Las representaciones sociales apuntan necesidades de estrategias que promuevan intercambios de informaciones. Methodology: exploratory and descriptive study, with qualitative approach, based on the Theory of Social Representations. In contrast, they reported that their reasons for not using the method are finding it uncomfortable and strange. Social representations point to the need for strategies that promote information exchange and stimulate practical knowledge about the female condom among public school students.
The fact that women have been starting their sexual lives early has contributed for an increase in the risks that they will undergo abortions and acquire sexually transmitted infections STIs 1 1. Ressel LB. It should be mentioned that STI prevention through the use of female condoms was only accessible to certain groups of women, such as the ones who go to programs for the healthcare of sexual or domestic violence victims, in addition to those in specialized healthcare services, the others, who are also vulnerable to STIs, being excluded 1 1.
The distribution of the female condom created stigma and prejudice among the population, both regarding the condom and its public. This embarrassment leads one to direct one's gaze to the feminist experiences in the last decade and may help to see the unknown. According to an epidemiological analysis carried out through the Information System of Health Problem Notifications, from , regarding the Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV , the Northeast is third in the number of notifications, with 30, of the , found in Brazil.
Regarding the age group, This is a young, productive, and especially, reproductive population, who deserves attention regarding the risks of vertical transmission. Still according to the notifications, black or brown women are the most vulnerable to HIV, with Heterosexuals, young people, women, and those with low income, are the most affected by HIV 3 3.
The articulation of tactics that can reduce the cases of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - AIDS, throughout the world, including the implantation and distribution of condoms to more vulnerable groups and the spreading of information, by government organs, about the efficacy, the usage, and the accessibility of these tools for the population.
