Educational practice with young crack users aiming the prevention of HIV/AIDS *

摘要

Objective: To report educational intervention with young crack users in order to prevent HIV/AIDS, using the Culture Circle methodology. Methods: Qualitative research, conducted in 2012 with 10 young crack users in a therapeutic community in Fortaleza-CE. Data collection included participant observation with field journal; photographic recording and filming; and, as production of the group, Puppet Theater. Results: Culture Circle has enabled young people to reveal their main vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS as the sharing of straws and pipes in the use of cocaine/ crack and loss of consciousness as influential in the diversity of sexual partners and not using condoms during sexual intercourses. Conclusion: The educational intervention has created possibilities for the insertion of the nurse in the therapeutic community setting, in order to strengthen the assembling of networks for the prevention work of HIV/AIDS among crack users.