A prática profissional do Serviço Social no tratamento para HIV/AIDS no Brasil

• Autores: Viviane Azevedo
• Localización: Intervenção social, ISSN 0874-1611, Nº. 46, 2015, págs. 41-56
• Idioma: portugués
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    This article reasons with the current trends in the AIDS (AIDS) fighting treatments, relating them to the current changes in capitalist society, from a theoretical and methodological critical perspective. Thus, the epidemic of HIV / AIDS trajectory in Brazil was retraced, especially from the 1990s onwards, in order to analyse its fighting procedures considering: historical aspects involving the AIDS issue, the history of the disease and its peculiarities in Brazil; the public policies invested in the area; the social struggles involving the field’s various collective stakeholders; and critical analysis of some social, political, cultural and economic determinants involved. Finally, we seek to place Social Work in the context of social-policy and assay the professional work within the area’s legal framework.

  • português

    Este artigo discute as atuais tendências no tratamento da AIDS (SIDA) relacionando-as às mudanças atuais na sociedade capitalista, partindo de uma perspectiva teórico-metodológica crítica. Para tanto, recuperamos a trajetória da Epidemia de HIV/AIDS no Brasil, em especial a partir da década de 1990, a fim de analisar o seu enfrentamento considerando: os aspectos históricos que envolvem a problemática da AIDS, a história da doença e suas particularidades brasileiras e as políticas públicas desenvolvidas na área; as lutas sociais que envolvem os diversos sujeitos coletivos intervenientes no campo; e a análise crítica de alguns determinantes econômicos, políticos, culturais e sociais envolvidos. Por fim, buscamos situar o Serviço Social no contexto da política social e analisar o trabalho profissional no âmbito institucional na área.This article reasons with the current trends in the AIDS (AIDS) fighting treatments, relating them to the current changes in capitalist society, from a theoretical and methodological critical perspective. Thus, the epidemic of HIV / AIDS trajectory in Brazil was retraced, especially from the 1990s onwards, in order to analyse its fighting procedures considering: historical aspects involving the AIDS issue, the history of the disease and its peculiarities in Brazil; the public policies invested in the area; the social struggles involving the field’s various collective stakeholders; and critical analysis of some social, political, cultural and economic determinants involved. Finally, we seek to place Social Work in the context of social-policy and assay the professional work within the area’s legal framework. Palavras-chave / KeywordsSaúde, HIV/AIDS, Serviço social.Health Policy, HIV/AIDS, Social work.