Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases by homosexual and bisexual women: a descriptive study

Carvalho, Patrícia Maria Gomes de; Nóbrega, Bibiana Sidartha Martins; Rodrigues, Jayce Lima; Almeida, Rejane Oliveira; Abdalla, Fernanda Tavares de Mello; Nichiata, Lúcia Yasuko Izumi

doi:10.5935/1676-4285.20134177

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“…In Brazil and other countries, research revealed signifi cant proportions of lesbians who did not undergo routine cervical cancer screenings 3,26 . A survey conducted on homosexual and bisexual women in Brazil stated that the diffi culties reported by the subjects concerning preventive examinations were discomfort and embarrassment related to gynaecological examinations, the lack of health services capable of dealing with particular demands of lesbian women, and the unpreparedness of health professionals towards the health needs of lesbians 27 . Defi ciencies in health services were also central in the statements of the subjects of this study, since comments criticised the health system, stating their dissatisfaction with the precariousness and ineffi ciency of the programmes, and institutional prejudice.…”

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Health of sexual minorities in north-eastern Brazil: representations, behaviours and obstacles

Garcia

Albuquerque

Drezett

et al. 2016

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the social representations (SR) of health and major inequities, obstacles and challenges experienced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders regarding access to health services. Methods: This qualitative research was conducted with a group of sexual minorities recruited using the snowball technique. The data were organised according to Bardin and analysed from the perspective of SR. Results: Twelve gays, nine transvestites, six lesbians and three bisexuals participated. Most believed health to be the absence of disease and indicated the group's vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases. The search for health services was motivated by pathological symptoms or screening for sexually transmitted diseases. The diffi culties were related to the defi ciencies of the health service regarding prejudice. Conclusions:The study population showed reductionist health representations, sought health services under the curative perspective and faced challenges/obstacles when accessing health services.

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Health of sexual minorities in north-eastern Brazil: representations, behaviours and obstacles

Garcia

Albuquerque

Drezett

et al. 2016

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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“…Lesbian and bisexual women (LBW) are frequently an invisible minority when seeking sexual healthcare (see for example de Carvalho et al . ). This marginalisation echoes their experiences within the broader health system (Clear & Carryer , McDonald et al .…”

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“…When sexual orientation is either invisible or uncomfortable for clinicians there is a risk that unequal access to healthcare provision may occur (de Carvalho et al . ). Clinicians ideally are able to facilitate and respond confidently with disclosures of sexuality, and accept and understand the sexual orientation of lesbian or bisexual women (Bjorkman & Malterud ).…”

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Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual healthcare experiences

Munson

Cook

2016

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…81. Patrícia Maria Gomes de Carvalho et al (2013), “Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases by Homosexual and Bisexual Women,” Online Brazilian Journal of Nursin 12, no. 4.…”

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Ethnography of texts: a literature review of health and female homosexuality in Brazil

Steuernagel

Engebretsen

Kristiansen³

et al. 2019

Med Humanities

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This paper reviews the literature on health and female homosexuality in Brazil and, along the way, outlines an alternative approach to reviewing academic literature. Rather than summarising the contents of previously published papers, we relate to these publications primarily as partakers in the creation of knowledge. Inspired by Actor-Network Theory (ANT), we apply ethnographic methods to understand the papers as study participants endowed with action. We also draw on the notions of inscription and intertextuality to trace the complex relationship between the findings in the articles and the realities outside of them. We claim that ‘evidence’ is the product of translational processes in which original events, such as experiments, blood tests and interviews, are changed into textual entities. In addition, text production is seen as an absorption of everything else surrounding its creation. When events are turned into articles, the text incorporates the political environment to which original events once belonged. We thus observe a political text inscribed into the written evidence of sexually transmitted infections, and the practice of publishing about scientific vulnerabilities emerges as political action. In contrast with traditional ways of reviewing literature in medical scholarship, this article offers a reminder that although there is a connection between textual evidence and the reality outside publications, these dimensions are not neutrally interchangeable.

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Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases by homosexual and bisexual women: a descriptive study

Cited by 5 publications

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Health of sexual minorities in north-eastern Brazil: representations, behaviours and obstacles

Health of sexual minorities in north-eastern Brazil: representations, behaviours and obstacles

Lesbian and bisexual women's sexual healthcare experiences

Ethnography of texts: a literature review of health and female homosexuality in Brazil

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