Uso de Camisinha no Brasil: um olhar sobre a produção acadêmica acerca da prevenção de HIV/Aids (2007-2011)

Abstract

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, condoms have been the main preventive strategy of the Brazilian policies. This study presents a refl ective essay on the academic production on condom use as a method for HIV/AIDS prevention in Brazil, based on papers published in scientifi c journals between 2007 and 2011 and indexed in the Virtual Health Librar y. It outlines an overview of these studies and their results and conclusions. Despite the diversity of the production analyzed, it was found that the studies concentrated on young people, with great attention given to gender issues. From combined analysis on the goals and the theoretical and methodological frameworks of the articles, six areas of production of knowledge on the subject were identifi ed: epidemiological studies; studies on knowledge and behavior; studies on specifi c contexts; studies on senses and meanings; studies on activities; and review studies. The literature analyzed is presented in a diffuse manner so as it interlocks approaches and directions, which requires an epistemological and methodological maturity of the frameworks used.