Representational Structure of AIDS for Evangelical Religious Leaders / Estrutura Representacional da Aids para Líderes Religiosos Evangélicos

Abstract This study aims to analyze the social representation structure of AIDS for religious leaders of evangelical Pentecostal churches. It is a qualitative and descriptive study based on the structural approach of the Theory of Social Representations, developed with 120 religious leaders. The data were collected through free evocations and analyzed with EVOC software. The terms in the possible central nucleus are sadness, death, and disease. The term sin is an element present in the representational structure of AIDS. It is concluded that the social representation of AIDS for evangelical religious leaders is predominantly negative, similar to that of the emergence of the epidemic.

Resumo Este estudo objetiva analisar a estrutura das representações sociais da aids para os líderes religiosos de igrejas evangélicas pentecostais. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo e descritivo baseado na abordagem estrutural da Teoria das Representações Sociais, realizado com 120 líderes religiosos. Os dados foram coletados por meio de evocações livres e analisados com o auxílio do software EVOC. Os termos localizados no provável núcleo central são tristeza, morte e doença. O termo pecado é um elemento presente na estrutura representacional da aids. Conclui-se que a representação social da aids para líderes religiosos evangélicos é predominantemente negativa, semelhante à do aparecimento da epidemia.

Atención de las necesidades espirituales y religiosas de pacientes por personal de salud: un modelo basado en el acompañamiento espiritual / Attention to the spiritual and religious needs of patients by health personnel: a model based on spiritual accompaniment

Resumen Los aspectos espirituales y religiosos han retomado su importancia en la atención de salud, en la búsqueda de una atención integral, digna y más humana, teniendo en cuenta además, los múltiples beneficios clínicos asociados. Sin embargo, el cuidado de las necesidades espirituales y religiosas, históricamente asumidas por capellanes religiosos y guías espirituales, actualmente, en forma paulatina, son considerados parte de las obligaciones de los equipos de salud, no sin la reticencia de los mismos y sin una manera clara de cómo hacerlo. El objetivo del presente trabajo es presentar la importancia de la atención de las necesidades espirituales y religiosas en el cuidado de salud y un modelo de atención basado en el acompañamiento espiritual.

In the search for comprehensive, dignified and more humane care, the spiritual and religious aspects have regained their importance in health care. Furthermore, the múltiple associated clinical benefits must also be taken into account. However, the care of spiritual and religious needs, historically undertaken by religious chaplains and spiritual guides, have gradually become considered part of the obligations of the health teams, in spite of their reluctance and without a clear way on how to do it. The objective of this work is to present the importance of attending to the spiritual and religious needs in health care and a care model based on spiritual accompaniment.

Learning from Listening: Helping Healthcare Students to Understand Spiritual Assessment in Clinical Practice.

We aim to evaluate the perceptions of healthcare students while taking a spiritual history (SH). Fifty students were trained on how to take a SH, interviewed inpatients and answered a questionnaire concerning their perceptions. A total of 362 patients were interviewed: 60.1% of students felt comfortable taking a SH, 85.1% believed the patient liked the approach, and 72.1% believed more benefits could come with a follow-up. When students felt more comfortable, they tended to believe the patient: liked the approach (p < 0.01), felt better (p < 0.01) and more motivated (p < 0.01). Spirituality/health educational strategies may be a valid strategy to prepare future health professionals to face spiritual issues in health scenarios.

Doença e Morte na Umbanda Branca: A Legião Branca Mestre Jesus / Illness and Death in the White Umbanda: The Master Jesus White Legion

Neste artigo expõem-se e analisam-se as concepções de doença e morte presentes em um renomado centro de cura espiritual, mediante procedimento etnográficos e a consideração dos seus implícitos. Subjacente ao surgimento da Legião Branca Mestre Jesus conta-se a história de uma família de índios cujos fundadores, depois de mortos, se unem no “plano espiritual” para atrair e reunir os seus membros que entretanto se haviam dispersado. Esta narrativa parece ser uma metáfora do encontro edesencontro entre colonizadores e suas vítimas africanas e indígenas. A doença é significada como um sinal de pertencimento a essa família e o fatodos “médicos” serem entendidos como mortos, propõe uma relação defamiliaridade com a morte. A concepção reencarnacionista propicia a composição de laços entre biografias diversas, interligando uma revisão da própria identidade a memórias sociais da escravidão, da subjugação coloniale do etnocídio indígena...

This article sets out and analyzes the concepts of illness and death present in a renowned center for spiritual healing, through ethnographic procedures and consideration of their implicit. Underlying the emergence of the LegiãoBranca Mestre Jesus tells the story of a family of Indians whose founders, when dead, have joined in the "spiritual plane" to attract and bring together its member, however, had dispersed to. This narrative seems to be a metaphor for the agreements and disagreements between settlers and their indigenous and africans victims. The disease is meant as a sign of belonging to this family and the fact that "doctors" are seen as dead, proposes a relationship of familiarity with death. The reincarnation concept enables the formation of bonds between various biographies, linking an examination of his social identity to memories of slavery, colonial oppression and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous...

Doença e morte na umbanda branca: a Legião Branca Mestre Jesus / Illness and death in the white umbanda: the master Jesus White Legion

Neste artigo expõem-se e analisam-se as concepções de doença e morte presentes em um renomado centro de cura espiritual, mediante procedimento etnográficos e a consideração dos seus implícitos. Subjacente ao surgimento da Legião Branca Mestre Jesus conta-se a história de uma família de índios cujos fundadores, depois de mortos, se unem no “plano espiritual” para atrair e reunir os seus membros que entretanto se haviam dispersado. Esta narrativa parece ser uma metáfora do encontro e desencontro entre colonizadores e suas vítimas africanas e indígenas. A doença é significada como um sinal de pertencimento a essa família e o fato dos “médicos” serem entendidos como mortos, propõe uma relação de familiaridade com a morte. A concepção reencarnacionista propicia a composição de laços entre biografias diversas, interligando uma revisão da própria identidade a memórias sociais da escravidão, da subjugação colonial e do etnocídio indígena. (AU)

This article sets out and analyzes the concepts of illness and death present in a renowned center for spiritual healing, through ethnographic procedures and consideration of their implicit. Underlying the emergence of the Legião Branca Mestre Jesus tells the story of a family of Indians whose founders, when dead, have joined in the "spiritual plane" to attract and bring together its member, however, had dispersed to. This narrative seems to be a metaphor for the agreements and disagreements between settlers and their indigenous and africans victims. The disease is meant as a sign of belonging to this family and the fact that "doctors" are seen as dead, proposes a relationship of familiarity with death. The reincarnation concept enables the formation of bonds between various biographies, linking an examination of his social identity to memories of slavery, colonial oppression and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous. (AU)