Syndemics of depression, alcohol use, and victimisation, and their association with HIV-related sexual risk among men who have sex with men and transgender women in India

Global Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 250-265

  Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^a,b   Newman, Peter A ^c   Shunmugam, Murali ^a   Logie, Carmen H ^c   Samuel, Miriam ^d  

^a Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy (C SHaRP)   (India)

^b The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; men who have sex with men; Syndemics; transgender women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MARRIAGE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945205244     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1091024     Document Type: Article

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