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de Sousa AR, Moreira WC, da Silva Santana T, Brito Teixeira JR, Meira Araújo IF, Almeida ÉS, de Santana Carvalho ES, Camargo ELS, Tiago da Silva Souza A, da Silva HLL, Ferreira de Holanda A, Batista PCT, de Sousa ÁFL, Mendes IAC, de Oliveira MAF, da Cruz Sequeira CA, Pereira Á. SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil and Psychosocial Repercussions on Men's Health: Health Literacy Is Important. Am J Mens Health 2022; 16:15579883221119091. [PMID: 36164776 PMCID: PMC9513509 DOI: 10.1177/15579883221119091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
This study aimed at analyzing the psychosocial repercussions of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on the health of men living in Brazil. For this, we carried out a socio-historical and qualitative study, with the participation of 200 men who answered an online questionnaire. The data collected were processed in the NVIVO12® software, structured by the Collective Subject Discourse method, and analyzed from the epidemic disease theoretical framework proposed by Charles Rosenberg. Our results showed that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic brought about repercussions of different dimensions that compromised the health of men living in Brazil. The repercussions evidenced were behavioral changes and emergence of new habits due to the pandemic; uncomfortable family situations; impaired affective and sexual relationships; harms in marital relationships; and insecurity and psychological distress. It is important to implement strategies that maximize men's health literacy, promoting better communication in terms of health, and search for help and suitable information about health/mental health.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil,Wanderson Carneiro Moreira, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.
| | - Thiago da Silva Santana
- Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Brazil
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- Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil
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