The social representations of Covid-19 among primary health care’ users in the Federal district, Brazil: A psychosocial approach

Helena Eri Shimizu, Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes and Thémis Apostolidis

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Brazil was one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including severe psycho-social effects. This study aimed to analyze the Federal District Primary Health Care users’ Social Representations (SR) regarding Covid-19 through exploration of the elements that comprise their field, identification of the variations of their prominence, as well as analyze the relations and differences among them according to their socio-demographic characteristics and the participants’ exposure to the disease. It was based on the Moscovici theory of social representations. 1,714 users from the Federal District Primary Health Units regions participated in the study: Central-South, North, West, Southwest, East and South. For the data collection, the free evocation technique was used. The data were analyzed by the Iramuteq software in the prototypical modality, analyzing similitude and analyzing x2 test of the most prominent words, considering the socio-demographic and Covid-19 exposure variables, establishing p

Date: 2025
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