Márcia Rebeca Rocha de Souza

A saúde de mulheres e o fenômeno das drogas em revistas brasileiras

Resumen pt: Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as repercussoes sociais e na saude de mulheres envolvidas com drogas, divulgadas em reportagens publicadas em revi...The aim of this paper is to discuss social and health repercussions in women due to drug use, as disclosed in reports published in magazines with national circulation. This is a qualitative research, with an exploratory and descriptive approach. Articles published in four magazines were used, during six consecutive months as of September of 2009. Fifty-two articles were identified with comments on women and the drug phenomena. The information was addressed by means of thematic content analysis. The reports address the increased consumption of drugs by women, the consumption of drugs to maintain and/or achieve the established sociocultural standards of beauty, with risks for addiction and overdose, and situations resulting from violence towards women living with male drug users. Economical, political, ideological and cultural reflexes for women involved with the drug phenomena could be the cause or consequence of implications in the health of this population. DESCRIPTORS: Women. Drug users. Mass media.

Droga de corpo! Imagens e representações do corpo feminino em revistas brasileiras

This documentary, qualitative, descriptive study has the objective to analyze images and representations of the female body and their relation to drug use in the content of articles published in four magazines with national circulation (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claúdia). The articles selected were submitted to the technique of content analysis, with three thematic groups identified: the body as an incentive to use drugs; risks to the body resulting from drug use; and the search for the perfect body through drug use. The data showed that the media reproduces rigid aesthetic standards, exposing women to social and health offenses that stimulate drug use, either autonomously or by prescription. The search for beauty and the appeal to feminine eroticism, published through the communication channels analyzed limit the social importance of women by using images that link them to the status of sexual object.Estudo documental, qualitativo, descritivo, com objetivo de analisar imagens e representacoes do corpo da mulher e sua relacao com o consumo de drogas nos conteudos de reportagens publicadas em quatro revistas de circulacao nacional (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claudia). As reportagens selecionadas foram submetidas a tecnica de analise de conteudo, sendo identificados tres grupos tematicos: O corpo como um estimulo para o consumo de drogas; Riscos para o corpo decorrentes do consumo de drogas; A busca do corpo ideal com a utilizacao de drogas. Os dados mostraram que a midia reproduz padroes esteticos rigidos, expondo as mulheres a agravos sociais e de saude que estimulam o consumo de drogas de forma autonoma e/ou por prescricao. A busca pela beleza e a apelacao ao erotismo feminino, divulgados pelos meios de comunicacao analisados, limitam a importância social das mulheres, ao atrelar imagens que lhes atribuem o status de objeto sexual.

Gênero, violência e viver na rua: vivências de mulheres que fazem uso problemático de drogas

Objective To describe the experience of homeless women and their high risk drug use. Method Qualitative research whose data were produced by semi-structured interviews conducted with seven women enrolled in a CAPSad in Salvador, Bahia, in the period from October to December 2012. Results Theme content analysis was adopted to organize the data that resulted from processing two thematic categories: Gender, violence and drug use: What changes and what is perpetuated in the life of women users; No strings attached: life on the streets. Conclusion The results show that many behaviors experienced in the family context and social constructions are reproduced by women and keep them vulnerable to social and health issues, among them the onset and maintenance of high risk drug use.Objective To describe the experience of homeless women and their high risk drug use. Method Qualitative research whose data were produced by semi-structured interviews conducted with seven women enrolled in a CAPSad in Salvador, Bahia, in the period from October to December 2012. Results Theme content analysis was adopted to organize the data that resulted from processing two thematic categories: Gender, violence and drug use: What changes and what is perpetuated in the life of women users; No strings attached: life on the streets. Conclusion The results show that many behaviors experienced in the family context and social constructions are reproduced by women and keep them vulnerable to social and health issues, among them the onset and maintenance of high risk drug use.

La salud de las mujeres y el fenómeno de las drogas en revistas brasileñas

Resumen pt: Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as repercussoes sociais e na saude de mulheres envolvidas com drogas, divulgadas em reportagens publicadas em revi...The aim of this paper is to discuss social and health repercussions in women due to drug use, as disclosed in reports published in magazines with national circulation. This is a qualitative research, with an exploratory and descriptive approach. Articles published in four magazines were used, during six consecutive months as of September of 2009. Fifty-two articles were identified with comments on women and the drug phenomena. The information was addressed by means of thematic content analysis. The reports address the increased consumption of drugs by women, the consumption of drugs to maintain and/or achieve the established sociocultural standards of beauty, with risks for addiction and overdose, and situations resulting from violence towards women living with male drug users. Economical, political, ideological and cultural reflexes for women involved with the drug phenomena could be the cause or consequence of implications in the health of this population. DESCRIPTORS: Women. Drug users. Mass media.

Images and representations of the female body in Brazilian magazines

This documentary, qualitative, descriptive study has the objective to analyze images and representations of the female body and their relation to drug use in the content of articles published in four magazines with national circulation (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claúdia). The articles selected were submitted to the technique of content analysis, with three thematic groups identified: the body as an incentive to use drugs; risks to the body resulting from drug use; and the search for the perfect body through drug use. The data showed that the media reproduces rigid aesthetic standards, exposing women to social and health offenses that stimulate drug use, either autonomously or by prescription. The search for beauty and the appeal to feminine eroticism, published through the communication channels analyzed limit the social importance of women by using images that link them to the status of sexual object.Estudo documental, qualitativo, descritivo, com objetivo de analisar imagens e representacoes do corpo da mulher e sua relacao com o consumo de drogas nos conteudos de reportagens publicadas em quatro revistas de circulacao nacional (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claudia). As reportagens selecionadas foram submetidas a tecnica de analise de conteudo, sendo identificados tres grupos tematicos: O corpo como um estimulo para o consumo de drogas; Riscos para o corpo decorrentes do consumo de drogas; A busca do corpo ideal com a utilizacao de drogas. Os dados mostraram que a midia reproduz padroes esteticos rigidos, expondo as mulheres a agravos sociais e de saude que estimulam o consumo de drogas de forma autonoma e/ou por prescricao. A busca pela beleza e a apelacao ao erotismo feminino, divulgados pelos meios de comunicacao analisados, limitam a importância social das mulheres, ao atrelar imagens que lhes atribuem o status de objeto sexual.

¡Porquería de cuerpo! Imágenes y representaciones del cuerpo femenino en revistas brasileñas

This documentary, qualitative, descriptive study has the objective to analyze images and representations of the female body and their relation to drug use in the content of articles published in four magazines with national circulation (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claúdia). The articles selected were submitted to the technique of content analysis, with three thematic groups identified: the body as an incentive to use drugs; risks to the body resulting from drug use; and the search for the perfect body through drug use. The data showed that the media reproduces rigid aesthetic standards, exposing women to social and health offenses that stimulate drug use, either autonomously or by prescription. The search for beauty and the appeal to feminine eroticism, published through the communication channels analyzed limit the social importance of women by using images that link them to the status of sexual object.Estudo documental, qualitativo, descritivo, com objetivo de analisar imagens e representacoes do corpo da mulher e sua relacao com o consumo de drogas nos conteudos de reportagens publicadas em quatro revistas de circulacao nacional (Veja, Isto E, Boa Forma, Claudia). As reportagens selecionadas foram submetidas a tecnica de analise de conteudo, sendo identificados tres grupos tematicos: O corpo como um estimulo para o consumo de drogas; Riscos para o corpo decorrentes do consumo de drogas; A busca do corpo ideal com a utilizacao de drogas. Os dados mostraram que a midia reproduz padroes esteticos rigidos, expondo as mulheres a agravos sociais e de saude que estimulam o consumo de drogas de forma autonoma e/ou por prescricao. A busca pela beleza e a apelacao ao erotismo feminino, divulgados pelos meios de comunicacao analisados, limitam a importância social das mulheres, ao atrelar imagens que lhes atribuem o status de objeto sexual.