[The behaviors of professionals of health in relation the search of sexual partners of patients seropositive for the HIV/AIDS and their serologic diagnosis]. / As condutas realizadas por profissionais de saúde em relação à busca de parceiros sexuais de pacientes soropositivos para o HIV/aids e seus diagnósticos sorológicos.

This article analyzes the performance of the professionals who accompany HIV/aids carrier in the direction to identify which its behavior is face the communication or not of the seropositivity of the patient to its sexual partner in a public service of reference in HIV/aids of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará State. The study is of exploratory character with qualitative boarding. The participants of the study were the health professionals of the institution that was accompanying HIV/aids carrier. The collection of the data was made through a half-structuralized interview. The discussions of the data had been made through the Analysis of Content, being possible to identify that the professionals live deeply personal and institutional difficulties, and that they do not feel supported by the institution in relation to the convocation of partners. In this direction, the creation of a protocol for the convocation of the sexual partners becomes necessary.

As condutas realizadas por profissionais de saúde em relação à busca de parceiros sexuais de pacientes soropositivos para o HIV/aids e seus diagnósticos sorológicos / The behaviors carried through for professionals of health in relation the search of sexual partners of patients soropositive for the HIV/aids and its diagnostic serologic

Este artigo analisa a atuação dos profissionais que realizam o acompanhamento ao portador do HIV/aids no sentido de identificar qual é a sua conduta frente à comunicação ou não da soropositividade do paciente ao seu parceiro sexual no Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, localizado no município de Fortaleza (CE). O estudo é de caráter exploratório com abordagem qualitativa. Participaram do estudo os profissionais de saúde da própria instituição que realizavam acompanhamento ambulatorial ao portador do HIV/aids. A coleta dos dados foi feita através de uma entrevista semiestruturada. As discussões dos dados foram feitas através da análise de conteúdo, sendo possível identificar que os profissionais vivenciam dificuldades pessoais e institucionais e que não se sentem amparados pela instituição em relação à convocação de parceiros. Nesse sentido, faz-se necessária a criação de um protocolo para a convocação dos parceiros sexuais.

This article analyzes the performance of the professionals who accompany HIV/aids carrier in the direction to identify which its behavior is face the communication or not of the seropositivity of the patient to its sexual partner in a public service of reference in HIV/aids of the city of Fortaleza, Ceará State. The study is of exploratory character with qualitative boarding. The participants of the study were the health professionals of the institution that was accompanying HIV/aids carrier. The collection of the data was made through a half-structuralized interview. The discussions of the data had been made through the Analysis of Content, being possible to identify that the professionals live deeply personal and institutional difficulties, and that they do not feel supported by the institution in relation to the convocation of partners. In this direction, the creation of a protocol for the convocation of the sexual partners becomes necessary.