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Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of older women in HIV/AIDS prevention
Milena Silva Costa1, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira1, Antonia Oliveira Silva1
1Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Objective:
To analyze the knowledge, religious beliefs and the adoption of preventive measures against HIV/AIDS of non-Catholic elderly women.
Method:
A qualitative study, carried out in religious institutions of a municipality in the state of Ceará, Northeast Brazil, with 78 elderly women. Of these, 64 were evangelicals, seven spiritualists and seven Jehovah's Witnesses. A semi-structured interview script was used followed by thematic content analysis of participants' responses.
Results:
After analyzing the empirical data, three categories were elaborated: the first presented the knowledge they had about AIDS; the second, highlighted the beliefs attributed to people with HIV/AIDS; and the third, presented the preventive measures to HIV/AIDS adopted by them.
Final Considerations:
There were participants with knowledge gaps and failure to use preventive measures against HIV/AIDS. They suggested that religious institutions can be venues for lectures on HIV/AIDS prevention.
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