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The present study has as its object the structure of the social representation of AIDS elaborated by evangelical religious leaders. The history of the emergence and development of AIDS in the world, and especially in Brazil, was marked by religious and moralistic beliefs and values that contributed to the construction of social representations of the syndrome, which, at times, promoted prejudice and discrimination, as well as the social exclusion of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Acessibilidade / Reportar erro Social, Work and Organizations Psychology • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 40 • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e40501.en copy This study aims to analyze the social representation structure of AIDS for religious leaders of evangelical Pentecostal churches. It is a qualitative and descriptive study based on the structural approach of the Theory of Social Representations, developed with 120 religious leaders.