ABSTRACT Homeless people are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and syphilis. We investigated the epidemiology of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among homeless individuals in a large city in Central-Western Brazil. In this cross-sectional study, we interviewed and tested 355 individuals from September 2014 to August 2015. Rapid test sample...
Summary Objective: To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with illicit drug use by adolescents and young adults of a formal urban settlement. Method: Cross-sectional study including adolescents and young adults 12-24 years of an urban settlement in the Midwest Region of Brazil. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using Stata, version 12.0. We used Poisson regression mode...
Data are limited in Brazil on hepatitis B infection among homeless individuals, a marginalized population with high risk of sexually transmissible infections (STI), including hepatitis B. The aim of this study was to investigate hepatitis B epidemiology in homeless persons lodged in a public shelter in Goiânia, Central Brazil. From August 2014 to June 2015, 353 individuals were interviewed and tested for marker...
Abstract OBJECTIVE Analyzing the factors related to perceived stigmatization of people living with HIV. METHOD A cross-sectional study conducted from September of 2014 to December 2015 with users from a specialized service in Minas Gerais. Data were collected through individual instrument application, organized in Microsoft Office Excel(r) 2010 spreadsheets and processed on IBM(r) SPSS 23.0. Descriptive statist...
Objetivo Estimar a prevalência de sinais e sintomas de doenças sexualmente transmissíveis e verificar o conhecimento para essas infecções em adolescentes e jovens de um assentamento urbano. Métodos Estudo de corte transversal realizado em 105 assentados de 12 a 24 anos. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista e analisados pelo Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, versão 17.0. Resultados Do total...
Trata-se de um ensaio reflexivo com o objetivo de discutir as reformas agrária e sanitária do ponto de vista da integralidade da atenção à saúde das famílias assentadas. No desenvolvimento desta reflexão identificou-se que tanto a reforma agrária quanto a sanitária apresentaram, desde sua concepção, o desejo por diminuir as injustiças sociais, alcançar a integralidade e o bem-estar dos indivíduos e famílias, se...
INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in populations from inner cities, especially in Central Brazil. Thus the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HBV infection, and to analyze the factors associated with HBV infection, in a population of first-time blood donors in the southwestern region of Goiás, Central Brazil. METHODS: A total of 984 ...
Para avaliar os fatores de predição da não adesão à vacina contra o vírus da hepatite B (VHB) em adolescentes escolares de baixa renda da Região Metropolitana de Goiânia, Goiás, 304 indivíduos suscetíveis ao VHB, matriculados em duas escolas, foram entrevistados e a vacina contra hepatite foi oferecida. Somente 195 (64%) adolescentes aceitaram a primeira dose da vacina. Por outro lado, 182/195 (93,3%) receberam...