Conhecimento e comportamento em relação à transmissão do HIV/AIDS e outras infecções sexualmente transmissíveis em adultos

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Farias, Karliana Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Atenção Primária à Saúde; Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis; Análise de Vulnerabilidade
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/49881

The Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD) are a worldwide public health problem. Adults represent the group highly affected by syphilis and HIV in Brazil. An overloaded spontaneous demand and the scheduled uterine cancer prevention consultations with reports of STDs signs and symptoms are a perceived problem by the author within her clinical setting. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate adult´s knowledge and behavior about STDs and HIV/AIDS of a Primary Care Unit in Fortaleza. It is a Cross-Sectional study, quantitative with 211 adults. It was used a part of a Health Ministry´s questionnaire to a Knowledge, Attitude and Practices research for the brazilian population. It was used a descriptive analysis and Fisher´s test in order to check if a variable behavior can be induced by another. This study followed the 466/12 Resolution´s ethical principles. About the results, it was seen that 62,1% were jobless and 70,3% had a monthly household income up to minimum wage; the knowledge about viral hepatitis and gonorrhea were inadequate while knowledge about HIV/AIDS were adequate. Higher educational degree was related to adequate knowledge about STD and HIV/AIDS. Reported condom adherence was 4,8% within regular sexual partner and 14,8% with eventual sex partner, as participants have low self-risk perception. First sexual relation without condom (p value 0,002), currently not living with their partner (p value 0,003) and casual sexual partner over the past year (p value 0,003) are related to STD between men. The poor knowledge about Sexual Transmitted Diseases leads to a low self-risk perception with reflects on a history of unprotected sexual relations, exposing people to infections. More studies are needed in order to understand adult vulnerabilities to STDs. Besides that, strategies to cope with the STD must be part of the Family Health Strategy Program routines in association with school and community.