Bianca Oliveira Leite

Biographic Data

ID976952
NAMEBianca Oliveira Leite
GIVEN NAMESBianca Oliveira
FAMILY NAMELeite
SIGNATURELEITE B O
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal da Bahia
ORCID0000-0002-4137-9809
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Sexualized Drug Use Among Sexually and Gender Diverse Adolescents in Brazil

    Open AccessBianca Oliveira Leite, Laio Magno et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Sexualized drug use (SDU) is a known phenomenon with significant implications for HIV vulnerability. Chemsex, a specific subset of SDU, involves the use of substances such as GHB/GBL, mephedrone, or methamphetamine to facilitate sexual activity. This study investigated factors associated with SDU among sexual and gender diverse adolescents (SGDa) in Brazil. This study used data from the PrEP15-19 project, a cohort investigating the implementation…

  • Family-Based Discrimination, Non-disclosure of Sexual Orientation or Gender identity, and Initiation of Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Adolescents

    Open AccessGabriel Marinho, Bianca Oliveira Leite et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    This study analyzed the association between family-based discrimination and non-disclosure of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) and the initiation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM) and transgender women (ATGW). This analysis used baseline data from the PrEP1519 project. Latent class analysis (LCA) was applied to identify patterns of family-based discrimination a…

  • Atuação docente de preceptores em um programa de residência multiprofissional

    Open AccessRenê Ferreira Da Silva-Junior, Rene Ferreira da Silva Junior et al.ARTICLECuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo2024

    O presente estudo objetiva compreender os significados e como ocorre a atuação docente dos preceptores enfermeiros em um programa de residência em saúde da família da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros. O estudo está pautado na abordagem qualitativa tendo como suporte teórico-conceitual o Interacionismo Simbólico e para produção dos dados foi utilizado um instrumento com um roteiro semiestruturado para entrevista com apoio da história oral te…

  • Oferta de PrEP em organizações comunitárias

    Open AccessAlexandre Grangeiro, Paula Andréa Massa et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2024

    OBJETIVO: Avaliar se adolescentes de minorias sexuais que iniciaram a profilaxia pré-exposição sexual (PrEP) em organizações comunitárias (OC) apresentam maior vulnerabilidade social e ao HIV em comparação com adolescentes em PrEP de um serviço de saúde convencional. Além disso, avaliar se esses adolescentes tiveram um acesso mais oportuno à profilaxia. MÉTODO: Estudo demonstrativo da efetividade de PrEP, realizado na cidade de São Paulo, em duas…

  • Prevalence of hepatitis among young men who have sex with men and transgender women in Brazil

    Open AccessCarina Carvalho Dos Santos, Bianca Oliveira Leite et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2024

    OBJECTIVE: Viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections disproportionally affect men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW). However, only a few studies have evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis in these populations, especially in youths and adolescents. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of biomarkers for hepatitis A, B, and C among young and adolescent MSM and TGW in three Brazilian municipalities. METHODS: Bas…

  • Association between in-country migration and HIV infection among transgender women from northeastern Brazil

    Open AccessBianca Oliveira Leite, Laio Magno et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    These data reinforce the pressing need for public health policies that provide comprehensive access and strategies for demand creation for HIV/AIDS prevention and care for TGW who are already highly vulnerable to infection

  • Uso de medicamentos entre adolescentes rurais quilombolas e não quilombolas no interior da Bahia, Brasil

    Open AccessBianca Oliveira Leite, Maria Amanda Sousa Rêgo et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2022

    Este estudo visa descrever o uso de medicamentos prescritos e não prescritos e fatores associados entre adolescentes residentes em comunidades rurais, quilombolas e não quilombolas, do interior da Bahia, Brasil. Trata-se de um inquérito populacional com 390 adolescentes entre 10 e 19 anos de idade, realizado em 2015. Foram estimadas prevalências e odds ratio para uso de medicamentos prescritos e não prescritos, e análise múltipla foi conduzida po…

  • HIV prevalence among transgender women in Northeast Brazil – Findings from two Respondent Driven Sampling studies

    Open AccessBianca Oliveira Leite, Beo Oliveira Leite et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    We found disproportionately high HIV prevalence among TGW, which underscores the context of vulnerability for this population. The data point to the urgency for intensification and expansion of access to HIV prevention and strategies to stop discrimination in health care and services for this population

  • Association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in a large sample of transgender women in northeast Brazil

    Open AccessBianca Oliveira Leite, Danielle Souto De Medeiros et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021

    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…