Características de comportamiento sexual en hombres de la Ciudad de México

Abstract

Objective. To determine the major features of sexual behavior in men from Mexico City, such as the number of sexual partners, history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and beliefs on AIDS. Material and methods. A transversal epidemiologic study was conducted in 1995 based on multistage sampling with conglomerates. A total of 1 377 males from 15 to 49 years of age was interviewed by means of a structured questionnaire. Statistics such as Student's test and χ 2 were applied to determine significance. Results. Subject mean age was 17.7 years (SD= 2.8 years) Overall proportion of condom use in the last intercourse was 24.6% depending on the type of partner: 18.8% used it with regular partners and 62.5% with multiple partners. Symptoms suggesting gonococcal uretritis were found in 2%. Finally, 97.5% understood the meaning of AIDS and knew some protective measures against infection. Conclusions. Some risky characteristics of sexual behavior were identified concerning the transmission of STD such as multiple sexual partners, not using condom and STD antecedents.

Masculinidade e vulnerabilidade ao HIV de homens heterossexuais, São Paulo, SP

“…Alguns homens se declararam fiéis e consideraram que essa é uma medida efetiva para evitar a infecção pelo HIV. Resultado semelhante também foi encontrado por Killewo et al, 8 num estudo feito na Tanzânia, e por Hernandez-Giron et al, 7 numa pesquisa com homens na cidade do México.…”

Prevalence of risk factors for HIV infection among Mexican migrants and immigrants: probability survey in the north border of Mexico

“…The SUMIB sampling methodology is based on the observation that, despite MMIs traveling from and to many different regions in Mexico and the US, about 94% of the MMIs crossing this border region travel through key border crossing sites at a few specific border cities, including Tijuana. 13 The SUMIB uses a 15,16 The sample included subjects from different migrant populations traveling through the US-Mexico border region: a) migrants and immigrants returning from the US to Mexico either voluntarily (N=497) or deported by the US Border Patrol (N=167); b) migrants and immigrants arriving at Tijuana from other Mexican border regions (N=280); and c) migrants and immigrants arriving at Tijuana from migrant sending communities in non-border regions of Mexico (N=485).…”

A produção do conhecimento da saúde pública sobre a relação homem-saúde: uma revisão bibliográfica

“…Abrahams et al 45 ; Antunes et al 35 ; Berhame et al 46 ; Burattini et al 23 ; Cañellas et al 30 ; Castellsagué et al 15 ; 20 Cruz-Peñarán 36 ; Duarte et al 38 ; Espírito-Santo & Etheredge 16 ; Hawkes et al 17 ; Hernández-Giron et al 31 ; Hindin 44 ; Izazola-Licea et al 24 ; Leyva-Lopez et al 11 ; Mariño et al 28 ; Nieto-Andrade & Izazola-Licea 18 ; Pépin et al 12 , Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre Sida/Programas de Sida de las Comunidades Autónomas/ Red de Centros de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual, VIH y Planificación Familiar 19 ; Vilarinho et al 32 ; Viliet et al 27 .…”

“…O terceiro núcleo de sentido presente no tema relacionado à sexualidade masculina é o da não-monogamia. Essa discussão se sustenta, principalmente, a partir dos seguintes autores revisados: Guerriero et al 20 ; Silva 29 ; Cañellas et al 30 ; Hawkes et al 17 ; Hernández-Girón et al 31 ; Nieto-Andrade & Izazola-Licea 18 ; Villarinho et al 32 e Vieira et al 33 .…”