Prevenção de infecção pelo HIV por intermédio da utilização do grupo operativo entre homens que fazem sexo com homens, São Paulo, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Colosio, Robson
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Fernandes, Maria Inês Assumpção, Bergamaschi, Denise Pimentel, Scarcelli, Ianni Régia, Lopes, Isabel Cristina, Hearst, Norman
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/3174
• topic: HIV; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Homossexualidade Masculina; Prevenção de Doenças; Psicologia Social

This study aimed to evaluate the operative group as a preventive approach among men who have sex with men that use two public health services in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. One hundred volunteers were randomly allocated to two groups (intervention and control, with 50 each). All participants answered questionnaires in two phases: before the intervention and six months after its conclusion. Effect was measured by comparing the groups for the following outcomes: median number of anal sex acts without condoms and responses from the participants to questions about HIV infection. 69 participants completed the study (34 in the prevention group and 35 in the control group). Analysis showed a decrease in the number of unprotected anal sex acts (p = 0.029) and an increase in the number of answers favoring prevention in the intervention group. The results indicate that the study group was responsive to a safer sex operative group intervention. Further research is necessary to evaluate the feasibility of this prevention approach as a public health strategy, including other social groups.