This study is based on the Health Belief Model, using a quanti-qualitative approach by means of percentage calculations as quantitative data, while presenting qualitative data through content analysis. This study aims to analyze significant beliefs among nursing workers who were victims of occupational accidents while exposed to biological material, either adhering to chemoprophylactic treatment or not with antiretroviral medication. This study evidenced and reveals the need to consider physical, personal, and emotional aspects of worker injuries when providing them care and to implement actions that minimize the occurrence of such injures.
Occupational health; Anti-retroviral agents; Nursing; Work
