PREVALÊNCIA DE SÍFILIS NO SISTEMA PENITENCIÁRIO FEMININO BRASILEIRO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

Objectives: analyze the prevalence of syphilis acquired in population deprived of liberty in brazilian women penitentiares, knowing the sociodemographic profile of inmates with syphilis, evaluating risk situations and describing the format of sexual health assistance for incarcerated women. Methods: search for scientific publications, from august to october 2024, using health descriptors, in databases PubMed, BVS, Elsevier, LILACS, BIREME, Google Academic and SciELO. Articles with free full texts were selected, in portuguese, english and Spanish languages, published between 2014 and 2024. Results: after searches using proposed descriptors, analysis of abstracts and establishment of exclusion criteria, nine articles were selected. Regarding methodoly approach: 01 randomized study, 02 quantitative, 01 qualitative and 05 both. Regarding year of publication: 01 study from 2014, 01 from 2015, 01 from 2017, 01 from 2018, 01 from 2019, 02 from 2020 and 02 from 2021. Conclusion: women from brazilian penitentiaries tend to be more vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections. The scarcity of sexual health assistance actions can provide a greater probability of infection.