The symbolic-representational construction of COVID-19 in vulnerable population groups.

IF 1.2 Q3 NURSING
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem Pub Date : 2025-03-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0120
Denize Cristina de Oliveira, Vanessa Bittencourt Ribeiro, Yndira Ita Machado, Sergio Correa Marques, Jessica Grativol Aguiar Dias de Oliveira, Hellen Polliana Cecílio, Renata Lacerda Marques Stefaisk, Juliana Pereira Domingues
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Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the social representations of COVID-19 among residents of a vulnerable community in Rio de Janeiro, to provide insights into healthcare and nursing practices.

Methods: we conducted a mixed-methods study based on the Social Representations Theory (SRT), employing a structural approach. The study was performed with 120 residents from the Rocinha community in Rio de Janeiro. We collected data through a sociodemographic questionnaire and analyzed it using descriptive statistics. Free word associations with the prompt term "COVID-19" were collected and submitted to prototypical and similarity analyses.

Results: The central core of the social representation of COVID-19 was found to comprise the elements "death", "fear", "loss", "disease", and "suffering". The similarity graph reinforced the centrality of "death" and "fear" in these representations.

Final considerations: COVID-19's social representation in this population centered around negative meanings, highlighting their struggle with the disease and the pandemic's economic impact on vulnerable groups.

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2.30
自引率
7.70%
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477
审稿时长
21 weeks
期刊介绍: The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem created in 1932, March 20 is the official publication of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) has as purpose to disseminate the scientific production from different nursing interest areas of knowledge, including those which express the political project of the Association. The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem is the oldest journal of the Brazilian nursing. Its first title was "Annaes de Enfermagem" from 1932 to 1941, being entitled Anais de Enfermagem" until 1955, when its title was changed to the current.
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