[Child prostitution from the point of view of society and health].
OBJECTIVE
The social representations and the structural relationships related to child prostitution, as presented in the depositions made before of the Parliamentary Commission Inquiry dealing with the problem are analyzed.


METHODS
On the basis of qualitative methodology, the analysis attempts to identify the units of meaning present in the depositions.


RESULTS
Data on the subject are presented by region. A vision of the social scene is built up on the basis of the data such as to being out the related historical and cultural determining factors.


CONCLUSIONS
The child juvenile prostitution is based on the commercialization of the body as coercion or slavery is seen as a means of meeting the basis needs of survival. The need for social action is brought out, including that of collective health, so that the theme does not serve only the amposes of rhetoric on statistics, because in calls for decisive action.
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Instituto Fernandes Figueira da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. romeu@iff.fiocruz.br
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D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work; D012940:Social Problems
A prostituição infantil sob a ótica da sociedade e da saúde.