Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults: Findings From the Brazilian Health System.

The primary objective of this research was to describe the prevalence of violence against older adults according to sexual orientation as documented in the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) in Brazil. SINAN is a national database that compiles violence-related notifications reported by healthcare services. This ecological study analyzed aggregated data at the population level, focusing on violence notifications involving individuals aged 50 and above from 2017 to 2021.

Confronting the Infodemic and Fake News to End Stigma and Discrimination in HIV/AIDS: Promoting Zero Discrimination Practices in Brazil With Massive Open Online Course.

Introduction: Overcoming misinformation is essential considering stigma and discrimination in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This report presents the preliminary results of a health education strategy based on the massive open online course (MOOC) on Zero Discrimination in Brazil.

Methods: Case study describing the development of the MOOC and its validation using the Delphi technique.

A call for the urgent and definitive inclusion of gender identity and sexual orientation data in the Brazilian health information systems: what can we learn from the monkeypox outbreak?

In this document, we present to the scientific community a proposal on how to deal with the challenge imposed on surveillance and health actions in Brazil regarding monkeypox, including points and directions that have the potential to support learning and enable advances in the current scenario.

Health challenges in the LGBTI+ population in Brazil: a scenario analysis through the triangulation of methods.

This article aims to reflect on the current health challenges of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, intersex, and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTI+) within the Brazilian scenario. This study adopted a triangulation approach, based on two studies developed in the Southeast and South of Brazil, which included policy analysis and qualitative research on the perceptions of key actors from the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) - LGBTI+ users, workers, and managers. All data were analyzed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers.

Territories Under Siege: Risks of the Decimation of Indigenous and Quilombolas Peoples in the Context of COVID-19 in South Brazil.

The current health, political, and environmental crisis ongoing in Brazil and the advances of the impacts of COVID-19 in traditional populations (as indigenous and quilombolas) are not yet prioritized in the scientific production about the novel coronavirus. We performed spatial correlation analysis to map the clusters and outliers of COVID-19 in South of Brazil to identify indigenous and quilombolas communities impacted right now in the pandemic. We show that communities located nearby metropolitan areas and mid-sized cities are the most impacted by the COVID-19 and the advance of the transmission to inner states may intensify the ongoing historical process of elimination of indigenous and quilombolas people.

Profile of notification of violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transsexual people recorded in the National Information System on Notifiable Diseases, Brazil, 2015-2017.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the profile of notifications of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, from 2015 to 2017.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with secondary data on records of violence against LGBT people. The study population included individuals aged 10 and older with homosexual or bisexual orientation as well as transvestites or transgender identities.

Are hospital process quality indicators influenced by socio-demographic health determinants.

Background: This population-level health service study aimed to address whether hospitals assure the same quality of care to people in equal need, i.e. to see if any associations exist between social determinants and adherence to four hospital process indicators clearly identified as being linked to better health outcomes for patients.