2017
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303509
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Comprehensive HIV Prevention for Transgender Persons

Abstract: Transgender persons are at high risk for HIV infection, but prevention efforts specifically targeting these people have been minimal. Part of the challenge of HIV prevention for transgender populations is that numerous individual, interpersonal, social, and structural factors contribute to their risk. By combining HIV prevention services with complementary medical, legal, and psychosocial services, transgender persons’ HIV risk behaviors, risk determinants, and overall health can be affected simultaneously. Fo… Show more

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“…Half (50%) of the participants identified as transgender women, 38% as cisgender men, and 12% as transgender men. Participant median age was 26 years (range [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Half (50%) of the participants identified as transgender women, 38% as cisgender men, and 12% as transgender men. Participant median age was 26 years (range [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…services that are affirming to transgender residents. 25 Future research on the role these factors play in PrEP adherence is vital to supporting a group of young people who are disproportionately impacted by HIV.…”
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“…To decrease disparities and achieve health equity among transgender men, HIV care models could incorporate transgender-sensitive health care and mental health services and health insurance inclusive of sex reassignment procedures and physical sex–related care. 12 Although more information is needed to understand how health professionals can improve the health and well-being of transgender men living with HIV in the United States, MMP data provide the first national estimates of important sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics among this population.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…2,7 A complex combination of individual, community, and structural factors, including TGNC stigma and discrimination, contributes to the risk TGNC people face for HIV and compromise their ability to access and adhere to antiretroviral (ART) treatment once they have the virus. 2,4,8,9 Such stigma and discrimination are associated with poor mental health, substance abuse, violence, lack of familial and social support, homelessness, and unemployment-all of which compromise HIV care. 2,9 Additional barriers include TGNC people's limited access to and engagement in medical care, including HIV care, [10][11][12] and lack of knowledge and sensitivity among health care providers to treat TGNC people and address their needs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2,4,8,9 Such stigma and discrimination are associated with poor mental health, substance abuse, violence, lack of familial and social support, homelessness, and unemployment-all of which compromise HIV care. 2,9 Additional barriers include TGNC people's limited access to and engagement in medical care, including HIV care, [10][11][12] and lack of knowledge and sensitivity among health care providers to treat TGNC people and address their needs. 11,13 Advances in HIV treatment, however, have created opportunities for people living with HIV (PLWH) to live longer and healthier lives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%