Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37248495›Full record

ArticleBMC public health2023

Engaging transgender women in HIV research in South Africa.

L Leigh Ann van der Merwe, Allanise Cloete, Helen Savva, Donald Skinner, Gita November, Zsa-Zsa Fisher

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

L Leigh Ann van der MerweSocial, Health, and Empowerment (S.H.E) Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa, East London, South Africa.
Allanise CloetePublic Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB) the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town, South Africa. acloete@hsrc.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0001-6763-9675
Helen SavvaPrevention Branch, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pretoria, South Africa.
Donald SkinnerSchool of Public Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Gita NovemberTrans TEC SA, Cape Town, South Africa.
Zsa-Zsa FisherTrans Power Care Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

PEPFAR CDC-RFA-GH11-1151-A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Botshelo Ba Trans study was the first HIV bio-behavioral survey conducted with transgender women in South Africa. Engaging research with marginalized communities requires clear points of entry, reference points for understanding the internal culture, and establishing trust and understanding. The community-based participatory research approach guided the development and implementation of this study. We conducted a rapid qualitative and pre-surveillance formative assessment between August 2017 to January 2018 and a bio-behavioral survey between July 2018 and March 2019. At the start, a Steering Committee, comprising primarily of transgender women, was established and subsequently provided substantial input into the mixed methods study conducted in Buffalo City, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. Key to the study's success was building trust and establishing ownership of the survey by transgender women recognized as expert knowledge holders. Thus, a community-based participatory research-informed approach enhanced the validity of the data and ensured that we addressed relevant issues.

Indexed as

HIV InfectionsTransgender PersonsCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchFemaleHumansMaleSouth AfricaSurveys and QuestionnairesCommunity-based participatory researchCommunity engagementHIV researchMarginalized communitiesSouth AfricaTransgender women

Identifiers

PMID37248495
PMCPMC10226201

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.