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Nurses' Social Representations of Men's Sexual Health Care Access: Preliminary Results
Alexandra Tereso1, Lina Antunes1, Ana Brantes1
1Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR)/Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL), Lisbon, Portugal.
Background:
Men's access to sexual health care is influenced by the nurses' symbolic universes, translated into maps of signification and normative idealization that structure their practices.
Aim:
The aim of the study was to analyze nurses' social representations of men's sexual health, considering the barriers and possibilities in accessing health care.
Methods:
Descriptive study with qualitative approach. Data were collected through an online focus group with 9 Portuguese nurses. Data were subjected to lexicographic analysis with the support of the interface IRaMuTeQ-R.
Results:
269 text segments were analyzed, retaining 84.86% of the total in 4 classes: interactions between professionals and men, therapeutic itineraries, "talking" about sexual health, and men's access to sexual health care. Similarity analysis led to 3 central cores: problem, saying, and patient.
Conclusions:
The training of professionals in men's sexual health to demystify stereotypes about masculinity is fundamental. At the organizational level, it is necessary to analyze the possibilities of access and its visibility in electronic records and rethink the planning and provision of primary and differentiated care.
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