Gender stereotypes in psychosocial care for female crack and powder cocaine users

The study analyzed health professionals’ conceptions toward female users of crack and powder cocaine currently receiving psychosocial care, based on a gender perspective. Seventeen health professionals were interviewed, and systematic observations were made of the spaces for collective care in a Cen...

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Autores: Érika Barbosa de Oliveira Silva, Adriana Lenho de Figueiredo Pereira, Lúcia Helena Garcia Penna
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.teste-cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br:article/6857
Acceso en línea:https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/6857
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cocaine Crack
Drug Users
Gender and Health
Women’s Health
Cocaína Crack
Usuários de Drogas
Gênero e Saúde
Saúde da Mulher
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Sumario:The study analyzed health professionals’ conceptions toward female users of crack and powder cocaine currently receiving psychosocial care, based on a gender perspective. Seventeen health professionals were interviewed, and systematic observations were made of the spaces for collective care in a Center for Psychosocial Care specializing in alcohol and drug addiction in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Analysis of the interviews and field diaries using the hermeneutic-dialectic method revealed three categories: frailty as a constitutive attribute of women’s condition, the women’s emotional addiction to crack and powder cocaine use, and gender stereotypes during psychosocial care. The health professionals voiced a traditional view of the heterosexual, docile, and maternal woman and reproduced stereotypical concepts when addressing female crack and cocaine users as sensitive, frail individuals, emotionally dependent on men and more involved in the home and family. These professionals need a more refined understanding of gender issues in the mental health-disease process in order to allow overcoming preconceived notions and reductionist health care practices.