Behavior assessment of women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Vitória, Brazil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Angelica Espinosa Miranda²  Bettina Moulin Coelho Lima¹  Alain Giami¹  Jonathan E. Golub¹  Sinesio Talhari¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Espírito Santo Department of Social Medicine Vitória ES ,Brazil

关键词: Reproductive Behavior;    Risk factors;    Risk-taking;    Sexually transmitted diseases;    Women's health;    Assunção de riscos;    Comportamento reprodutivo;    Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis;    Fatores de risco;    Saúde da mulher;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0365-05962012000200002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

BACKGROUND: Studies about sexual risk behaviors can provide information to support design strategies to control the spread of HIV infection. OBJECTIVE: To assess sexual risk behaviors among women attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Vitória, Brazil. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among women attending an STD/AIDS reference center. Enrolled participants were interviewed and provided a blood sample to determine HIV status. RESULTS: A total of 276 women participated. among 284 selected; 109 (39.5%) were HIV-positive and 167 (60.5%) HIV-negative. Median age was 31 years (interquartile range (IQR)24-36) and 69% of women were between 18 and 34 years of age. Women reported high access to information about STD (87%) and AIDS (90%) but information about sexuality was less common (55%). HIV-positive women asked their partners to use condoms more often than HIV-negatives (31% vs. 5%, p=0.02), and were more likely to have used a condom at last intercourse (65% vs. 33%, p<0.01). Among all patients, questions regarding risk of HIV transmission through sexual intercourse (99.6%) and needle sharing (99.2%) were most frequently answered correctly, while questions regarding risk of HIV transmission through blood donation (57%) were least. CONCLUSION: Though this population reports easy access to information and services for HIV/sexually transmitted diseases, most report little understanding of unsafe sexual behaviors, particularly HIV-negative women.

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