Social representations of motodeliverers on Covid-19
Abstract
Objective: to present the characterization of motodeliverers and apprehend their social representations about covid-19, prevention and transmission. Method: quantitative-qualitative research of the descriptive type outlined in the structural approach of Social Representations. Held in 2022, on a public road of a city of Minas Gerais, with motorized delivery. The inducing terms (covid-19, covid-19 prevention and covid-19 transmission) were mentioned verbally and five words were requested. The characterization data were treated by statistics (simple, percentage, centrality and dispersion) and the evocations, by prototypical analysis (EVOC) and validated by the similarity test by co-occurrence (Iramuteq). The results were presented in a table of four houses and community graph. The ethical requirements were met. Results: the social representations were objectified by "hospitalization", "mask" and "droplets", respectively confirmed by the co-occurrence test. There were common/approximate cognemas between the quadrants: "vaccine", "mask/(without)mask-use-incorrect", "alcohol-gel"/"alcohol"; and "hygiene"/" non-sanitized-hands". Final thoughts: social representations of the motodeliverers give visibility to vulnerable and susceptible to illness social group, essential workers and socially engaged in the pandemic, and adds new knowledge related to the spread of covid-19, protection against disease and strategies employed against a virus. It is a contemporary event that gives voice to the motodeliverers. The results support the development of public policy for the protection of this social group and harm reduction with the promotion of vaccination.
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