Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: sexual violence

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Maria Luiza Bezerra Menezes, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Adriano Santiago Dias dos Santos, Elucir Gir, Ximena Pamela Díaz Bermúdez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021
• Subjects: Sexual offenses; Intimate partner violence; Sexually transmitted diseases; Clinical protocols; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-600-2020; https://doaj.org/article/067b835dc8e444978ef3e161e028e266

Abstract This article addresses sexual violence, as part of the Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Care for People with Sexually Transmitted Infections, published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Guidance is provided in programmatic and operational management, focusing on the service network for people in situation of sexual violence, recommendations to health staff about pregnancy and viral and non-viral sexually transmitted infections prophylactic measures, in addition to surveillance action strategies. Sexual violence is an encompassing issue that includes wider areas than the health field. It involves conceptual and programmatic challenges for health staff, at the forefront of care for affected people and also to the implementation of prevention strategies addressed to the whole society.