SynthesisGlobal public health2018
Human rights protections and HIV prevalence among MSM who sell sex: Cross-country comparisons from a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to improve the mental health in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Spiraling Risk: Visualizing the multilevel factors that socially pattern HIV risk among gay, bisexual & other men who have sex with men using Complex Systems Theory.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2023Pooled it
- 'Management of a spoiled identity': systematic review of interventions to address self-stigma among people living with and affected by HIV.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
- HIV self-testing among female sex workers in Zambia: A cluster randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2017Trial
- Let Them Talk: Coping with PrEP-Related Stigma and Sustaining PrEP Persistence Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Tanga, Tanzania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Examining HIV Knowledge and Sexually Risky Behaviors among Female Sex Workers in Kampala, Uganda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Predicting salivary cortisol and sexual behavior stigma among MSM in the American Men's Internet Survey 2019.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Adequate funding of comprehensive community-based programs for key populations needed now more than ever to reach and sustain HIV targets.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- Violence and Victimization in Interactions Between Male Sex Workers and Male Clients in Mombasa, Kenya.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Minority stress theory applied to conception, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss: A qualitative study examining LGBTQ+ people's experiences.PloS one · 2022Article
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- Modeling the epidemiological impact of the UNAIDS 2025 targets to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.PLoS medicine · 2021Article
- Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990-2020).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Application of the "syndemics" theory to explain unprotected sex and transactional sex: A crosssectional study in men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women, and non-MSM in Colombia.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2020Article
- "I Couldn't Afford to Resist": Condom Negotiations Between Male Sex Workers and Male Clients in Mombasa, Kenya.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Use of Smartphone to Seek Sexual Health Information Online Among Malaysian Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Implications for mHealth Intervention to Increase HIV Testing and Reduce HIV Risks.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Social Capital Moderates the Relationship Between Stigma and Sexual Risk Among Male Sex Workers in the US Northeast.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Transactional sex, condomless anal sex, and HIV risk among men who have sex with men.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2019Article
- One size does not fit all: HIV prevalence and correlates of risk for men who have sex with men, transgender women in multiple cities in Papua New Guinea.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Power to participants: a call for person-centred HIV prevention services and research.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
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Abstract
Laws and policies can affect the HIV risk of key populations through a number of direct and indirect pathways. We investigated the association between HIV prevalence among men who engage in transactional sex and language in the penal code protecting sexual minorities, including men who have sex with men (MSM), and sex workers. HIV prevalence among men who engage in transactional sex was assessed through meta-analysis of published literature and country surveillance reports. Meta-regression was used to determine the association between HIV prevalence and protective laws for sexual minorities and sex workers. Sixty-six reports representing 28 countries and 31,924 individuals were included in the meta-analysis. Controlling for multiple study- and country-level variables, legal protection for sexual minorities was associated with a 10.9% (95% CI: 3.8-18.0%) and sex workers associated with a 7.0% (95% CI: 1.3-12.8%) decrease in country-level HIV prevalence among men who engage in transactional sex. Laws that seek to actively protect sex workers and MSM may be necessary to decrease HIV risk for this key population.
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