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1. Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections?

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Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santos, Kamila Cardoso dos Santos, Larissa Silva Magalhães, Brunna Rodrigues de Oliveira, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Márcia Maria de Souza, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Leonora Rezende Pacheco, and Sheila Araújo Teles

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Travestism, Transgender people, Social vulnerability, Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare social characteristics, risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections among travestis and transsexual women. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities in Goiás, Central Brazil. Trans women were interviewed on sociodemographic characteristics, discrimination, prejudice, sexual behavior, illicit drugs, and previous testing for HIV and syphilis between April 2018 and August 2019. Results: A total of 166 travestis and 249 transsexual women were investigated. Although sexual, physical, and verbal violence were common to both groups, sexual behavior, use of illicit drugs, prison, and previous positive HIV and syphilis testing were more frequent among travestis than in transsexual women. Conclusion: The present findings confirm that Brazilian travestis are at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), indicating that health services should take this imbalance into account in terms of health intervention proportions.

Published
2021
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2. Sexual behavior of school-aged adolescents in the city of Goiânia, Goiás

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Reinaldo Satoru Azevedo Sasaki, Márcia Maria de Souza, Cláudio Rodrigues Leles, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Luciana Monteiro Vasconcelos Sardinha, and Maria do Carmo Matias Freire

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Sexo, Saúde sexual e reprodutiva, Adolescente, Saúde escolar, Comportamento sexual, Parceiros sexuais, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of sexual behavior in school-aged adolescents and possible differences regarding sex and type of school. METHODS: Cross-sectional study using data from the National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE) 2009, carried out by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The sample consisted of 3,099 9th graders living in Goiânia, State of Goiás, Brazil, mostly aged between 13 to 15 years old, who answered a self-applicable questionnaire on risk and protective health factors. The Rao-Scott test was used in the statistical analysis, considering the complex sample design. RESULTS: The prevalence of sexual intercourse was of 26.5% (95%CI 23.8 - 29.4) at least once in life and of 18.5% (95%CI 16.5 - 20.8) in the last year. Both behaviors were more frequent among male students and among those attending public schools. Most of the respondents had their first intercourse at the age of 13 or younger, with up to 3 partners. They had also used a pregnancy prevention method in the last intercourse, and received guidance on prevention at school. The age of the first intercourse was earlier and the number of partners was higher among male students. More females and those attending public schools reported having received information on pregnancy prevention. Guidance on STD/AIDS was also more frequent in public schools. CONCLUSION: Results showed a need for health education measures involving education and health professionals, as well as parents, to reduce the discrepancies found regarding sex and type of school.

Published
2014
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3. Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections?

Author

Brunna Rodrigues de Oliveira, Sheila Araújo Teles, Márcia Maria de Souza, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santos, Kamila Cardoso dos Santos, Leonora Rezende Pacheco, Larissa Silva Magalhães, and Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano

Subjects
Social vulnerability, Epidemiology, Sexual Behavior, media_common.quotation_subject, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, Prison, medicine.disease_cause, Health intervention, 03 medical and health sciences, Transgender people, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prejudice (legal term), media_common, Sexually transmitted diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, HIV, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Transsexual, Cross-Sectional Studies, Positive HIV, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Syphilis, Travestism, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Psychology, Brazil, Clinical psychology
Abstract

Objective: To compare social characteristics, risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections among travestis and transsexual women. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities in Goiás, Central Brazil. Trans women were interviewed on sociodemographic characteristics, discrimination, prejudice, sexual behavior, illicit drugs, and previous testing for HIV and syphilis between April 2018 and August 2019. Results: A total of 166 travestis and 249 transsexual women were investigated. Although sexual, physical, and verbal violence were common to both groups, sexual behavior, use of illicit drugs, prison, and previous positive HIV and syphilis testing were more frequent among travestis than in transsexual women. Conclusion: The present findings confirm that Brazilian travestis are at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), indicating that health services should take this imbalance into account in terms of health intervention proportions.

Published
2021

4. Sexual behavior of school-aged adolescents in the city of Goiânia, Goiás

Author

Márcia Maria de Souza, Maria do Carmo Matias Freire, Reinaldo Satoru Azevedo Sasaki, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Luciana Monteiro Vasconcelos Sardinha, and Cláudio Rodrigues Leles

Subjects
Sexual behavior, Gerontology, Male, Adolescent, Urban Population, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional study, Sexual and reproductive health, Sexual Behavior, education, MEDLINE, Sexo, Comportamento sexual, Sex Factors, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine, Humans, Child, Adolescente, School age child, Schools, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Saúde escolar, lcsh:RA1-1270, General Medicine, School health, medicine.disease, Test (assessment), Sexual intercourse, Cross-Sectional Studies, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual partners, Sex, Health education, Female, business, Brazil, Parceiros sexuais, Demography, Saúde sexual e reprodutiva
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of sexual behavior in school-aged adolescents and possible differences regarding sex and type of school. METHODS: Cross-sectional study using data from the National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE) 2009, carried out by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The sample consisted of 3,099 9th graders living in Goiânia, State of Goiás, Brazil, mostly aged between 13 to 15 years old, who answered a self-applicable questionnaire on risk and protective health factors. The Rao-Scott test was used in the statistical analysis, considering the complex sample design. RESULTS: The prevalence of sexual intercourse was of 26.5% (95%CI 23.8 - 29.4) at least once in life and of 18.5% (95%CI 16.5 - 20.8) in the last year. Both behaviors were more frequent among male students and among those attending public schools. Most of the respondents had their first intercourse at the age of 13 or younger, with up to 3 partners. They had also used a pregnancy prevention method in the last intercourse, and received guidance on prevention at school. The age of the first intercourse was earlier and the number of partners was higher among male students. More females and those attending public schools reported having received information on pregnancy prevention. Guidance on STD/AIDS was also more frequent in public schools. CONCLUSION: Results showed a need for health education measures involving education and health professionals, as well as parents, to reduce the discrepancies found regarding sex and type of school.

Published
2014

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