Twenty years of work of the Counselling Centre for Sexual Health Promotion of the Croatian Institute of Public Health

Autori:

Diana Jovičić Burić, Lana Kasumović, Sanja Musić Milanović

Sažetak
Cilj: Savjetovalište za promicanje spolnog zdravlja Hrvatskog zavoda za javno zdravstvo (HZJZ) otvoreno je kao Centar za dobrovoljno savjetovanje i testiranje (CST) na HIV u studenom 2004. godine. Cilj ovog rada je opisati dvadesetogodišnji rad centra CST HZJZ-a – Savjetovališta za promicanje spolnog zdravlja. Materijali i metode: U ovom radu analizirani su podatci: spol, dob, rizično (spolno) ponašanje i rezultati testiranja za 9.612 korisnika. U statističkoj analizi korištene su metode deskriptivne statistike kao apsolutni brojevi i udjeli. Rezultati: U bazu Savjetovališta za promicanje spolnog zdravlja HZJZ-a u razdoblju od 9. studenog 2004. do 31. prosinca 2024. upisano je ukupno 9.612 korisnika. Prema raspodjeli po spolu veći je udio korisnika muškog spola, njih 65,6%, dok je korisnika ženskog spola bilo 33,9%, a za 0,5% spol nije zabilježen. Zabilježeno je ukupno 73 pozitivnih nalaza na HIV, 78 na HBV, 26 na HCV i 125 na sifilis. Zaključci: Rezultati rada Savjetovališta za promicanje spolnog zdravlja HZJZ-a prikazani u ovom radu potvrđuju kako se osim infekcije HIV-om ne smiju zanemariti niti druge spolno prenosive infekcije koje su po pojavnosti u Europi i svijetu i češće od HIV-a, te se ulaganja i jačanje preventivnih aktivnosti u području spolnog i reproduktivnog zdravlja trebaju usmjeriti na širenje usluga.
Summary

Aim: The Sexual Health Promotion Counselling Centre of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (CIPH) was opened as a Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCT) for HIV in November 2004. The aim of this paper is to describe the 20-year work of the VCT of the CIPH – Sexual Health Promotion Counselling Centre. Materials and methods: In this paper we analyzed gender, age, risky (sexual) behavior and test results for 9612 users. Descriptive statistics methods were used in statistical analysis, such as absolute numbers and proportions.

Results: A total of 9612 users were registered in the database of the Sexual Health Promotion Counselling Centre of the
CIPH in the period from November 9, 2004, to December 31, 2024. According to distribution by gender, the share of male users is higher, 65.6%, 33.9% are female users, and for 0.5 % of users gender wasn’t recorded. A total of 73 positive tests for HIV, 78 for HBV, 26 for HCV and 125 for syphilis were registered.

Conclusions: CIPH Sexual Health Promotion Counselling Center work results presented in this paper show that, apart from HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections, which are more common in Europe and the world than HIV infection, should not be neglected, and that investments and strengthening of preventive activities in the field of sexual and reproductive health should be directed towards expanding services.

Volumen: 7-8, 2025

Liječ Vjesn 2025;147:257–264

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