Risk behavior study in prison populations, with emphasis to the hepatitis C virus infection, in the city of São Vicente – SP

• Grant number: 07/05767-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2007
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Epidemiology
• Principal Investigator: Heraclito Barbosa de Carvalho
• Grantee: Stephanie da Costa Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the Hepatitis C infection concerning the risk behavior. The drug use mainly the injecting way besides sexual behavior and violence as well are closed related to them. In order to carried out this study we will reach a simple of 650 prisoners from a Sao Vicente prison. These subjects will be interviewed by a standard questionnaire that aims to evaluate trough indicators, the sexual and drug use behavior. One of the objectives is to obtain the prevalence of HCV infection in this specific group. As these subjects handle a high risk infections transmission, the frequencies measurements allow us an evaluation, even summary, of the way how these infections run in the prisonal environment and also the infections risk transmission individually seen identifying vulnerable intervention sets. Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C, IDU, Violence, Seroprevalence, Risk Behavior