Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MOACIR WUO.pdf: 1489666 bytes, checksum: 743c8993110fe948cdbf74b22e33cdfd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1998-06-19 / The aim of this study was to explore the Social Representations of teachers about HIV/AIDS and Programs for AIDS Prevention in School. 54 teachers from Technical High Schools in S?o Paulo were taken. An open and close quiz was used about AIDS: notion of the disease, ways of transmission, prevention, AIDSteens and prejudice - and about Programs of Prevention of AIDS in School: functions, difficulties, responsibilities and possibilities of involvement. The answers were treated and analyzed by the Contents Analysis technique. Results showed that teachers had satisfactory knowledge about the disease, ways of transmission and prevention; there s an idea about groups of risk and how transmission factors among teenagers, pointed to behavior, consider that theses have the function to inform, and they are responsibility of Health Secretary, and must be conducted by Biology teachers; they showed difficulty on psycho-social questions and so much interest in participating. It seemed to be a lack of reflection on the implication of AIDS-adolescence-Process of Education and about the possibility of Prevention Program and they make behavioral changes which are desirable and consistent among teenagers / O objetivo deste estudo foi explorar as Representa??es Sociais de professores sobre o HIV/AIDS e Programas de Preven??o da AIDS na Escola. Foram sujeitos 54 professores de Escolas T?cnicas de 2? Grau do Estado de S?o Paulo. Utilizou-se de um question?rio com quest?es abertas e fechadas sobre a AIDS: no??es da doen?a, formas de transmiss?o, preven??o, AIDS-adolescentes e preconceitos - e sobre Programas de Preven??o da AIDS na Escola: fun??es, dificuldades, responsabilidades e possibilidades de envolvimento. As respostas foram tratadas e analisadas pela t?cnica de An?lise de Conte?do. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que os professores apresentaram conhecimentos satisfat?rios sobre a doen?a, sobre formas de transmiss?o e preven??o; h? id?ia sobre grupos de risco e como fatores de transmissibilidade da AIDS entre adolescentes, apontaram o comportamento, o sexo e uso de drogas e, com rela??o a Programas de Preven??o, consideram que estes t?m fun??o de informar, s?o de responsabilidade da Secretaria da Sa?de, devem ser conduzidos pelos professores de Biologia; apontaram como dificuldades quest?es psicossociais e t?cnicas e manifestaram interesse em participar. Pareceu faltar uma a??o reflexiva sobre as implica??es AIDS-adolesc?ncia-processo educacional e sobre a possibilidade de Programas de Preven??o promoverem mudan?as comportamentais desej?veis e consistentes entre os adolescentes