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- Title
TESTING AND COUNSELING CENTER: CHARACTERISTICS OF USERS AND HIV INFECTION PREVALENCE.
- Authors
Tokano, Deise Vieira; Dessunti, Elma Mathias
- Abstract
The Brazilian policy on early diagnosis and prevention of HIV infection was consolidated through the establishment of Testing and Counseling Centers (TCCs). The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of residents of the municipality of Rolândia who sought HIV diagnosis in their own municipality and in the municipality of reference, as well as seropositivity prevalence. This is a descriptive research whose data was collected from the TCC's Information System (IS) referring to the period from 2006 to 2010. The data was tabulated and analyzed through simple and relative frequencies. In Rolândia, there were 5,502 patients, of whom 79.5% were women, 64.8% were in a stable relationship and 40.8% sought the TCC for prevention. Among the 37 patients of Londrina's TCC, 62.1% of them were single or divorced; 27.0% went to the TCC due to exposure to risk situation, and 19% presented AIDS symptoms. Among all patients tested for HIV, the positivity index stood at 0.60%. This research reiterated the importance of knowing the users who need the TCC, in addition to seroprevalence, comprising relevant information for the implementation of public policies, prevention strategies and actions aimed at promoting the population's healthcare.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; HIV prevention; MEDICAL screening; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; RESEARCH methodology; SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-sectional method; HIV seroconversion; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 4, p1537
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v14i4.22441