CHARACTERIZATION SOCIODEMOGRAPHICOF HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN, ASSISTED IN TESTING AND COUNSELING CENTER IN THE CITY OF CANOAS/RS

• Main Authors: Fabiúla Leonardi da Silva, Delmar Bizani
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2016-07-01
• Series: Revista Saúde.com
• Subjects: Serodiagnosis of HIV; vulnerability; counseling; women
• Online Access: http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/ojs/index.php/rsc/article/view/359/374

The study aimed to identify the origin and get to know the demographic profile of users between 15 and 50 years old, sexually active, who underwent HIV testing and who returned for follow-up in the Testand Counseling Center (TCC) of the municipality of Canoas/RS the medical records of women with positive serology were eligible for HIV and who returned to the post testing monitoring, without antiretroviral treatment history or laboratory confirmed diagnosis in the same period mentioned above.156 medical records of women were analyzed with positive serology for HIV, between 15 and 50 years, especially in the age group 31- 40 years (32.7%), white (39.1%), with incomplete primary education (39.1 Of these 129 (82.7%) have continued to follow the CTA, and 27 (17.3%) discontinued treatmentThe risk behavior combined with no clarification with regard to disease put single Canoenses women, low income and schooling, over 30 years in higher vulnerability to HIV status.