RESUMO Compreendendo a importância do monitoramento da violência contra mulheres, este estudo teve como objetivo analisar o comportamento da curva de crimes violentos, letais e intencionais contra mulheres, no estado do Ceará, nos últimos anos e discutir acerca dos aspectos que envolvem a curva epidemiológica dos crimes letais contra a mulher, principalmente com o início da pandemia de Covid-19. Trata-se de uma...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To translate and adapt the My Exposure to Violence instrument for measuring exposure to community violence into Brazilian Portuguese. METHODS Psychometric study of translation and cross-cultural adaptation in seven stages: (I) initial translations, (II) synthesis of translations, (III) back-translations, (IV) cross-cultural pre-adaptation, (V) evaluation by committee of judges, (VI) pre-test,...
Abstract The present study aims to identify the prevalence of physical violence against female prisoners in Brazil, as well as related factors. This is a cross-sectional national survey conducted in 15 female prisons in five regions of Brazil selected in multiple stages. The following types of analysis were performed: univariate analysis; stratified analysis relating the outcome (suffer physical violence inside...
Resumo O objetivo foi descrever a implementação da Atenção Primária à Saúde no Nordeste brasileiro e sua correlação com os indicadores sociais. Trata-se de estudo ecológico com dados do Departamento de Atenção Básica do Ministério da Saúde e Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, tendo como variável de estudo o número de Agentes Comunitário de Saúde, Equipes de Saúde da Família e Núcleos de Apoio à Sa...
RESUMO Este estudo se propõe a descrever o impacto dos Acidentes Automobilísticos no Brasil, no ano de 2017, sobre os anos de vida perdidos ajustados por incapacidade. Estudo ecológico, com dados secundários da Global Health Data Exchange (Global Burden of Disease 2017) disponibilizados pelo Institute for Health Metricsand Evaluation. Os dados foram obtidos utilizando filtros de causa (ferimentos na estrada por...
ABSTRACT: 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...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Estimating HIV prevalence and describing the incentives and barriers for HIV testing among female sex workers. METHODS This cross-sectional study recruited 402 women aged 18 years or older, residing in Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil, who reported having had sexual intercourse in exchange for money in last four months. The sample was recruited using Respondent Driven Sampling, between Augus...
Abstract: There is a lack of information about alcohol use by transgender women. We estimated the prevalence of dangerous alcohol use in the last 12 months by transgender women, who are known as travestis in Brazil, and we identified the associated risk factors. Three hundred travestis were recruited using Respondent Driving Sampling (RDS). We applied the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). We co...
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à violência no trabalho em agentes de segurança penitenciária do sexo feminino no Brasil. Estudo seccional, analítico, de abrangência nacional, realizado em 15 unidades prisionais femininas nas cinco regiões do Brasil. Foi realizado o teste de qui-quadrado de Pearson. O Odds Ratio e os Intervalos de Confiança foram estimados para os ...
Abstract: This study aimed to identify incentives and barriers to HIV testing in men who have sex with men (MSM). This was a cross-sectional study of MSM who had lived at least three months in greater metropolitan Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010. The study recruited 391 men ≥ 18 years of age who reported sexual relations with men in the previous six months, using Respondent Driven Sampling. Personal networ...