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Comprehensive & Cost Effective Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS: an African Role Model
Published on: October 31, 2010
[Health Behavior in a population with HIV/Aids]
Tiago Cristiano Lima1, Maria Isabel Pedreira Freitas
1Unidade de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Hospital das Clínicas, Campinas, SP, Brasil. doslima@hotmail.com
Abstract:
This is a descriptive exploratory research, with quantitative approach and transversal cut. The purpose was to identify behaviors in aged population HIV/Aids infected and also to analyze association with sex. Regarding the content, a tested and validated instrument was used. The variables were analyzed with qui-square and Fisher test. A hundred and nine individuals were interviewed. The results revealed them as sexually active (57,8%), heterosexual (85,5%), with fix partner (66,1%). They reported difficulty in using condoms (22,2% of men) due to erection issues; 97,2% referred not using drugs for sexual stimulation; 90, 8% of them reported not having used protection in sexual relations before being aware of the infection. It was concluded that the population were sexually active, and that they started using protection, in their sexual relations, after awareness of the infection.
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