Male intention, behaviour and attitudes in times of zika

• Autor(a) principal: Bruna Daniele Ribeiro Firmino
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, Gilvan Ramalho Guedes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/54124; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-1480; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-238X
• topic: Zika; Governador Valadares; Vírus da Zika

The study aims to investigate how men are performing under the epidemics of Zika compared to their female counterparts in relations to reproductive behavior, abortion, fertility intentions and measures of self-protection against the virus. We used data from 150 urban residents of the city of Governador Valadares (GV), Minas Gerais, Brazil, and conducted descriptive analysis and multinomial logit regressions. Our results indicate that men and women hold similar beliefs in regarding to abortion. We also found that women have more chances of being actively delaying pregnancy because of Zika and adopting practices of self- protection that require immediate and consistent action. People who have previously been infected with Zika have fewer chances of adopting measure of protection. These results indicate that history of infection may change perceptions and actions in relation to disease prevention. By using a word cloud, we also explore the perceptions regarding Zika. These evocations were collected using the Free Word Association Technique (FWAT) applied to the answers to the question: “What are the first five words or expressions that come to your mind when you hear the word Zika”.