Author | Souza, Claudia Teresa Vieira de | |
Author | Bastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro | |
Author | Lowndes, Catherine M. | |
Author | Szwarcwald, Celia Landmann | |
Author | Santos, E. Moreira dos | |
Author | Castilho, Euclides Ayres de | |
Author | Sutmöller, Frits | |
Access date | 2010-08-23T16:58:48Z | pt_BR |
Access date | 2010-11-04T14:19:51Z | |
Available date | 2010-08-23T16:58:48Z | pt_BR |
Available date | 2010-11-04T14:19:51Z | |
Document date | 1999 | pt_BR |
Citation | SOUZA, Claudia Teresa Vieira de et al. Perception of vulnerability to HIV infection in a cohort of homosexual/bisexual men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AIDS Care, v. 11, n. 5, p. 567-579, 1999. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1360-0451 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/771 | |
Sponsorship | Financial support was provided by the National STD/AIDS Program of the Brazilian
Ministry of Health; the Global Programme on AIDS/WHO; UNAIDS; Brazilian National
Research Council (CNPq); and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ). Dr Bastos was
supported by a short-stay visiting researcher scholarship, sponsored by MRC (Medical
Research Council of Canada) and CNPq. | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Perception of vulnerability to HIV infection in a cohort of homosexual/bisexual men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1080/09540129947721 | pt_BR |
Abstract | The present study addresses sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS, as well as risk behaviour and perception of vulnerability to HIV infection, in the first 295 homosexual and bisexual volunteers (excluding male commercial sex workers and transvestites) taking part in a cohort study in Rio de Janeiro. The sample has a higher socio-economic level than the remainder of the cohort, and than comparable strata of the general population, and a sound knowledge about how to protect themselves against HIV infection. In addition, an association between perception of vulnerability to infection and the practice of unprotected anal sex was observed. An association was also observed between higher levels of formal education and perception of vulnerability; however no association was found with markers for past and recent exposure to sexually transmitted infections (hepatitis B, HbsAG and syphilis). The results of the present study suggest that knowledge and awareness of risk do not easily translate into behaviour change, since significant proportions of the cohort continue to practise unprotected sex with both principal and casual partners, despite their awareness of HIV infection risks as well as preventive measures. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnologia em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Affilliation | Laval University. Epidemiology Research Group. Québec, Canada. | |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnologia em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnologia em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | |
Subject | HIV Infection | pt_BR |
Subject | Homosexual/Bisexual Men | pt_BR |
Subject | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | pt_BR |
Subject | HIV/AIDS | pt_BR |
Subject | Epidemiological Studies | pt_BR |