A pesquisa teve como objetivo caracterizar os pacientes acometidos por Transtornos de Identidade e de Comportamento Sexual e identificar sua ocorrência por sexo, bem como a procedência do paciente, diagnóstico e tempo de internação, tipo de alta e internação e fonte financiadora dos serviços pres...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the psychopathological correlates of psychosexual phenomena in post-colonial Jamaica. METHODS: A total of 1506 adult individuals were sampled from 2150 households using a stratified sampling method and assessed with the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory...
OBJECTIVE: To develop a Caribbean regional profile of youth sexual behaviour associated with risk of HIV. DESIGN AND METHODS: A review of sexual behaviour surveys with youth aged 15-24 years was conducted as part of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) HIV Caribbean Office's Review and Gender Anal...
OBJECTIVE: To determine accuracy of knowledge and sexual behaviour patterns of junior high school students in New Providence towards HIV/AIDS and identify gender variations. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with cluster sampling of classrooms was undertaken at two schools utilizing a questionnaire. SPSS ...
BACKGROUND: Stable heterosexual relationships are a major determinant of the HIV epidemic and seroprevalence rate of HIV amongst antenatal women is a reflection of what is happening in the larger society. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the HIV seroprevalence rate and to identify factors respons...
OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present study was to assess knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among the migrant female workers in the restaurant industry in Guangzhou City, China. METHODS: We performed a questionnaire survey using a judgmental sampling method in the health examination clinic of Yuex...
OBJECTIVE: The twin epidemics of HIV and homelessness present several challenging aspects to the development of programmes for the provision of treatment and care. This paper describes the characteristics of this population being managed by a collaborative effort between the Centre for HIV/AIDS Research,...
This essay analyzes discourses and narratives of men who frequent the washrooms at public venues in Havana. The graffiti on toilet room walls works as an articulator of micro markets of sexual communication and gender/sexual relations. In this article graffiti is the focus of an ethnographic approach to ...
A associação do papilomavírus humano (HPV) ao carcinoma de células escamosas em região de cabeça e pescoço representa um problema de saúde pública, em especial para os jovens que são mais sujeitos às doenças sexualmente transmissíveis (DST). Objetivo: avaliar a vulnerabilidade à transmissã...
