This article identifies the commonalities and conceptual differences of the term “construction” according to whether it is used in sociology or psychoanalysis in studies on sexual risk-taking linked to HIV / AIDS in homosexual men. It is based on the analysis of the epidemiological discourse in public health, on the concept of “social construction” of the AIDS risk, then on the study of the Freudian text “Constructions in analysis”. A case example shows how the AIDS risk may be psychically and socially constructed in a way that contributes to prevention.
Keywords
Prevention; construction; AIDS; homosexuality