Factors associated with non-use of condoms and prevalence of HIV, viral hepatitis B and C and syphilis : a cross-sectional study in rural communities in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014-2016.

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Keila Furbino
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Batista, Aline Priscila, Nacife, Maria Beatriz Pena e Silva Leite, Vianna, Valeska Natiely, Oliveira, Wandeir Wagner de, Machado, Elaine Leandro, Marinho, Carolina Coimbra, Coelho, George Luiz Lins Machado
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFOP
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/12141; https://doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742019000200023
• topic: Sexual behavior; Cross-sectional studies

Objective: to investigate socio-demographic factors associated with non-use of condoms, and to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in rural communities of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014 to 2016. Methods: data were gathered from individual interviews and rapid tests were performed; associations were tested using Poisson regression, with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI). Results: we detected 3.8 cases/10,000 inhabitants for hepatitis B and syphilis, and 1.3 cases/10,000 inhabitants for hepatitis C; no HIV cases were detected; in the multivariate analysis we found higher prevalence rates of condom non-use among the group of individuals who were married, had common law partners or were widowed (PR=1.20 – 95%CI 1.06;1.36). Conclusion: individuals in a stable relationship formed the group with the highest prevalence rate of condom non-use; new syphilis and viral hepatitis cases were detected using rapid tests during the survey.