GENIH study - gender and HIV infection: sexual and reproductive health practices and decisions

• Grant number: 12/25239-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: November 01, 2013 - February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Preventive Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Regina Maria Barbosa
• Grantee: Regina Maria Barbosa
• Host Institution: Núcleo de Estudos da População (NEPO). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Adriana de Araujo Pinho ; Cristiane da Silva Cabral ; Maria Cecilia Goi Porto Alves ; Maria Mercedes Loureiro Escuder

Abstract

The starting point of our study is the context of "feminization" of the HIV/Aids epidemic in Brazil and the lack of studies focused on the implications of this diagnosis concerning women's decisions of sexual and reproductive health. The current project aims to investigate aspects of sexual and reproductive health of WLHA and compare those with seronegative HIV women (WNLHA). Special attention will be given to the influence of social and relational dimensions, particularly the presence of situations of gender violence, and also the context of sexual and reproductive health care of women in both groups. A cross-sectional quantitative study will be conducted in 2013 in São Paulo city so as to compare two representative samples of WLHA and WNLHA, users of public health services. The study population will consist of women between 18 and 49 years old, regular users of public health services selected for the sample. The sample of young women from 18 to 24 years will be over-represented since the need to discuss the impact of HIV infection / AIDS in the trajectories of young women as well as the recent resurgence of the epidemic among this population subgroup. A qualitative investigation will also be developed in order to make a general characterization of the MVHA care services and to provide subsidies for discussions on the institutional and programmatic aspects that are involved in women's decision-making processes and reproductive and contraceptive behaviors. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RUBEN CASTRO; ADRIANA DE ARAUJO PINHO; EDUARDO FAJNZYLBER; CRISTIANE DA SILVA CABRAL; REGINA MARIA BARBOSA. Desigualdade de renda e fertilidade na adolescência em países de baixa renda. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 33, n. 12, 2017-12-18. (12/25239-3)

BARBOSA, REGINA MARIA; CABRAL, CRISTIANE DA SILVA; DO LAGO, TANIA DI GIACOMO; PINHO, ADRIANA DE ARAUJO. Differences in the Access to Sterilization between Women Living and Not Living with HIV: Results from the GENIH Study, Brazil. PLoS One, v. 11, n. 11, NOV 3 2016. (12/25239-3)

TSUYUKI, KIYOMI; STOCKMAN, JAMILA K.; KNAUTH, DANIELA; J. CATABAY, CHRISTINA; HE, FENG; AL-ALUSI, NOOR A.; PILECCO, FLAVIA BULEGON; JAIN, SONIA; BARBOSA, REGINA MARIA. Typologies of violence against women in Brazil: A latent class analysis of how violence and HIV intersect. GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, JUN 2020. (12/25239-3)

PINHO, ADRIANA DE ARAUJO; CABRAL, CRISTIANE DA SILVA; BARBOSA, REGINA MARIA. Differences and similarities in women living and not living with HIV: contributions by the GENIH study to sexual and reproductive healthcare. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 33, n. 12, 2017. (12/25239-3)

PINHO, ADRIANA DE ARAUJO; BARBOSA, REGINA MARIA; BRIGNOL, SANDRA; VILLELA, WILZA; MONTEIRO, SIMONE SOUZA. Drivers of Sexual Inactivity Among Women Living with HIV and AIDS: Findings of the GENIH Study in So Paulo, Brazil. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, v. 47, n. 7, p. 1983-1993, OCT 2018. (12/25239-3)