SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ELABORATED BY NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION

• Main Authors: Marly Marques Rêgo Neta (Author), Antonio Rosa de Sousa Neto (Author), Ana Raquel Batista de Carvalho (Author), Rosângela Nunes Almeida (Author), Andréia Rodrigues Moura da Costa Valle (Author), Maria Eliete Batista Moura (Author), Daniela Reis Joaquim de Freitas (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Acceso en liña: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.1590/ce.v28i0.91594; 1414-8536; 2176-9133
• Keywords: Psychology; Social; Students; Nursing; Disease Prevention; COVID-19; Nursing; RT1-120; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 28 (2023)

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.