SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ELABORATED BY NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION

Autores

  • Marly Marques Rêgo Neta
  • Antonio Rosa de Sousa Neto
  • Ana Raquel Batista de Carvalho
  • Rosângela Nunes Almeida
  • Andréia Rodrigues Moura da Costa Valle
  • Maria Eliete Batista Moura
  • Daniela Reis Joaquim de Freitas

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https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.91594

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Psychology, Social, Students, Nursing, Disease Prevention, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2.

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Objective: to understand the social representations elaborated by nursing students about the prevention of COVID-19.

Method: exploratory-descriptive and qualitative research. Data were produced through interviews with 32 participants, conducted in the period from September 2021 to July 2022. The Study Setting was a public higher education institution, located in the northeastern region of Brazil. Data were processed using IRaMuTeQ software.

Results: the genesis of the social representations of COVID-19 prevention pointed to two axes: Organization of ideas about COVID-19 prevention measures, and Efficiency, reliability and source of the information obtained.

Final Considerations: the social representations showed the knowledge about the prevention measures of COVID-19, provided an opportunity to clarify the origin of the students' knowledge and the specificities they consider important. It is hoped that this study can serve as a foundation for further research and/or interventions with nursing students.

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11-08-2023

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Rêgo Neta, M. M., Sousa Neto, A. R. de, Carvalho, A. R. B. de, Almeida, R. N., Valle, A. R. M. da C., Moura, M. E. B., & Freitas, D. R. J. de. (2023). SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ELABORATED BY NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION. Cogitare Enfermagem, 28. https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.91594

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