Stigma as a source of the social construction of the concept of pulmonary tuberculosis: perspective of nurses

Maria Isabel Pereira da Silva; Beatriz Rodrigues Araújo; Camila Aparecida Landin Almeida; João Manuel da Costa Amado

doi:10.18471/rbe.v37.54696

Stigma as a source of the social construction of the concept of pulmonary tuberculosis: perspective of nurses

Maria Isabel Pereira da Silva^*, Beatriz Rodrigues Araújo, Camila Aparecida Landin Almeida, João Manuel da Costa Amado

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Objective: to describe the social construction of the social concept of pulmonary tuberculosis that, from the perspective of nurses, emerges from concepts based on stigma. Method: descriptive study, qualitative approach, with 12 nurses from centers of pneumological diagnosis in northern Portugal. Data collected in November 2020 and January 2021 by semi-structured interview, subsequently analyzed by content analysis methodology. Results: from the participants’ discourses, the concept of pulmonary tuberculosis emerges. The understanding of the disease is surrounded by myths and taboos, with a bleak prognosis, causes fear of contagion, death, fear, shame, estrangement, social isolation and denial of the disease. Among nurses, talking about tuberculosis is a topic to avoid, it is an area that causes confusion and fear. Final considerations: the concept of the word tuberculosis persists rooted in concepts and prejudices. Social stigma remains at its core and perpetuates its negative concept to the present day.

Translated title of the contribution	O estigma como fonte da construção social do conceito de tuberculose pulmonar: perspectiva dos enfermeiros
Original language	English
Number of pages	10
Journal	Revista Baiana de Enfermagem
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v37.54696
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Pulmonary tuberculosis
Nursing
Qualitative research
Social stigma

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Stigma as a source of the social construction of the concept of pulmonary tuberculosis: perspective of nurses

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