Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections

Objective: to understand the difficulties and facilities of professionals to notify sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 19 professionals from four referral services in sexually transmitted infections. A semistructured interview was conduc...

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Main Authors: Elani Graça Ferreira Cavalcante, Ivana Cristina Vieira de Lima, Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro, Mahara Coelho Crisostomo Miranda, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2017-06-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19261
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Ivana Cristina Vieira de Lima
Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro
Mahara Coelho Crisostomo Miranda
Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão
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description Objective: to understand the difficulties and facilities of professionals to notify sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 19 professionals from four referral services in sexually transmitted infections. A semistructured interview was conducted and the statements were analyzed through Content Analysis technique. Results: the difficulties identified were: diversity of types of sexual relationships, resistance of the index patient, emphasis on information transmission, ineffective verbal communication, insufficient time and absence of monitoring. The facilities were: respect for patient autonomy, counseling free of judgments, effective verbal communication, motivation and negotiation, written communication, confidential environment, partnership with the multiprofessional team, communication through card to evaluate effectiveness of notification.Conclusion: based on the competencies, communication was identified as a facilitator of empowerment of the index patient in the process of to reveal the infection to the contacts, and weaknesses emerged in the conduct of cases about the knowledge, planning, implementation, partnership and evaluation.
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spelling doaj-art-0ebdea40935b495ea4c4d030bf373de22025-08-24T12:49:21ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832017-06-01182Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infectionsElani Graça Ferreira Cavalcante0Ivana Cristina Vieira de Lima1Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro2Mahara Coelho Crisostomo Miranda3Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão4Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)Objective: to understand the difficulties and facilities of professionals to notify sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 19 professionals from four referral services in sexually transmitted infections. A semistructured interview was conducted and the statements were analyzed through Content Analysis technique. Results: the difficulties identified were: diversity of types of sexual relationships, resistance of the index patient, emphasis on information transmission, ineffective verbal communication, insufficient time and absence of monitoring. The facilities were: respect for patient autonomy, counseling free of judgments, effective verbal communication, motivation and negotiation, written communication, confidential environment, partnership with the multiprofessional team, communication through card to evaluate effectiveness of notification.Conclusion: based on the competencies, communication was identified as a facilitator of empowerment of the index patient in the process of to reveal the infection to the contacts, and weaknesses emerged in the conduct of cases about the knowledge, planning, implementation, partnership and evaluation.https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19261Contact TracingSexually Transmitted DiseasesSexual PartnersHealth Promotion.
spellingShingle Elani Graça Ferreira Cavalcante
Ivana Cristina Vieira de Lima
Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro
Mahara Coelho Crisostomo Miranda
Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão
Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
Rev Rene
Contact Tracing
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexual Partners
Health Promotion.
title Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
title_full Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
title_fullStr Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
title_full_unstemmed Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
title_short Difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
title_sort difficulties and facilities for notification of sexual partners with sexually transmitted infections
topic Contact Tracing
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexual Partners
Health Promotion.
url https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19261
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