Abstract

BARCELOS, Mara Rejane Barroso et al. Evaluation of actions to address acquired syphilis between 2016 and 2019, in a southeast brazilian state capital city. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.2, pp. 258-267. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36311/jhgd.v32.12955.

INTRODUCTION: sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) represent a global public health problem, and are responsible for direct effects on reproductive and child health, causing consequences such as infertility and complications during pregnancy and delivery, fetal death, as well as a variety of health problems in affected children OBJECTIVE: to evaluate outcome indicators related to acquired syphilis in the period 2016-2019 in a southeast Brazilian state capital METHODS: this is a descriptive management evaluation study with a quantitative approach, which evaluated the outcome indicators "provision of adequate syphilis treatment in the general population" and "monitoring of acquired syphilis". Data were collected on the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System (SINAN), for the period from January 1st 2016 to December 31st 2019. Information regarding treatment and monitoring of cases of acquired syphilis was obtained by searching electronic medical records between August 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021 RESULTS: the municipality of Vitória had 2,647 cases of acquired syphilis, using the criterion of year of diagnosis. The notified cases related to 1,641 men (61.99%) and 1,006 women (38.01%). The predominant age group was 20 to 29 years, while race / skin color was predominantly brown. The most frequent level of education was complete high school. The non-treponemal test was performed in 84.93% of the cases and the treponemal test in 47.22%. Regarding the "provision of adequate syphilis treatment" indicator, we found a total of 90.08% for adequate treatment of cases in Vitória's public health service network for the four-year period: 87.25% in 2016; 85.27% in 2017; 91.79% in 2018; and 94.23% in 2019. Regarding the "monitoring of syphilis cases in the general population" indicator, we found a total of 35.72% for adequate monitoring of cases in Vitória's public health service network for the four-year period: 33.33% in 2016; 36.83% in 2017; 34.53% in 2018; and 38.20% in 2019 CONCLUSION: the outcome indicators evaluated in Vitória, in the 2016-2019 four-year period, were: adequate treatment 90.08% and adequate monitoring 35.72%

Keywords : syphilis; epidemiological monitoring; health evaluation.

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