HIV and induced abortion among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Île-de-France: Results of the PARCOURS study.

Introduction: HIV heavily affects sub-Saharan African women living in France and can impact reproductive decisions. It was investigated whether HIV was associated with induced abortion in pregnancies held after migration by women from sub-Saharan Africa living in Île-de-France.

Methods: We used data on ANRS Parcours, a retrospective life event survey conducted in health facilities in the metropolitan region of Paris, between February 2012 and May 2013, with migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

[Timely outpatient treatment of cervical cancer: the influence of region of residence for women in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil].

This study aimed to investigate whether there is an association between the Extended Health Regions (EHR) of residence in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the interval between diagnosis and start of treatment for women who underwent outpatient treatment (chemotherapy or radiotherapy) for cervical cancer by the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS), between 2001 and 2015. This is a cross-sectional study, part of a cohort with 8,857 women. Negative binomial regression models were used to evaluate the association of EHR of residence and the interval between diagnosis and start of treatment (in days), considering a significance level of 5%.

Community voices: sowing, germinating, flourishing as strategies to support inclusion in STEM.

Understanding gaps in academic representation while considering the intersectionality concept is paramount to promoting real progress towards a more inclusive STEM. Here we discuss ways in which STEM careers can be sown and germinated so that inclusivity can flourish.

Abortion and the COVID-19 pandemic: insights for Latin America.

The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering access to legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion laws are already restrictive and access to services is already hampered. Our objective was to understand how different countries, with an emphasis on Latin Americans, have dealt with legal abortion services in the context of the COVID-19.

The effect of laboratory testing on COVID-19 monitoring indicators: an analysis of the 50 countries with the highest number of cases.

Objective: To analyse how testing the population influences the health indicators used to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in the 50 countries with the highest number of diagnosed cases.

Methods: This was an ecological study using secondary data retrieved on 8/19/2020. Cumulative incidence, mortality rate, case-fatality rate, and proportion of positive tests were calculated.

Factors Associated with HIV and Vulnerability Contexts for Women in Brazil.

The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with HIV and vulnerability contexts for women in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The participants were 1326 women recruited by complex sampling design, divided into two groups: 640 women with HIV (WLH) and 686 women who did not have HIV (WNLH). Gross and weighted statistical analyses were performed.

Regional inequalities in cervical cancer survival in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Background: Cervical cancer survival is marked by socioeconomic and demographic inequalities. We investigated differences in survival across health regions in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in cervical cancer patients who underwent treatment in the Brazilian Public Health System.

Methods: From a database developed through probabilistic and deterministic linkage of data from information systems of the Brazilian Public Health System, we identified cervical cancer cases, diagnosed between 2002 and 2010, who underwent radiation and/or chemotherapy and lived in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Does Sex-Obesity Intersectionality Play a Role in Labor Inactivity? Results From the Brazilian National Health Survey.

Objective: To investigate the association between sex-obesity intersection and labor inactivity and whether education modifies this relationship in a national health survey.

Methods: Cross-sectional study using the database of 43,456 participants from the Brazilian National Health Survey. Logistic Regression analyses were performed.

[HIV/AIDS diagnosis in heterosexual men: still a surprise after more than 30 years of the epidemic].

Men are the main group affected by HIV infection in Brazil, with an upward trend in the last 10 years. According to official data, heterosexual men represent 49% of cases, followed by homosexuals with 38% and bisexuals with 9.1%.

Typologies of violence against women in Brazil: A latent class analysis of how violence and HIV intersect.

We address the limited understanding around the overlap between violence and HIV in Brazil. Data was from two clinic-based samples of HIV-positive (=1534) and HIV-negative women (=1589) in São Paulo and Porto Alegre. We conducted latent class analysis and identified violence typologies by type of violence, life course timing, frequency, and perpetrator, stratified by city and HIV-status.

Induced Abortion and Migration to Metropolitan Paris by Sub-Saharan African Women: The Role of Intendedness of Pregnancy.

Migration can affect reproductive outcomes due to different socioeconomic and cultural contexts before and after migration, to changes in the affective and conjugal status of women and to their life conditions. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between international migration and abortion. The data came from a retrospective life-event survey from sub-Saharan African women living in Île-de-France.

Factors associated with post-diagnosis pregnancies in women living with HIV in the south of Brazil.

Objectives: To analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of pregnancies after the diagnosis of infection by HIV.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with women of a reproductive age living with HIV/AIDS cared for in the public services of the city of Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil. The data was analyzed from a comparison between two groups: women with and women without pregnancies after the diagnosis of HIV.

Post-diagnosis abortion in women living with HIV/Aids in the south of Brazil.

Objective: To understand how the HIV diagnosis combines with other factors that influence the decision to abort.

Methodology: Data were collected during a crossover study of women aged between 18 and 49 years old and seen in public health services in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The life stories of 18 interviewees who had post-diagnosis abortion were reconstructed on a timeline, using information collected quantitatively.

Lifetime induced abortion: a comparison between women living and not living with HIV.

Background: Studies aimed at understanding the association between induced abortion and HIV are scarce and differ on the direction of the association. This paper aims to show the prevalence of induced abortion in a sample of pregnancies of women living and not living with HIV/Aids, determining variables associated with pregnancy termination and linked to the life course of women and to the specific context of the pregnancy.

Methods: Data came from a cross-sectional study, using interviewer-administered questionnaire, developed with women that attended public health services in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Southern Brazil.

This cross-sectional study focused on the sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV, by age group, in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The sample consisted of 691 women. Differences were observed in number of pregnancies and number of children.

[Staying awake: truck drivers' vulnerability in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil].

Objective: To analyze factors associated with the use of stimulants by truck drivers to stay awake.

Methods: A survey with 854 drivers was carried out at eight truck stops (seven gas stations and one border patrol post) located at five cities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Southern Brazil) in 2006. The outcome "amphetamine use" was categorized as "yes" or "no".

[Sexual coercion and abortion: a context of vulnerability among young women].

This study aims to investigate the relationship between abortion and experiences of sexual coercion. The data came from GRAVAD, a household survey with a stratified random sample of young women (18-24 years) in Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, and Salvador, Brazil. The sample used in this article included 870 interviews of women who reported having become pregnant.