HIV Prevalence and Factors Related to HIV Infection Among Transgender Women in Vietnam: A Respondent Driven Sampling Approach
Autor: | Hoang Hong Hanh, Vu Thi Tuong Vi, Hoang Thi Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Nguyen Nhu Trang, Le Huynh Thi Cam Hong, Vo Van Tam, Khuong Quynh Long, Do Van Dung, Nguyen Ly Lai, Nguyen Viet Ngoc, Tran Van Anh Phuong |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Respondent-driven sampling Social Psychology Population Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Logistic regression Transgender Persons Transgender women Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Humans Mass Screening Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Original Paper education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases HIV prevalence Health psychology Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases Vietnam Respondent Female 0305 other medical science Serostatus business Demography |
Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior |
ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
Popis: | Transgender women are at higher risk of HIV infection, however, there is a lack of information about HIV infection and related factors among transgender women in Vietnam. From February 2018 to June 2018, 456 transgender women were recruited in the study using Respondent-Driven Sampling technique. Participants completed the computer-based questionnaire and were tested for HIV serostatus. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors related to HIV infection. The prevalence of HIV infection was 77 (16.5%), of which 19 (24.7%) were not aware of their HIV-positive status prior to the study. Factors associated with HIV infection included popper use (aOR 2.01, p = 0.044) and having regular male partner(s) (aOR 0.42, p = 0.006). More efforts are needed to reduce the high prevalence of HIV infection, such as expanding the reach of HIV screening and prevention programs to the transgender women population, particularly for substance users. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10461-020-02867-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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