ReviewTransgender health2018
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Trans Women: A Literature Review.
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- The HIV Landscape for Transgender Women Living in Southwest Asia and North Africa: A Scoping Review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Multilevel Syndemic Profiles Impacting Optimal ART Adherence among Trans Women Living with HIV in Mumbai and New Delhi, India: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal of transgender health · 2025Article
- Intersectional discrimination, mental health, and health care access among transgender women in Brazil.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Comparing Stigma and HIV Outcomes Between Transgender and Cisgender Women Sex Workers Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.Transgender health · 2024Article
- Intergenerational sex and early sexual debut are associated with HIV infection among transgender women in Paraguay.HIV medicine · 2023Article
- Stigma and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Transgender Women Sex Workers in the Dominican Republic.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- 'Stay at home …': exploring the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on sexual behaviour and health service use among men who have sex with men: findings from a large online survey in the UK.Sexually transmitted infections · 2022Article
- Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
- "I've Learned to Value Myself More": Piloting an Adapted Multilevel Intervention for Transgender Women Sex Workers Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.Transgender health · 2021Article
- Impact and acceptability of HIV self-testing for trans men and trans women: A mixed-methods subgroup analysis of the SELPHI randomised controlled trial and process evaluation in England and Wales.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Combined effects of gender affirmation and economic hardship on vulnerability to HIV: a qualitative analysis among U.S. adult transgender women.BMC public health · 2020Article
- High HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among transgender women in China: a cross-sectional survey.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Facilitators of PrEP Persistence among Black and Latinx Transgender Women in a PrEP Demonstration Project in Southern California.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Trans women are a key, yet under-researched, population in the HIV epidemic. However, there remains a paucity of data on the health and wellbeing of trans women at risk of, or living with, HIV in the United Kingdom. This article provides a narrative review of key empirical research into HIV among trans women. In an effort to explore individual and social factors in relation to HIV in this population, we outline key tenets of identity process theory from social psychology and the concept of structural violence from medical anthropology. We focus on published studies around the following themes: (1) epidemiological data, (2) syndemic factors (3) barriers to social support, (4) HIV and gender transitioning, and (5) access to and engagement with health care. We identify lacunae and thus call for United Kingdom-based research in the following areas: (1) the prevalence and incidence of HIV in trans women, (2) the impact of syndemic factors on HIV risk and acquisition in trans women, (3) the nature of social support for coping with syndemic factors, (4) the interface of gender transitioning and HIV, and (5) barriers to accessing HIV prevention and care services. There is great scope (and urgency) for research into HIV among trans women, especially in the United Kingdom, to reduce incidence in this group, to enhance engagement in HIV care across the care continuum, and to improve the health and wellbeing of those living with HIV. A tentative model for HIV prevention and care is presented in this article.
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