HIV/AIDS e escola: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Despite being considered a chronic condition, HIV/AIDS remains a matter of concern in the context of public health. According to the Ministry of Health (2023), in 2022, 41% of new HIV cases in Brazil were in young people aged 15 to 29, and 23.4% of diagnoses that occurred in the same year were in young people aged 15 to 24. These data indicate the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention actions among the adolescent and young adult population, many of whom are present in schools. Therefore, this article focuses on a literature review on HIV/AIDS in the school context. The methodology consisted of a qualitative literature review, with data collected through scientific platforms such as SciELO and Capes Journals, considering publications in Portuguese from the last ten years. The results highlight the role of schools in promoting prevention actions, making it necessary to include health promotion themes, especially HIV/AIDS, in their curricula. Finally, it was found that there was a lack of educational approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention and health promotion in the classroom, even though school is a privileged space for civic education. This highlighted the possibility of educational interventions that promote the full exercise of the rights of children and citizens in general.