Health, care and risk: what do they mean to adolescents living in the Mare favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This is a qualitative study about the meanings of health, care and risk to Brazilian adolescents living in the Maré favela, in Rio de Janeiro. The analysis is oriented by reflections on the epidemiological perspective that classifies this age group as a risk group, and the media impacts on social relations, through the increase of the circulation of information on the subject. The research had as source the group discussions with adolescents aged between 14 and 16 years old. The study showed competing discourses regarding the risk culture, family traditions and the context of violence in everyday life of the participants. The study highlights the mediation of mothers, physicians working in primary care and the media on the social construction of these meanings.

本研究为质性研究，聚焦居住于巴西里约热内卢马雷贫民窟（Maré favela）的青少年群体，探讨其对健康、照护与风险的认知内涵。本分析基于两大反思框架：一是将该年龄段划分为风险群体的流行病学视角，二是该议题信息传播量增长背景下媒体对社会关系的影响。本研究的调研素材取自14至16岁青少年的焦点小组讨论。研究发现，参与者围绕风险文化、家庭传统与日常暴力处境存在多元相悖的话语表述。本研究着重阐明了母亲、基层医疗从业者以及媒体在这些认知内涵的社会建构过程中所发挥的中介作用。