Knowledge about HIV/AIDS in older adults using the services of Family Health Strategy

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated knowledge about HIV/AIDS in elders using the services of Family Health Strategy. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study involving 238 participants. Mini-Mental State Examination and QHIV3I were applied. RESULTS: About 30% of participan...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Giovanna Gaudenci Nardelli, Eliana Maria Gaudenci, Rodrigo Eurípedes da Silveira, Luan Augusto Alvez Garcia, Bruna Sthephanie Sousa Malaquias, Álvaro da Silva Santos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019
Subjects:
Primary health care
Older adult. Knowledge
HIV
Health vulnerability
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-86820355-2018
https://doaj.org/article/7c7bf0a08c1040d0b2af64c2a9af41b4
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Summary:Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated knowledge about HIV/AIDS in elders using the services of Family Health Strategy. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study involving 238 participants. Mini-Mental State Examination and QHIV3I were applied. RESULTS: About 30% of participants had active sexual lives and 5.5% used condoms consistently. The question with the highest score of right answers was about transmission through needles (95%) and the lowest (52.5%) was about whether individuals infected with the virus always displayed symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to train health professionals to develop actions that encourage elders to take preventive measures.

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