention practices.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Sexually Transmitted Infections. Men's Health. Sexuality. Social representation
Peixoto, HA, Spindola, T, Marques, SC, Oliveira, DC, Fonte, VRF, Mello, LD. Homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) – representações e práticas de prevenção das infecções de transmissão sexual. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/jun). [Citado em 05/12/2025].
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