Psychology and HIV/AIDS: An academic view in the extension

Abstract

In the course of the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency (HIV), stigmas and prejudices were created and disseminated in the social space. Having this condition brings with it a break in friendship cycles and the creation of affective bonds, given the label that bodies with a confirmed diagnosis carry with them. The insertion of Psychology in the areas of action of public policies, especially HIV and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), brought a fundamental role of being alert and acting to social chains, that is, to reduce the potential of the implications constituted about all stigma and stereotypes thrown at the bodies of those who have the virus infection. In this context, to help the dialogical exchange, the extension project entitled: “Knowing and Promoting Nutritional Care, Self-Perception of Body Image and Quality of Life of People Living With HIV/AIDS through Interdisciplinarity and Interprofessionality in the Municipality of Macaé - Group APHETO” of the Multidisciplinary Center/UFRJ-Macaé-RJ, in partnership with the multidisciplinary team of SAE/IST/Aids from Macaé-RJ/Brazil,  enables multidisciplinary team actions, in addition to sharing informative posts and polls on the project’s instagram through bibliographic research, making visible the reliable information on this pathology within the field of health and interpersonal relationships.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/ptoketheeducati-044