Young adults and HIV. Awareness and risk behaviour of a group living in Spain

Velo-Higueras, Carlos; Cuéllar-Flores, Isabel; Sainz-Costa, Talía; Navarro-Gómez, María Luisa; García-Navarro, Cristina; Fernández-McPhee, Carolina; Ramírez, Alejandro; Bisbal, Otilia; Blázquez‐Gamero, Daniel; Ramos-Amador, José Tomás; Valencia-Ortega, Eulalia; González-Tomé, María Isabel

doi:10.1016/j.eimce.2018.05.010

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“…Ressalta-se que, mundialmente, a população masculina ainda enfrenta vulnerabilidades programáticas, sociais e comportamentais, que podem incluir, entre os jovens, dificuldade de acesso aos serviços especializados e a insumos de proteção, violência estrutural, de gênero e homofobia, sentimento de onipotência e invulnerabilidade, dificuldades de tomar decisões, indefinição de identidade, necessidades de afirmação grupal, ausência de autocuidado e de segurança nas relações sexuais, consumo de bebida alcoólica e outras drogas. Em síntese, a vulnerabilidade presente nos jovens integra uma rede complexa de determinantes, que requer a indução de novas de tecnologias de intervenção e cuidado, coordenadas e ajustadas às necessidades específicas deste segmento etário (5,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) . Nesse ínterim, cabe destacar que a busca por respostas inovadoras e personalizadas que reduzam as lacunas nos serviços de HIV, onde os resultados são mais relevantes no sexo masculino, pode, consequentemente, maximizar também a proteção de mulheres jovens contra o HIV (1) .…”

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“…Apesar da carga desproporcional de HIV sobre os jovens, eles continuam a enfrentar barreiras políticas e legais relacionadas à idade, discriminação e exclusão, dificultando o acesso aos serviços de saúde e garantias de direitos sexuais e reprodutivos, bem como o acesso às ações de redução de danos e aos serviços para o cuidado inerente ao vírus. Recursos insuficientes e foco inadequado na prevenção de novas infecções, acesso restrito a alimentos, educação e moradia, altos índices de violência, multiplicidade de parceiros, baixas taxas de testagem de HIV, abuso de álcool e drogas, uso inconsistente de preservativos e trabalho sexual (4,(8)(9) constituem um contexto de múltiplos pontos de intersecção entre as causas subjacentes da infecção.…”

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HIV infections in youth: prevalence and associated factors

Silva¹,

Santos²,

Romero³

et al. 2023

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Objective: to estimate the prevalence and associated factors with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in youths. Methods: cross-sectional study in two Centers for Testing and Counseling, with 279 youths from 15 to 24 years old. An anti-HIV test and a structured instrument were applied. We used bivariate analysis and logistic regression, with Bonferroni corrections, to investigate the association between the variables and the outcome. Results: the prevalence of HIV in the youth analyzed was 3.9% (Confidence interval - CI95%: 1.0-10.1). The association with the outcome of HIV was statistically significant in male youth (p=0.001), homosexuals (p<0.001), those who tested due to sexual exposure (p=0.034), perception of a high risk of acquiring HIV (p=0.002), and anal sex (p=0.004). Homosexual youth (odds ratio-OR=13.46; CI95%;1.14-15.84), with a perception of high risk of acquiring HIV (OR=18.11; CI95%: 2.28-143.69) had a higher chance of being HIV positive. Conclusion: the prevalence of HIV and associated factors in youth was ascertained. Contributions to practice: the information produced here shows evidence for those who aim to formulate policies, including health managers and workers. It can give support to the elaboration of strategies that involve perfecting preventive, coordinated actions, adjusted to behavioral contexts in the settings studied.

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HIV infections in youth: prevalence and associated factors

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Santos²,

Romero³

et al. 2023

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“…In addition, there is poor awareness of pre‐exposure prophylaxis knowledge and postexposure prophylaxis services in young individuals 27,28 . Finally, the unmarried individuals were overrepresented in this portion of the population, who had poor awareness of timely medical treatment 29 . Therefore, future programs in this young population should include knowledge about protection, regular screening, transmission, and treatment, and so forth.…”

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Spatial−temporal analysis of HIV/AIDS and syphilis in mainland China from 2007 to 2017

Huang

Wu²,

Lin

et al. 2022

Journal of Medical Virology

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Human immune deficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and syphilis are the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) worldwide, as well as in China. The objective of this study is to describe the trend of spatial and temporal variation of HIV/AIDS and syphilis in mainland China from 2007 to 2017.Stratified analysis was conducted according to age and the GDP per capita.Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) was calculated and spatial autocorrelation analysis was used to evaluate the epidemiology and identify clusters. The morbidity of new HIV infection increased from 2.5034/100

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Where does risk lie in sexual practices? A study of young people’s social representations

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Montes

Asla

et al. 2020

Health, Risk & Society

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This research investigates the social representations of risky sexual practices. Specifically, it analyses the circumstances in which young Spanish people represent a sexual practice as risky, and how the representation of risk has implications for decisions about using condoms. The Grid Elaboration Method was used to gather the naturalistic thoughts and feelings of 175 young people regarding risky sexual practices. The content of the responses was analysed by lexical analysis using Iramuteq software. The results of the analysis suggested two main textual universes regarding risky sexual practices. The first of these, at a theoretical-informative level, is clearly linked to the discourse of experts, where condom use is a key factor and risk is distanced from the self. And the second, at a practical-applied level, represents risky sexual practices in a context that is linked to the unknown and the lack of control due to the use of substances or the spontaneity of the sexual encounter. The concept of risk is concluded to emerge from various sources of information, values, or social conventions that articulate everyday understanding and are likely to guide sexual practice, some of which are far removed from the expert knowledge of risk. The representation of risk in sexual relations is therefore understood to be situated within a social context. The substantive, theoretical, and practical consequences of this social construction of risk are discussed as the major contributions of this paper.

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Young adults and HIV. Awareness and risk behaviour of a group living in Spain

Cited by 4 publications

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HIV infections in youth: prevalence and associated factors

HIV infections in youth: prevalence and associated factors

Spatial−temporal analysis of HIV/AIDS and syphilis in mainland China from 2007 to 2017

Where does risk lie in sexual practices? A study of young people’s social representations

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