Carolina Coutinho
Biographic Data
| ID | 6062768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolina Coutinho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Coutinho |
| SIGNATURE | COUTINHO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9005-8171 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
High burden of depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse persons in Brazil
Sexual and gender diverse (SGD) populations have historically faced restricted rights and systematic discrimination for deviating from the established hetero-cis-normative norms. This long-standing marginalization has a profound negative impact on health outcomes, including a heightened risk of developing mental health issues, such as depression. Understanding the health-disease process among SGD populations requires recognizing that discriminato…
Association of Discrimination and Violence With Suicidality Among Travestis and Transgender Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015‒2023
Objectives. To examine the associations between discrimination, violence, and suicidality among travestis and transgender women in Brazil. Methods. We analyzed baseline data from the Transcendendo cohort (2015–2023) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which enrolled travestis and transgender women aged 18 years and older. We assessed lifetime discrimination by using an 8-item scale reflecting transgender-related mistreatment experiences. We also measured …
Would the Brazilian population support the alcohol policies recommended by the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the support of the Brazilian population to the alcohol-policies proposed by the World Health Organization to decrease alcohol harm (specifically: to decrease alcohol availability and advertising, and to increase pricing). In addition, we evaluated the factors associated with being against those policies. METHODS Data from 16,273 Brazilians, aged 12–65 years, interviewed in the 3rd Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use …
Substance use, self-rated health and HIV status in Brazil
We compared the prevalence of of non-injecting drug use (NIDU) and Self-Rated Health (SRH) among individuals self-reporting as HIV-positive (PLWHA), HIV-negative and unknown at the III Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use. Overall, 16,273 individuals, 12–65 years old, were interviewed in 2015. Prevalence and Standard Error (SE) were estimated considering the complex sample design and weight calibration. Chi-square tests with Rao-Scott adju…
Association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in a large sample of transgender women in northeast Brazil
Gender-based discrimination played an essential role in reducing the access of TGW to medical visits and HIV testing services. Furthermore, by confirming the association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in the multivariate analysis, we have demonstrated how this predictive variable can affect by reducing access to health services. The findings point to the need for non-discriminatory policies based on the def…
Non-medical use of opioid analgesics in contemporary Brazil
Prior studies on substance use in Brazil have not focused on opioid misuse, previously thought to be nearly non-existent. This paper presents new findings on heroin and non-medical use of opioid analgesics. Data come from the 2015 Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use (BHSU-3), a nationally representative survey estimating epidemiological parameters related to substance use by residents across Brazil. BHSU-3 used stratified multi-stage prob…
Reproducibility on science
An entomoepidemiological investigation of Chagas disease in the state of Ceará, Northeast Region of Brazil
The seroprevalence of Chagas disease in humans and the presence of triatomines were investigated in a rural locality in the State of Ceará, Brazil, an historically endemic region. Approximately 80% of the surveyed residents agreed to undergo serological tests. Intradomestic and peridomestic environments were searched for triatomines in both the dry and rainy seasons. The prevalence rate of Chagas disease was 1.2% and the majority of individuals c…
No prominent works on this page.
An entomoepidemiological investigation of Chagas disease in the state of Ceará, Northeast Region of Brazil
The seroprevalence of Chagas disease in humans and the presence of triatomines were investigated in a rural locality in the State of Ceará, Brazil, an historically endemic region. Approximately 80% of the surveyed residents agreed to undergo serological tests. Intradomestic and peridomestic environments were searched for triatomines in both the dry and rainy seasons. The prevalence rate of Chagas disease was 1.2% and the majority of individuals c…
Non-medical use of opioid analgesics in contemporary Brazil
Prior studies on substance use in Brazil have not focused on opioid misuse, previously thought to be nearly non-existent. This paper presents new findings on heroin and non-medical use of opioid analgesics. Data come from the 2015 Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use (BHSU-3), a nationally representative survey estimating epidemiological parameters related to substance use by residents across Brazil. BHSU-3 used stratified multi-stage prob…
Reproducibility on science
Substance use, self-rated health and HIV status in Brazil
We compared the prevalence of of non-injecting drug use (NIDU) and Self-Rated Health (SRH) among individuals self-reporting as HIV-positive (PLWHA), HIV-negative and unknown at the III Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use. Overall, 16,273 individuals, 12–65 years old, were interviewed in 2015. Prevalence and Standard Error (SE) were estimated considering the complex sample design and weight calibration. Chi-square tests with Rao-Scott adju…
Association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in a large sample of transgender women in northeast Brazil
Gender-based discrimination played an essential role in reducing the access of TGW to medical visits and HIV testing services. Furthermore, by confirming the association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in the multivariate analysis, we have demonstrated how this predictive variable can affect by reducing access to health services. The findings point to the need for non-discriminatory policies based on the def…
Would the Brazilian population support the alcohol policies recommended by the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the support of the Brazilian population to the alcohol-policies proposed by the World Health Organization to decrease alcohol harm (specifically: to decrease alcohol availability and advertising, and to increase pricing). In addition, we evaluated the factors associated with being against those policies. METHODS Data from 16,273 Brazilians, aged 12–65 years, interviewed in the 3rd Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use …
Association of Discrimination and Violence With Suicidality Among Travestis and Transgender Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015‒2023
Objectives. To examine the associations between discrimination, violence, and suicidality among travestis and transgender women in Brazil. Methods. We analyzed baseline data from the Transcendendo cohort (2015–2023) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which enrolled travestis and transgender women aged 18 years and older. We assessed lifetime discrimination by using an 8-item scale reflecting transgender-related mistreatment experiences. We also measured …
High burden of depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse persons in Brazil
Sexual and gender diverse (SGD) populations have historically faced restricted rights and systematic discrimination for deviating from the established hetero-cis-normative norms. This long-standing marginalization has a profound negative impact on health outcomes, including a heightened risk of developing mental health issues, such as depression. Understanding the health-disease process among SGD populations requires recognizing that discriminato…
Medicine (5 works) · Demography (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Immunology (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works)