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Epidemiology of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Transgender People: A Case of Limited Data.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identifying Effective Strategies for Improving Engagement in HIV Prevention and Care Among Transgender Persons in the United States: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Adapting and Implementing an Evidence-Based Reentry Intervention for Incarcerated Transgender Women: Lessons Learned.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2023Trial
- Encapsulating the burden and social determinants of self-reported general health problems among a specific sub-group of transgender women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a mixed-methods study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- SeCuRE Pilot Trial: A Community-Engaged HIV Status-Neutral Microeconomic Intervention in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Developing a conceptual framework for post-incarceration care for sexual and gender minoritized adults: a concept mapping study.AIDS care · 2026Article
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- Burden of tuberculosis among vulnerable populations worldwide: an overview of systematic reviews.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2023Review
- Mental Health Provider Training to Improve LGBTQ Competence and Reduce Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online and In-Person Delivery.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2023Article
- Sexually transmitted infections and associated risk factors among the transgender population of Pakistan.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Care Cascade Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Healthcare discrimination and factors associated with gender-affirming healthcare avoidance by transgender women and transgender men in Thailand: findings from a cross-sectional online-survey study.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Infection among Detainees: A Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Characterization of Risk Factors Among Individuals with a History of Incarceration Presenting to a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic: Implications for HIV and STI Prevention and Care.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2022Article
- Prevention-effective adherence trajectories among transgender women indicated for PrEP in the United States: a prospective cohort study.Annals of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Slipping through: mobility's influence on infectious disease risks for justice-involved women in Canada.Health & justice · 2021Article
- Characterising HIV and STIs among transgender female sex workers: a longitudinal analysis.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Article
- Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990-2020).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Socio-Structural and Neighborhood Predictors of Incident Criminal Justice Involvement in a Population-Based Cohort of Young Black MSM and Transgender Women.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Identifying and managing infectious disease syndemics in patients with HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2020Review
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Abstract
Transgender people experience a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and incarceration. Discrimination, victimization, poverty, and poor mental health drive vulnerability to HIV and related infections, as well as risk of arrest, detention, and incarceration. In this paper, we systematically review published data on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis among incarcerated transgender people; describe potential structural determinants of HIV risk and transmission; identify gaps in the literature; and make recommendations for research and interventions to address this neglected population. We found that HIV and related infections among incarcerated transgender people have received little attention in the epidemiologic literature. The limited data available, which date from 1992, demonstrate high prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in this population internationally. Transgender people who had not had genital surgery were typically placed in jails and prisons corresponding to birth-assigned sex rather than gender identity. Once incarcerated, they routinely faced harassment, physical abuse, and sexual violence from inmates and staff and denial of access to medically necessary gender-affirming therapies. More HIV research with incarcerated transgender populations is urgently needed to inform correctional policy change that centers human rights and structural interventions, such as stigma reduction, pre-arrest diversion, and access to HIV prevention methods and gender-affirming care during incarceration.
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