Fatores associados à percepção de risco de infecção pelo HIV por puérperas internadas

• Autor(a) principal: Praça, Neide de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Outros Autores: Latorre, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira, Hearst, Norman
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31627
• topic: Infecções por HIV^i1^stransmis; Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida; Conhecimentos; atitudes e prática; Saúde da mulher; Percepção; Fatores de risco; Puerpério; Infecções por HIV^i1^sprevenção e contr; HIV; Fatores socioeconômicos; Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; HIV infections^i2^stransmiss; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Knowledge; attitudes; practice; Women's health; Perception; Risk factors; Puerperium; HIV infections^i2^sprevention and cont; HIV; Socioeconomic factors; Sexually transmitted diseases

OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with perception of HIV infection risk among postpartum women admitted to charitable maternity hospitals. METHODS: The study sample comprised 384 postpartum women admitted to two charitable maternity hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Data collection was carried out from January to March 2000. All women were interviewed 12 hours after delivery and data was collected on sociodemographics, STD/AIDS knowledge and attitudes (independent variables) and cultural issues (dependent variables), and "whether she considered herself at risk for HIV infection" (dependent variable). Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: Nearly 29% of postpartum women considered themselves at risk for HIV infection. They were single, had prior STD and believed " married men enjoy himself in the same way as single men do". Prevention and health maintenance behaviors were also identified. CONCLUSIONS: Women's knowledge on AIDS seems to affect their individual risk perception. Future HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns should be focused on increasing couples and adolescents' involvement.