Counseling practices in Sexually Transmitted Infections/AIDS: the female health professionals' perspective

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 1137 - 1144
• Main Authors: Silva, Yugo Torquato da, Silva, Luciano Bairros da, Ferreira, Sonia Maria Soares
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Aconselhamento; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; Counseling; Counseling - methods; Counseling - standards; Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis; Female; Health Personnel - psychology; Hepatitis; HIV; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - psychology; HIV Infections - therapy; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Internet; Medical personnel; Medical tests; Middle Aged; Perception; Pessoal de Saúde; Professionals; Psychology; Qualitative Research; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - psychology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - therapy; Social Workers - psychology; STD; Syphilis; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0176

to analyze the health professionals' perception about counseling in a Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento em Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (Center for Testing and Counseling in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and AIDS) in Maceió, Alagoas. it is a qualitative research, with theoretical framework of the Discursive Practices and Production of Senses in the daily life carried out with the participation of 6 counselors. For research material production, the 'Conversation Round' technique and the semi-structured script were used. For material treatment the Discourse Analysis method was used, resulting in the production of analysis categories and Dialogic Maps. in the current policies and actions of STI/AIDS, there is centralization in the procedures of anti-HIV testing and displacement of the professional counselor, undoing the testing and counseling. the study indicates the need to overcome the instrumental and prescriptive models of counseling to produce a dialogical process of care and co-responsibility.