OLIVEIRA, F. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4614003622872272; OLIVEIRA, Fabrícia Souza de.
Résumé:
Post-exposure prophylaxis in consensual intercourse includes the use of antiretrovirals to
ensure the protection of the individual after a situation considered to be at risk with exposure
to the HIV virus, and is beneficial when initiated within 72 hours after unprotected
intercourse. The populations vulnerable to HIV in Brazil are related to individual problems
and difficulties as collective, so it is important to relate risk factors, cultural aspects, social
and economic factors, which led the individual to the context of the disease. The low
knowledge about sexual PEP of both users and health professionals seems to be one of the
main causes for not using the method, thus reducing possibilities of prevention. The objective
of this study is to investigate the knowledge of men who have sex with men of an LGBT
group about post-exposure prophylaxis to the HIV virus. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive,
quantitative study, carried out through a structured questionnaire applied by the researcher.
The collection took place in June 2018 after approval of the Committee of Ethics in Research
with Human Beings of the Federal University of Campina Grande, under opinion number
2,689,909. In this study, the data collected show that the analyzed population consists mostly
of young people, with higher percentage of Gays, high school graduates and monthly income
higher than a minimum wage, unspecified values. There is little knowledge related to postsexual
exposure prophylaxis as a preventive method of HIV transmission, despite the policies
implemented in the country in the face of the AIDS epidemic, yet the population receives
little information related to advances and forms of treatment on the disease. Regarding the
source of the knowledge about sexual PEP, it occurred mainly through friends, showing to be
a subject little debated by the media, services and health professionals, as well as the majority
of the participants is not aware of the correct purpose of the prophylaxis, being again the need
to expand knowledge. Among the most used methods the male condom presented a higher
percentage and as to the frequency of its use there were also greater responses for use in all
sexual relations. It could be concluded that the lack of knowledge about this method inserts
the analyzed population in a context of vulnerability, and there is a need for educational
health actions aimed at this public directed at the subject investigated.