Sexualidade e prevenção de IST e HIV/aids entre idosos usuários da estratégia saúde da família

Abstract

Objective: To report health education experience experienced by nursing students with a group of seniors. Methodology: This is an experience report conducted in July 2015 in a unit of the Family Health Strategy of a town in the country of Maranhão, being conducted health education activities, focusing on sexuality and prevention of STI / HIV / AIDS, using lecture and debate. Results: It is observed that there are taboo on sexuality in old age causing embarrassment. And they consider themselves invulnerable STDs due to lack of knowledge as well as not using condoms. Conclusion: It is necessary to create more effective policies, and above all an awareness of health professionals about the need to plan, guide and implement actions on this topic in order to empower these seniors.

Notification of cases of HIV/AIDS among the elderly in the state of Ceará: the historical sequence between 2005 and 2014

“…Regarding gender, several authors, in agreement with the findings of the present study, have found that men are the most affected, regardless of age 11,13,20,21,28 , although a process of feminization is occurring 15,27,29 . In the study period, it was observed that in three years (2008, 2010 and 2011) the number of notifications was higher among women.…”

Training of nursing students in integrated care for the elderly

“…This fact can be observed in some realities of the Family Health Strategy, in which care for the elderly refers to reductionist actions, focused on diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and does not consider other dimensions such as sexuality 17,18 .…”

“…Coupled with this idea, some elderly people cannot exercise their sexuality without taboos. They are often resistant to the use of condoms and can even renounce and hide their sexuality so as not to feel discriminated against 18,20 .…”

Fatores Associados À Propagação De Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis Entre Idosos No Brasil: Uma Revisão Da Literatura

“…Sustentando essa lógica, os estudos de Moreira et al (2015) e de Silva et al (2017) trazem à tona que a falta de uma maior busca por conhecimento em educação sexual para a população idosa influencia no desenvolvimento de atitudes negativas frente à sexualidade, o que os torna ainda mais suscetíveis. O primeiro estudo ainda pontua como mais um fator preponderante à persistência desse cenário os hiatos nas políticas públicas na Estratégia de Saúde da Família na atenção primária, pois estas deveriam cumprir o papel de conscientizar e orientar, a partir de uma relação mais estreita, os idosos a respeito de sua vulnerabilidade.…”