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PINHEIRO, Thiago Félix; CALAZANS, Gabriela Junqueira  e  AYRES, José Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita. Condom use in Brazil: an overview of the academic production on HIV/AIDS prevention (2007-2011). Temas psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.3, pp. 815-836. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2013.3-EE07PT.

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, condoms have been the main preventive strategy of the Brazilian policies. This study presents a reflective essay on the academic production on condom use as a method for HIV/AIDS prevention in Brazil, based on papers published in scientific journals between 2007 and 2011 and indexed in the Virtual Health Library. 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 identified: epidemiological studies; studies on knowledge and behavior; studies on specific 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.

Palavras-chave : Condom; AIDS prevention; safe sex; sexually transmitted infections.

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