The “moral career” of perinatally HIV-infected children: revisiting Goffman's concept

dc.creatorCruz, Maria Letícia Santos
dc.creatorBastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro
dc.creatorDarmont, Mariana
dc.creatorDickstein, Paulo
dc.creatorMonteiro, Simone
dc.date2016-05-17T15:01:30Z
dc.date2016-05-17T15:01:30Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:42:53Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:42:53Z
dc.identifierCRUZ, Maria Letícia Santos; et al. The “moral career” of perinatally HIV-infected children: revisiting Goffman's concept. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, v.27, n.1, p.6-9, July 2014.
dc.identifier0954-0121
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14316
dc.identifier10.1080/09540121.2014.940270
dc.identifier1360-0451
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8862539
dc.descriptionHIV-infected children usually live in vulnerable situations, experiencing discrimination and stigma commonly felt by other people living with HIV/AIDS. The present study aims to analyse primary socialisation of HIV-infected children and adolescents recruited from a public health service in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as a social process that shapes a new generation of stigmatised and vulnerable persons. Research was informed by an interactionist perspective, focusing on key aspects of HIV-infected children and adolescents life histories under the conceptual frame of Erving Goffman’s theories regarding “moral careers”. Goffman defines the making of a moral career as the process through which a person learns that she/he possesses a particular attribute, which may lead her/him to be discredited by members of the surrounding society. We have identified aspects of life histories of HIV-vertically infected children and adolescents for each aspect of “moral career” as described by Goffman, relating them to as family structure, the experience of living HIV within the family, and the position and family role of a given subject. The patterns of “moral career” proposed by Goffman in 1963 were useful in identifying components of HIV-related stigma among children and adolescents. These include gender and social disadvantages, difficulty in coping with a child with a potentially severe disease, orphanhood, abandonment, adoption and disclosure of one’s HIV serostatus. Primary socialisation of HIV-infected children and adolescents is a key piece of the complex HIV/AIDS-labelling process that could be targeted by interventions aiming to decrease stigma and marginalisation. Health care workers and stakeholders should be committed to ensuring education and guaranteeing the legal rights of this specific population, including the continuous provision of quality health care, full access to school and support to full disclosure of HIV diagnosis.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsrestricted access
dc.subjectEstigma Social
dc.subjectInfecções por HIV
dc.subjectCrianças
dc.subjectAdolescentes
dc.subjectStigma
dc.subjectHIV-infected children
dc.subjectHIV-infected adolescent
dc.subjectHIV vertical transmission
dc.subjectPrimary socialisation
dc.titleThe “moral career” of perinatally HIV-infected children: revisiting Goffman's concept
dc.typeArticle


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