Abstract
Objective: know the procedures of self-attention and the factors that influence in the therapeutics itineraries at the context of seropositive and understand the social relations and the meanings in health/disease experience. Methods: it is a qualitative research, realized in Boa Vista-RR. Participated in the study seven people, starting at December 2012 to March 2013. In data collecting, were used the narratives of people obtained in the half-structured interviews. The narratives were analyzed according to the mains themes found. Results: the people are influenced by sociocultural context and the different systems or medical rationalities. The therapeutics itineraries are diversified and/or unique, result of everyday negotiations of affected people and by their support group, their choices are oriented by of is meaningful to them and depend of their degree of satisfaction and they do not have a preconceived order. The support group favors a social interaction, the share of backgrounds, other recovery os self-esteem, knowledges about the disease, citizenship. Conclusion: the practices of self-attention are collective behaviour, dynamics, and adjustable by the group to their benefit. Health professionals should know the subjects, their networks of relationships, and the strategies that are being used to cope with their ailments in order to make a more effective contribution to the therapeutic process.