The construction of responses to the IST'S/HIV and COVID-19 epidemics with adolescents and young people from São Paulo's peripheries

• Grant number: 21/10088-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2021
• End date: August 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Social Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Vera Silvia Facciolla Paiva
• Grantee: Luana Oliveira da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Psicologia (IP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/25950-2 - Youth vulnerabilities to STI/HIV and to dating violence: evaluating a human rights based psychosocial intervention, AP.TEM

Abstract

The present academic work seeks to collaborate with the understanding of the interpersonal, social and programmatic vulnerability dynamics related to SARS-CoV-2 and IST's/HIV in adolescents and young people from São Paulo's peripheries. In order to accomplish this objective, we shall investigate the psychosocial processes that articulate their daily life affected by the pandemic, with special focus on the attitudes and practices under the scope of the precautions related to the SARS-CoV-2 and IST's/HIV infections. The scholarship student will make part of the small teams responsible for the quotidian data observation, gathering and interpretation, concerning the longitudinal study on Heliópolis-SP. The activities include the follow-up of the: (1) research activities implementation on Heliópolis; (2) training process on research methodology and ethics for local scholarship students; (3) education of young knowledge multipliers regarding information about safe sexual practices, members of a UNAS' social project; (4)systematization and coproduction of tested prevention technologies disseminated by the youth.