A população negra com HIV e AIDS em Sergipe : recortes da desigualdade racial

Abstract

This paper analyzes the black population with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Sergipe. The purpose was to understand the correlation between the indicators (gender, age, education and area of residence) and the black population with HIV and AIDS; ascertain the forms of transmission; verify the occurrence of HIV and AIDS by year of diagnosis and death; and identify cases of HIV and AIDS in black pregnant women. During the study some aspects of the Brazilian sociohistorical formation and the ethnic-racial issue were discussed, aiming to establish correlation with HIV and AIDS and the reflexes of access to health of the black population. This is an exploratory study with a qualitative-quantitative approach and is referenced in the historicaldialectical materialist method. For a better understanding, deepening and analysis of the theme, the bibliographic and documentary researches were used. Data was collected from the State Department of Health (SES), from 2015 to 2017. The results of the investigation made it possible to characterize the black population with HIV and AIDS in the state of Sergipe, whose results revealed the occurrence of 1240 HIV cases by year of diagnosis, predominantly black, male, aged 20-34 years, complete high school education, urban residents and heterosexuals. Regarding AIDS data, 992 cases per year of diagnosis were found. Except education, with higher rates among people who are between 5th to 8th grade of incomplete elementary school, the other results are equivalent to HIV. Regarding pregnant women, the highest percentage appeared among those who were HIV positive. Regarding deaths, there was a higher prevalence among people with AIDS. This demonstrates the existing inequities in Brazil, which corroborate that the black population has unequal access to services, particularly in health, given the particular traits of the country's socio-historical formation, which from the end of slavery to contemporaneity contributes to a process of exclusion of this population, the target of racism.