Elucir Gir

Biographic Data

ID2545261
NAMEElucir Gir
GIVEN NAMESElucir
FAMILY NAMEGir
SIGNATUREGIR E
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de São Paulo
ORCID0000-0002-3757-4900
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Predictors for Anxiety and Stress in Long Covid

    Open AccessDaniel de Macêdo Rocha, Andrey Oeiras Pedroso et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Anxiety and stress are major challenges for public health and represent significant symptoms in long COVID. Despite the repercussions on quality of life and mental health, their impacts have not been systematically consolidated in the Brazilian population. Our objective was to analyze the indicators and predictors of anxiety and perceived stress in people who have experienced long COVID in different regional contexts in Brazil. This cross-section…

  • Predictors of HIV testing adherence among men who have sex with men

    Open AccessLaelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa, R Carvalho et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Men who have sex with men are a target group for HIV prevention and control. HIV testing is part of a broader combination prevention strategy. This study aimed to analyze the predictors for adherence to HIV infection testing among Brazilian men who have sex with men. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1438 participants, online selected for convenience in all regions of Brazil. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify indep…

  • Spatial analysis of HIV detection rates among Brazilian young men, 2007–2021

    Open AccessCleyton Abreu Martins, Iaron Leal Seabra et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    The main goal of this study was to spatially analyze the HIV epidemic scenario in young men in Brazil, 2007-2021. We used secondary data obtained from the Brazilian Information System for Notifiable Diseases. Individuals aged 15-29 years with permanent residence in Brazil who were diagnosed with HIV during the study period were included in the analysis. Municipality HIV age-adjusted detection rates were analyzed through spatial distribution, auto…

  • A pre-post quasi-experimental study

    Josely Pinto de Moura, Geilton Xavier de Matos et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    INTRODUCTION: The current study provides people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) the support to cope with this disease and to improve their quality of life, since their longevity has significantly increased. AIM: Investigating the effect of an educational intervention on PLHIV's strategies to cope with HIV. METHODOLOGY: Quasi-experimental, before-and-after study type, whose data were collected before and after educational interven…

  • Fortalecimiento de programas de doctorado en enfermería con base en las necesidades de salud

    Open AccessSílvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani, Bruna Moreno Dias et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2024

    This article aims to analyze and contextualize the training of nurses at the postgraduate level, and to present strategic orientations to expand their doctoral education in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper presents strategies to advance the potential of nurses' contribution to health systems and the development of scientific competencies through postgraduate studies-at the doctoral level-with emphasis on cooperation and internationaliz…

  • Resiliência, depressão e autoeficácia entre profissionais de enfermagem brasileiros na pandemia de Covid-19

    Open AccessLaelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa, Pedro Henrique Tertuliano Leoni et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2023

    O objetivo deste artigo é analisar os níveis de resiliência, depressão e autoeficácia entre profissionais de enfermagem brasileiros na pandemia de COVID-19. Estudo transversal analítico realizado entre os meses de outubro e dezembro de 2020. Foram empregados o teste T de Student, a análise de variância e a regressão linear múltipla com o objetivo de investigar em que medida os dois grandes fatores (resiliência e autoeficácia) impactavam nos nívei…

  • Resilience, depression and self-efficacy among Brazilian nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLaelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa, Pedro Henrique Tertuliano Leoni et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2023

    This aim of this study was to analyze levels of resilience, depression and self-efficacy among Brazilian nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study between October and December 2020. Student’s t test, analysis of variance and multiple linear regression were used to investigate the impact of two main factors (Resilience and Self-efficacy) on depression. A total of 8,792 nursing professional…

  • Adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Portuguese-Speaking Countries

    Open AccessÁlvaro Francisco Lopes De Sousa, Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida Lima et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Strengthening strategies to improve adherence to the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in key populations constitutes a global health priority to be achieved across countries, especially in countries that share a high flow of people such as Brazil and Portugal. This study aimed to analyze the factors associated with adherence to PrEP among MSM from two Portuguese-speaking countries, highlighting the opportunities and preventive strategies fo…

  • HIV epidemic among Brazilian women who have sex with women

    Open AccessAna Luisa Lemos Bezerra, William Sorensen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    The influences of public policies fighting HIV among women who have sex with women is scarcely studied. This study aimed to analyse the time series of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, between 2007 and 2020, among Brazilian women who have sex with women, in order to evaluate the effect of Brazilian policies for fighting HIV in this subpopulation compared to women who have sex with men (WSM). This ecological study employed HIV and acqui…

  • The Family Health Strategy Influence on the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Acceptance in a Peripheral Community of the Brazilian Amazon Region

    Open AccessGlenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, Julie Ane da Silva Formigosa et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2022

    Introduction: The coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains low worldwide. The Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Brazil has an important role in health promotion in communities. Given the FHS's close contact with assisted communities, the coverage of the HPV vaccine should be high in children. This study aims to investigate the acceptance of the HPV vaccine of parents or guardians of a peripheral community of the Brazilian Amazon r…

  • Factors Associated With Symptoms of Depression Among Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessFernanda Maria Vieira Pereira Ávila, Simon Ching Lam et al.ARTICLETexto & Contexto - Enfermagem2021

    Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: a cross-sectional study developed in all regions of Brazil, using an electronic form among older adults aged 60 or over. Data were collected from April 17 to May 15, 2020. Measures of central tendency and dispersion were used. For comparison of means, Student’s t-test and analysis of variance were applied, considering p≤0.05…

  • Development and Validation of Quality of Life Scale for People Living With Hiv

    Open AccessMaria Cristina Mendes de Almeida Cruz, Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira Ávila et…ARTICLETexto & Contexto - Enfermagem2021

    Objective: to develop and validate a scale to measure the quality of life of people living with HIV in Brazil. Method: methodological study conducted in a Brazilian care service specialized in sexually transmissible infections/AIDS between 2017 and 2019 addressing people living with HIV. The scale’s development and validation included exploratory factor analysis to describe its factor structure and psychometric properties, Multitrait-Multimethod …

  • Medidas Não Farmacológicas Para Prevenção Da Covid-19 Entre a População Idosa Brasileira E Fatores Associados

    Open AccessFernanda Maria Vieira Pereira Ávila, Wynne Pereira Nogueira et al.ARTICLEEstudos Interdisciplinares sobre…2021

    Objetivo: Identificar as principais medidas preventivas contra a COVID-19 referidas por idosos do Brasil e os fatores associados. Métodos: Estudo transversal, de abordagem quantitativa, realizado entre idosos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos de todas as regiões do Brasil no período de abril a maio de 2020. Os dados foram coletados por meio das mídias sociais como Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp e e-mail, norteada por um questionário o…

  • Serodiscordance predictors among couples in the HIV context

    Open AccessMarcela Antonini, Priscila Silva Pontes et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The findings showed a high prevalence of serodiscordant partnerships in PLHIV. Greater visibility among couples in the health services is needed as well as a reassessment in order to provide PLHIV and their sexual partners with care strategies, by the health professionals

  • Knowledge of PEP and PrEP among people living with HIV/aids in Brazil

    Open AccessLaelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa, Henrique Ciabotti Elias et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The knowledge about PEP and PrEP is low in Brazil. This may undermine secondary prevention efforts. Educational interventions to raise awareness of these prevention methods are needed among people living with HIV and who have HIV-negative sexual partners

  • The HIV epidemic in Colombia

    Open AccessJhon Freddy Montana, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Our study found an upward trend in HIV/AIDS incidence and a stable trend in the AIDS mortality rate in Colombia. The downward trend in HIV/AIDS incidence and AIDS mortality rate in the 0-14 age group reflects the downwards mother-to-child HIV transmission. The upward trend in HIV/AIDS incidence in older women and AIDS mortality in younger women rates, compared with men, may be due to late diagnosis and treatment. The Caribbean and the 'coffee bel…

  • Predictors of HIV Status Disclosure to Sexual Partners Among People Living with HIV in Brazil

    Open AccessRenata Karina Reis, Laelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Uso do telefone para adesão de pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids à terapia antirretroviral

    Open AccessVanessa Da Frota Santos, Ana Karoline Bastos Costa et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2019

    O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar a eficácia do uso do telefone para adesão de pessoas com HIV/AIDS à terapia antirretroviral. Realizou-se uma revisão sistemática, nas bases de dados: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (Lilacs/Bireme), Scopus, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline/PubMed), Web of Science; e nas bibliotecas Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO) e Cochrane, com uso dos seg…

  • Quality of life among Brazilian women living with HIV/Aids

    Renata Karina Reis, Claudia Benedita Dos Santos et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2012

    The purpose of the present study was to assess quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian women living with HIV/AIDS, according to the World Health Organization Quality of Life HIV-BREF (WHOQoL-HIV-BREF) domains. A quantitative-based, cross-sectional, analytical study was carried out in healthcare centers specialized in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS, located in a municipality of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. One hundred and six women of age 18 …

  • Enterobactérias isoladas de baratas (Periplaneta americana) capturadas em um hospital brasileiro

    Open AccessMarinésia Aparecida do Prado, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2002

    The prevalence of enteropathogenic bacteria and coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from Periplaneta americana cockroaches in the studied hospital reflects the weakness of the measures adopted both for vector control and for antimicrobial use. The results show the need to implement effective health-institution programs focusing on hygiene and the rational use of antimicrobials

  • Expressão epidemiológica de outras doenças sexualmente transmissíveis entre portadores de Aids

    Open AccessElucir Gir, Geraldo Duarte et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública1994References: 9

    Objetivou-se avaliar a freqüência de outras doenças sexualmente transmissíveis (DST) em pacientes portadores de AIDS, identificando-se suas associações epidemiológicas e possíveis relações com as categorias de exposição ao vírus. Os dados foram coletados dos prontuários médicos, identificando-se as DST com base em dados de anamnese, exame físico e exames laboratoriais. Dos portadores de HIV/AIDS, atendidos no hospital estudado, de janeiro de 1986…

  • Risco de infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) em profissionais da saúde

    Open AccessAlcyone Artioli Machado, João Carlos da Costa et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública1992Cited by: 2References: 7

    A fim de investigar o risco ocupacional de infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) em profissionais da saúde, foram estudados 35 casos de acidentes com material potencialmente contaminado pelo HIV, ocorridos em funcionários do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMRP-USP). Dos 36 profissionais de saúde estudados, 52,8% (19/36) eram auxiliares de enfermagem, 19,4% (7/36) enf…

  • Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis

    Open AccessElucir Gir, Tokico Murakawa Moriya et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública1991References: 2

    Apresentam-se os conceitos sobre DST entre 41(63,07%) coletores de lixo de uma cidade do interior de São Paulo, com a finalidade de oferecer subsídios para a elaboração de programas de educação em saúde sobre DST, para este grupo da população e outros similares. Da análise dos dados coletados, em entrevista com os indivíduos, obteve-se que um número apreciável destes trabalhadores possuem conceitos inadequados sobre as DST. Estes resultados vêm d…