Infecções sexualmente transmissíveis: o imaginário de remanescentes de quilombos

Abstract

Currently, quilombola communities in Brazil are multiple and are distributed throughout the national territory, in the North there are 873 quilombola communities an important milestone in history, is that, the first community to receive the title is located in the State of Pará. Historically the communities they suffer from a lack of infrastructure, precarious access to health, education, and basic sanitation, revealing that this group lives in a situation of vulnerability, the result of a historical process of slavery. In this respect, the vulnerability of these populations is recognized, considering the preventive and assistance difficulties with regard to Sexually Transmitted Infections. These infections are caused by different types of microorganisms with very specific clinical evolution and expressions. Being transmitted, above all, by direct or indirect sexual contact and occasionally by blood. The aim of this study was to know the imagery / perception of quilombos remnants regarding sexually transmitted infections. This is a qualitative study with information obtained from semi-structured interviews and the data analyzed using the Collective Subject Discourse technique. From the result it became possible to group the discourses of the residents of the community that remains from quilombos of ItacoãMirim about sexually transmitted infections in four categories: 1) Discourse on the perception of what is Sexually Transmitted Infection. 2) Speech about transmission. 3) Discourse on prevention. 4) Discourse on treatment. It is believed that the present study made an important contribution to nursing, since it brought evidence that subsidizes care aimed at the remaining quilombo community and its imagery regarding the Ists exhibiting their risky behaviors and attitudes.