Self-reported syphilis and associated factors among Brazilian young adults: findings from a nationwide survey

The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported syphilis and associated factors in sexually active young adults (16–25 years old) in the Public Health System in Brazil. This was a cross-sectional study with 8071 participants recruited from 119 primary care units. Of these, 224 (2.86%, 95% CI 2.2...

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Autores principales: Kops, Natália Luiza, Bessel, Marina, Hohenberger, Glaucia F., Benzaken, Adele, Wendland, Eliana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.06.009
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description The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported syphilis and associated factors in sexually active young adults (16–25 years old) in the Public Health System in Brazil. This was a cross-sectional study with 8071 participants recruited from 119 primary care units. Of these, 224 (2.86%, 95% CI 2.29–3.43%) reported having the disease. Age, lower socio-economic class, being a smoker, not using a condom at first sexual intercourse, and ever had a same-sex sexual experience were associated with syphilis. The results reinforce the importance of implementing strategies focused on socio-economic class and early sexual education that encourage condom use from the beginning of sexual activity.
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spelling pubmed-94278092022-09-01 Self-reported syphilis and associated factors among Brazilian young adults: findings from a nationwide survey Kops, Natália Luiza Bessel, Marina Hohenberger, Glaucia F. Benzaken, Adele Wendland, Eliana Braz J Infect Dis Brief Communication The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported syphilis and associated factors in sexually active young adults (16–25 years old) in the Public Health System in Brazil. This was a cross-sectional study with 8071 participants recruited from 119 primary care units. Of these, 224 (2.86%, 95% CI 2.29–3.43%) reported having the disease. Age, lower socio-economic class, being a smoker, not using a condom at first sexual intercourse, and ever had a same-sex sexual experience were associated with syphilis. The results reinforce the importance of implementing strategies focused on socio-economic class and early sexual education that encourage condom use from the beginning of sexual activity. Elsevier 2019-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9427809/ /pubmed/31344353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.06.009 Text en © 2019 Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.06.009
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