Intervention based on diagnostic tests for a sexual transmitted diseases' integral approach

Abstract

We carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive study in several communities of the municipality of Manicaragua to identify the infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Treponema pallidum in 448 sexually active people aged 15-59 years from the general population. Starting with the informed consent and a dynamic explanation of the investigation we took samples and did personal interviews. We applied the principles of the Primary Health Care: equity, integration and empowering. We developed an educative-preventive intervention and advisory. The samples were processed by SUMA technology, and the determination of the Treponema pallidum was made by VDRL serology. The general positivity was 2,6 % at the expenses of the hepatitis viruses, and among them, the serologic reactivity to the Hepatitis C Virus was 1,33 %, and to the Hepatitis B Virus of 0,88 %. We also detected two persons with mild reactive VDRL serology. We did not identified persons infected with the HIV. The persons with VHC and VHB serologic reactivity did not know their serologic status. The population who resulted reactive to the tests was mainly middle/aged women. We gave the results to the primary care physician. The persons who voluntarily agreed the HIV tests had other options because they had information on STD/HIV, made a reflection and personal analysis on their risk perception and finally knew their serologic status about four causal agents of these infections.