Syndemics and gender affirmation: HIV sexual risk in female-to-male trans masculine adults reporting sexual contact with cisgender males

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 955-966

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b,c   White Hughto, Jaclyn M ^c,d   Pardee, Dana ^c   Sevelius, Jae ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender affirmation; HIV STI risk; syndemics; TMSM; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; COITUS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE USE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988431149     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462415602418     Document Type: Article

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