Determinantes sociodemográficos, comportamentais e sociogognitivos do teste ao VIH na mulher portuguesa

Abstract

This study examined the differences in the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions of risk, sexual behavior in women who underwent HIV testing versus those who did not undergo the test and the relationship of the variables under study and test predictors of HIV. Thousand four hundred eighty-eight sexually active women participated in the study through self-report instrument in primary health care in the ACES Alto Ave. Overall, 54.2 % of participants reported never having done the HIV test. The results indicate that women who take the test have higher levels of knowledge, risk perception in partner, talk more about HIV and prevention with a partner, and have fewer barriers face HIV prevention and more risk sexual behavior compared with women who were not tested. The test significantly associated themselves with the variables as in study. Analyses of Hierarchical Logistic regression show that women with higher levels of education, married, with higher annual income, with increased sexual risk behavior, with higher HIV prevention knowledge, to talk about HIV and its prevention with partners who are at increased risk perception of the partner, lower perception of personal risk, lower perception of self-efficacy in communication, are more likely to perform HIV testing. The model entirely explained 21.6 % of the variance in HIV testing. Perform HIV testing throughout life is to promote a longitudinal and not sporadic prevention.

Date of Award	6 Jul 2016
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor)