TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavior assessment of women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Vitória, Brazil
AU - Miranda, Angelica Espinosa
AU - Coelho Lima, Bettina Moulin
AU - Giami, Alain
AU - Golub, Jonathan E.
AU - Talhari, Sinesio
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - 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. Conclusions: 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.
AB - 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. Conclusions: 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.
KW - Reproductive Behavior
KW - Risk factors
KW - Risk-taking
KW - Sexually transmitted diseases
KW - Women's health
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U2 - 10.1590/S0365-05962012000200002
DO - 10.1590/S0365-05962012000200002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22570022
AN - SCOPUS:84862228336
SN - 0365-0596
VL - 87
SP - 197
EP - 202
JO - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
JF - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
IS - 2
ER -