Male-to-Female Transgender and Transsexual Clients of HIV Service Programs in Los Angeles County, California

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ID11017455
AutoresJordan W Edwards (At the time of the study, Jordan W. Edwards was with California State University, Long Beach. Dennis G. Fisher and Grace L. Reynolds are with the Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach.), Dennis G Fisher (0000-0002-3813-2207, At the time of the study, Jordan W. Edwards was with California State University, Long Beach. Dennis G. Fisher and Grace L. Reynolds are with the Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach.), Grace L Reynolds (0000-0003-3324-0337, At the time of the study, Jordan W. Edwards was with California State University, Long Beach. Dennis G. Fisher and Grace L. Reynolds are with the Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach.)
Ano2007
Volume97
Fascículo6
Páginas1030-1033
Data de publicação2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2006.097717
PMID17463365
PMCIDPMC1874200
OpenAlexW2125706631
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas11

Data on HIV risk were collected with the Countywide Risk Assessment Survey from 2126 participants; 92 were male-to-female transgender persons (i.e., cross-dressers, and those who identify with the opposite sex), and 9 were male-to-female transsexual individuals (i.e., those who have undergone gender-reassignment surgery or other procedures). Transgender-identified individuals were more likely than the rest of the sample to have received hormone injections, offensive comments, and HIV testing; injected hormones with a used needle; been Asian or American Indian; been paid for sexual intercourse; and lived in unstable housing but less likely to have used heroin. Transgender-identified individuals are at high risk for HIV infection because of reuse of needles and being paid for sexual intercourse

Condom · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Men who have sex with men · Population · Sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female) · Sexual intercourse · Sociology · Transgender · Transgender Person · Transgender women · Transsexual · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Gerontology