La concepción del sujeto en los estudios sobre el riesgo y la prueba del VIH en HSH

Abstract

PALABRAS CLAVE ADICIONALES ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS HSH, Diversidad de Racionalidades, PromociónMSM, Diversity of Rationalities, Health de la salud.Promotion.RESUMEN, En este artículo se expone un modelo de análisis elaborado a partir de los resultados de una investigación realizada a iniciativa del Instituto de Salud Pública de la Comunidad de Madrid en tomo a la práctica de la prueba del VIH y las construcciones del riesgo de los hombres que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres (HSH). Se trata de una investigación encaminada a proponer estrategias de intervención en el campo de la promoción de la salud entre HSH. Se concluye que, a la hora de abordar la investigación ligada a la intervención en prevención del VIH, es imprescindible el manejo de una teoría solvente y explícita del sujeto social.ABSTRACT. In this paper we put forward a model for analysis which is based on the results of a research project about practices of HIV testing and constructions of risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) that was started by a demand of the Institute of Public Health of the Región of Madrid. The research was intended to propose strategies of intervention in the field of health promotion among MSM. We conclude that a sound and explicit theory of the social subject is indispensable for researching in the field of HIV preventive interventions.' Otra versión de este artículo ha sido publicada en Sociología: problemas e prática 47\ en dicha versión hemos presentado otros resultados de investigación, si bien bajo el mismo contraste de modelos teóricos desplegado aquí.

Risk and community: The impact of HIV among gays in Madrid. The case of sex clubs

“…On the other hand, the groups that have been most severely hit by the epidemic must deploy socio-cultural management strategies to deal with the medical and social consequences of the infection. These strategies refer to the way in which the group faces the possibility of infection, the institutional discourses and practices that stigmatize it, as well as the presence of HIV positive subjects within the group (Adam, 2005(Adam, , 2006Gatter, 1995;Villaamil et al, 2005).…”

“…One would thus expect that after nearly 30 years of HIV, either as a condition affecting individuals or as a potential threat in sexual encounters, gays from Madrid to have incorporated a response to HIV in their social strategies and in the process of group formation. 1 This incorporation could be different depending on the social position of the individuals, to the extent that they imply very different structural possibilities and limitations (Calvez, 1998;Valocchi, 1999;Villaamil et al, 2005).…”