Social support of people with HIV/AIDS: the Social Determinants of Health Model

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. suppl 1; pp. 625 - 630
• Main Authors: Santos, Vanessa da Frota, Pedrosa, Samyla Citó, Aquino, Priscila de Souza, Lima, Ivana Cristina Vieira de, Cunha, Gilmara Holanda da, Galvão, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2018
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; AIDS; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Nursing; Public Health; Quality of life; Social Determinants of Health; Social networks; Social Support; China
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0346

To analyze the social support of people with HIV/AIDS from the perspective of the Social Determinants of Health Model.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 in an infectious disease outpatient clinic. The sample was made up of 116 people with HIV/AIDS. The data was collected through interviews, using a sociodemographic form and a social support scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Student's t-tests and Mann-Whitney tests were performed to determine the association between social support and the social determinants of health.
Total social support was satisfactory, emotional support was influenced by smoking (p=0.0432) and instrumental support, by the number of people in the household (p=0.0003). The main source of instrumental and emotional support was relatives living outside the household, corresponding to 66.7% and 56.1%, respectively.
It was found that smokers havelower emotional support and people living alone received less instrumental support.