Consumo de mídias sexuais explícitas e práticas de risco ao HIV/Aids no nordestebrasileiro / Sexually explicit media consumption and HIV/AIDS risk practices in northeastern Brazil

Objetivo: Analisar a influência do consumo de Mídias Sexuais Explícitas nas práticas de risco ao HIV/Aids em residentes da região nordeste do país. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo analítico, transversal, incluindo 349 residentes da região nordeste com idade a partir de 18anos. Os dados foram coletados de forma online, no período de julho a dezembro de 2021, utilizando-se questionário adaptado. A variável desfecho foi o uso do preservativo nas relações sexuais (sim/não). Realizou-se a Regressão de Logística Múltipla Hierárquica com razão de chance ajustada, para explicar o efeito das variáveis preditoras sobre a variável dependente. Resultados: Ter renda maior que um salário-mínimo e estar solteiro aumentam as chances de uso do preservativo, enquanto estar namorando, casado ou unido, coito interrompido, sexo sem penetração, conhecimento do status sorológico e das parcerias, uso de Profilaxia Pré-Exposição, dificuldades e impossibilidades de acesso ao preservativo na pandemia foram fatores de proteção contra o uso. Conclusão: O consumo de mídias sexuais explícitas não influenciou o não uso de preservativo. Entretanto, observaram-se práticas utilizadas como preventivas ao HIV/Aids, que desconsideram a prevenção combinada implicando na necessidade de implementação de estratégias de educação sexual com vistas à prevenção do HIV/Aids e outras infecções sexualmente transmissíveis. Descritores: Mídia Audiovisual; Comportamento Sexual; Preservativos; HIV.

Objective:To analyze the influence of Sexually Explicit Media consumption on HIV/AIDS risk practices in residents of the Northeast region of the country. Methods:This is an analytical and cross-sectional study, including 349 residents of the Northeast region aged at least 18 years old. The data were collected online from July to December 2021 using an adapted questionnaire. The outcome variable was condom use during sexual intercourse(yes/no). Hierarchical Multiple Logistic Regression with adjusted odds ratio was performed to explain the effect of the predictive variables on the dependent variable.Results:Earning incomes above one minimum wage and being single increase the chances of condom use, whereas being in a relationship, married or with a partner, the withdrawal method, sex without penetration, knowledge about one's own serological status and the partners', use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, and difficulties and impossibility accessing condoms during the pandemic were protective factors against their use. Conclusion: Sexually explicit media consumption did not influence non-use of condoms. However, practices used to prevent HIV/AIDS were observed, which disregard combined prevention, implying the need to implement sexual education strategies with a view to preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. Descriptors: Video-Audio Media; Sexual Behavior; Condoms; HIV.

Sexual exposure to HIV in Angolan men who have sex with men immigrants: A cross-sectional study in Portugal and Brazil.

BACKGROUND: In different contexts, international migrants are vulnerable to health disparities that increase the risk of HIV/AIDS exposure and continue to bear a significant burden of new virus infections in developed and developing countries. In this study, we sought to examine sexual practices and factors linked to HIV exposure among a sample of Angolan men who have sex with men (MSM) immigrants. METHODS: The study was conducted in two Portuguese-speaking countries, Brazil and Portugal, and involved 250 Angolan MSM immigrants between September 2020 and February 2021, using sampling methods to constitute the sample and the HIV Incidence Risk Index (HIRI) to define virus exposure risk. Odds ratio (OR) and adjusted odds ratio (aOR) were used to calculate the chances of higher HIRI index in the sample. RESULTS: Our results showed that 76.8% of participants presented a high HIRI index, influenced by the practice of chemsex (aOR: 4.26), having a known/repeated partner (aOR: 4.59), and engaging in passive sex without a condom in the last 30 days (aOR: 1.29) or 6 months (aOR: 1.98). CONCLUSIONS: It is crucial to focus on this vulnerable population and implement sexual health policies that integrate combined HIV prevention measures aimed at immigrant MSM.