Profile of women requesting HIV teste at the center for counseling and testing of Canoas, RS

Authors

  • Maria Luiza Maciel
  • Delmar Bizani Centro Universitário La Salle - Unilasalle Canoas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1528

Keywords:

Vulnerability, Feminization, Counseling, HIV

Abstract

Aiming to describe the characteristics of 2514 women demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral aspects of users who requested HIV tests at the Specialized Assistance Service in Canoas, RS, in the year 2009 to 2010 were analyzed. The survey was done through descriptive cross-sectional design using data stored in the Information System of the SAS. The quota of women who sought services, most were on their own initiative, being Caucasian young, unemployed, low education level, where the majority has a matrimonial relationship and so opt for not using condoms. The trajectory of the epidemic suggests that initiatives aimed at protecting against the disease need to consider, within the aspect of feminization of AIDS, the different extracts of the female profile.

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Published

2014-04-30

Issue

No. 17 (2014)

Section

Artigos / Ensaios

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