Syndemic Conditions, HIV Transmission Risk Behavior, and Transactional Sex Among Transgender Women

This study examined the effect of four syndemic conditions—namely, polydrug use, depression, childhood sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence—on rates of HIV transmission risk behavior (TRB) and separately, transactional sex among transgender women. TRB was defined as the number of condomless p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS and behavior 2018-07, Vol.22 (7), p.2056-2067
Hauptverfasser:	Parsons, Jeffrey T., Antebi-Gruszka, Nadav, Millar, Brett M., Cain, Demetria, Gurung, Sitaji
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abuse Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Aggression AIDS Child sexual abuse Childhood Children Disease transmission Gender roles Health behavior Health Psychology Health risks HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Infectious Diseases Intimate partner violence Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental depression Original Paper Public Health Risk Risk behavior Risk taking Sex Sexual assault Sexual behavior Sexual health Sexually transmitted diseases STD Transgender persons Transsexuality Violence Women Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	This study examined the effect of four syndemic conditions—namely, polydrug use, depression, childhood sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence—on rates of HIV transmission risk behavior (TRB) and separately, transactional sex among transgender women. TRB was defined as the number of condomless penetrative sex events with a casual or main partner of discordant or unknown HIV status. Using data from 212 transgender women in New York City, multivariable analyses revealed that, compared to those with no syndemic conditions, dramatically higher rates of recent HIV TRB events (ARR = 8.84, p
ISSN:	1090-7165 1573-3254
DOI:	10.1007/s10461-018-2100-y