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Sexual, reproductive health and health status of female sex workers in 12 Brazi...
Braga,Letícia Penna; Damacena,Giseli Nogueira; Szwarcwald,Célia Landmann; Guimarães,Mark Drew CroslandABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate differences in sexual, reproductive health and health status indicators of female sex workers in 12 Brazilian cities. Methods: Cross-sectional study of biological and behavioral surveillance survey with a minimum sample of 350 female sex workers per city, recruited by respondent driven sampling, in 2016. Complex sample design was considered in the data analysis. Indicators an...
Immune recovery after antiretroviral therapy initiation: a challenge for people...
Mendicino,Cássia C. P.; Moodie,Erica E. M.; Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Pádua,Cristiane A. Menezes deImmune recovery reflects health conditions. Our goal was to estimate the time it takes to achieve immune recovery and its associated factors, in people living with HIV (PLHIV), after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. A historical cohort study was performed among PLHIV (> 18 years-old) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using data from healthcare databases. Patients initiating ART between 2009-2018, with T-CD...
Fatores associados à troca de sexo por dinheiro em homens que fazem sexo com ho...
Alecrim,Denyr Jeferson Dutra; Ceccato,Maria das Graças Braga; Dourado,Inês; Kerr,Ligia; Brito,Ana Maria de; Guimarães,Mark Drew CroslandResumo Objetivou-se analisar a associação entre fatores sociodemográficos, programáticos e contextuais e ter recebido dinheiro em troca de sexo entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH). Estudo multicêntrico, transversal, realizado em 10 cidades brasileiras, entre 2008 e 2009. Foram entrevistados 3.749 HSH selecionados pela técnica amostral “Respondent Driven-Sampling” (RDS). “Odds Ratio” ponderado (ORp) foi...
Monitoring HIV infection in Minas Gerais state: 15-year assessment of adults li...
Mendicino,Cássia Cristina Pinto; Silva,Gabriella Jomara da; Braga,Letícia Penna; Colosimo,Enrico Antônio; Guimarães,Mark Drew CroslandAbstract INTRODUCTION The first Brazilian HIV treatment recommendation was put forward in 1996, resulting in 12 subsequent guidelines. Several changes were made regarding “when” and “how” to begin treatment. The latest guideline recommends immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study aimed to describe the evolution of HIV treatment among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who initiated ART betwe...
The 12 city HIV Surveillance Survey among MSM in Brazil 2016 using respondent-d...
Kendall,Carl; Kerr,Ligia; Mota,Rosa Salani; Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Leal,Andrea Fachel; Merchan-Hamann,Edgar; Dourado,Inês; Veras,Maria AméliaABSTRACT: Introduction: This paper details the methods used in the second national Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BBSS) of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C among men who have sex with men in Brazil. Methods: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was used in 12 cities in 2016. The targeted sample size was initiated with five to six seeds in each city. HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis B and C rapid tes...
HIV/AIDS knowledge among MSM in Brazil: a challenge for public policies
Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Magno,Laio; Ceccato,Maria das Graças Braga; Gomes,Raquel Regina de Freitas Magalhães; Leal,Andrea FachelABSTRACT Introduction: High level of HIV/AIDS knowledge is required for an effective adoption of preventive strategies. Objective: To assess HIV/AIDS knowledge among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 12 Brazilian cities. Methods: Respondent-Driven Sampling method was used for recruitment. HIV/AIDS knowledge was assessed by Item Response Theory. Difficulty and discrimination parameters were estimated, and the k...
Discrimination based on sexual orientation against MSM in Brazil: a latent clas...
Magno,Laio; Silva,Luís Augusto V. da; Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Veras,Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena; Deus,Luiz Fábio Alves de; Leal,Andrea FachelABSTRACT Introduction: Discrimination based on sexual orientation can influence vulnerability to HIV, increasing exposure to risky sexual behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM). Objectives: To analyze data using latent class analysis (LCA) to identify groups of individuals with specific patterns of discrimination based on sexual orientation (DSO). Methods: Cross-sectional study using respondent-driven s...
Quality of cause-of-death data in Brazil: Garbage codes among registered deaths...
Teixeira,Renato Azeredo; Naghavi,Mohsen; Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Ishitani,Lenice Harumi; França,Elizabeth BarbozaABSTRACT Introduction: reliability of mortality data is essential for health assessment and planning. In Brazil, a high proportion of deaths is attributed to causes that should not be considered as underlying causes of deaths, named garbage codes (GC). To tackle this issue, in 2005, the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) implements the investigation of GC-R codes (codes from chapter 18 “Symptoms, signs and abno...
Risk behavior score: a practical approach for assessing risk among men who have...
Rocha,Gustavo Machado; Kerr,Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo; Kendall,Carl; Guimarães,Mark Drew CroslandABSTRACT HIV/AIDS epidemic is not well controlled, and multiple sexual behavior factors help explain high rates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). This article proposes to exam the use of a potential risk behavior score for HIV infection, based on the type and number of sexual partners, and condom use, and their associated factors in a sample of MSM in Brazil. A cross sectional RDS (Respond...
Homelessness and incarceration among psychiatric patients in Brazil
Melo,Ana Paula Souto; Lima,Eduardo de Paula; Barros,Fabiana Cristina Ribeiro de; Camelo,Lidyane do Valle; Guimarães,Mark Drew CroslandAbstract Psychiatric patients are at increased risk of adverse life events, such as being incarcerated and homelessness in their life course. Using data from a cross-sectional multicenter study of 2,475 patients selected from 26 mental health services in Brazil, we examined the association of sociodemographic, clinical, behavioral, and adverse life characteristics with history of homelessness, incarceration or ...