Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among the female partners of inmates

Autor: Debora Cristina Martins, Giovanna Brichi Pesce, Giordana Maronezzi da Silva, Carlos Alexandre Molena Fernandes
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 26, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1518-8345
DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.2568.3043
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the sexual behavior of the female partners of inmates and estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases. Method: cross-sectional, quantitative study involving 349 female partners of inmates. The Estudo de Comportamento Sexual [Sexual Behavior Study], an instrument validated in Brazil, was used to collect the data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20 was used in the statistical analysis. Results: 41.2% of the female partners of inmates reported a prior history of sexually transmitted disease. Association was found between having more than one partner in the last 12 months (
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