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dc.creatorRaquel Zanatta Coutinhopt_BR
dc.creatorGilvan Ramalho Guedespt_BR
dc.creatorLeticia Marteletopt_BR
dc.creatorWesley Henrique Silva Pereirapt_BR
dc.creatorDenise Duarte Scarpa Magalhães Alvespt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-26T20:33:53Z-
dc.date.available2023-05-26T20:33:53Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.citation.issueXXVIII Iussp International Population Conferencept_BR
dc.citation.spage1pt_BR
dc.citation.epage14pt_BR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00003217pt_BR
dc.identifier.issn1678-4464pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1843/54033-
dc.description.resumoDespite having been broadly advertised by the mass media, many negative consequences of the Zika virus have been less significant than originally predicted. It is likely that after a few months from the epidemic’s onset, personal experience with the virus has altered the person’s way to deal with the disease. This study explores the relation between exposure to Zika virus and the social representation of the epidemic. More specifically, one analyzes if increased exposure to the risk of Zika infection changes the characteristics of the web of meanings surrounding the epidemic. Between August and November of 2016, 150 interviews were conducted in the municipality of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Based on the Free Words Association Technique, data on evocations related to the Zika virus were modeled by social network analysis, allowing the characterization of the web of meanings by level of exposure to the risk of Zika infection. The analysis performed here suggests that those never infected by any disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito have a lesser representation, incorporating information from the media through lay thinking. In contrast to those with low levels of exposure, the social representation of people infected by Zika is associated with meanings related to the most common symptoms, such as pain, rash, and itching. Personal experience seems to shape the social representation of the disease, increasing the focus on its proximate consequences. Public campaigns designed to foster protective behavior should take into consideration the heterogeneity in the representations of this epidemic to improve adherence to preventive behavior.pt_BR
dc.languageporpt_BR
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Geraispt_BR
dc.publisher.countryBrasilpt_BR
dc.publisher.departmentFCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE DEMOGRAFIApt_BR
dc.publisher.initialsUFMGpt_BR
dc.relation.ispartofCadernos de Saúde Públicapt_BR
dc.rightsAcesso Abertopt_BR
dc.subjectZika Viruspt_BR
dc.subjectRisk-Takingpt_BR
dc.subjectSocial Supportpt_BR
dc.subject.otherVírus da Zikapt_BR
dc.titleSignifying Zika: heterogeneity in the representations of the virus by history of infectionpt_BR
dc.title.alternativeDando significado ao vírus Zika: heterogeneidade nas representações sociais do vírus de acordo com a história de infecçãopt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de Eventopt_BR
dc.url.externahttps://www.scielo.br/j/csp/a/Gjbs4hBd4L3kTRwfsYCmHth/abstract/?lang=enpt_BR
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-1480pt_BR
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-238Xpt_BR
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4234-0129pt_BR
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