Profilaxia pós-exposição ao HIV em populações vulneráveis: estudo longitudinal retrospectivo em um ambulatório da rede pública do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015-2018

Luciana Castoldi; Marina Marques Berengan; Nalu Silvana Both; Vanessa Schmidt Fortes; Tanara Vogel Pinheiro

doi:10.1590/s1679-49742021000200017

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Luciana Castoldi Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4635-0749
Marina Marques Berengan Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-5824
Nalu Silvana Both Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-1013
Vanessa Schmidt Fortes Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2709-3756
Tanara Vogel Pinheiro Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-9971

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-49742021000200017

Keywords:

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, HIV, Vulnerable Populations, Epidemiology, Descriptive

Abstract

Objective: To describe the profile of people who initiated post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in a public health service, evaluating the use of this technology among the key populations preconized by the Ministry of Health of Brazil. Methods: Retrospective longitudinal study, with secondary data of people attended between 2015-2018. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated and Pearson's chi-square test was used to compare behavioral characteristics. Results: From 270 people evaluated, there was a higher frequency of white (76.3%) young adults (45.4%), male (74.7%), highly educated (65.7%) and with multiple sex partners (40.7%). Among the key populations, there was a higher frequency of people who use alcohol and/or other drug (49.6%) and men who have sex with men (38.1%), while lower frequency of transgender people (2.2%) and sex workers (4.8%) used PEP. Conclusion: The use of PEP was not homogeneous among the vulnerable groups evaluated, with lower frequency of transgender people and sex workers.