Vulnerability of women who have sex with women to Bacterial Vaginosis

• Grant number: 18/14770-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2018
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Marli Teresinha Cassamassimo Duarte
• Grantee: Mariana Alice de Oliveira Ignacio
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research will continue the previous study "Access to health services and sexual and reproductive health of women who have sex with women", financed by the Foundation for Research Support of the São Paulo State - FAPESP number: 2015/04224-6 and will aim to analyze the vulnerability of women who have sex with women (WSW) to bacterial vaginosis (VB). A cross-sectional study that will compose a broader research that aims to analyze the mental and sexual and reproductive health of MSM and will be developed in the city of Botucatu-SP, interior of São Paulo. The target population of the study will consist of two groups of women: group 1 - women who report having sex with women and women and men (WSW); group 2 - women reporting having sex with men only (WSM). The sample will be intentional, non-randomized and estimated in 100 WSW for group 1 that attend the call to participate in the study and 300 WSM in group 2, selected concurrently to the inclusion of group 1. The variables studied will be classified by the theoretical reference of vulnerability in the individual, social and programmatic dimensions. The data will be obtained through the application of questionnaire, Audit, QRS 20 and gynecological examination. The analyzes will be performed by multiple logistic regression model to verify the associations between the vulnerability variables and VB and Mann-Whitney for comparisons of the vulnerability between MSM and MSH. The project will be forwarded to the Ethics Research Council. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

IGNACIO, MARIANA ALICE DE OLIVEIRA; BUESSO, THAYNA SANTOS; MORALES, JULIA ANDRADE PESSOA; SILVA, MARIANA DE CASTRO; DA SILVA, MARCIA GUIMARAES; DUARTE, MARLI TERESINHA CASSAMASSIMO. Factors associated with bacterial vaginosis in women with homosexual, bisexual and heterosexual practices. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 27, n. 3, p. 6-pg., 2023-04-21. (18/14770-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

IGNACIO, Mariana Alice de Oliveira. Vulnerability of women who have sex exclusively with women and women who have sex with women and men to bacterial vaginosis.. 2022. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina. Botucatu Botucatu.