Characteristics of HIV-Positive Transgender Men Receiving Medical Care

United States, 2009–2014

Bibliographic Data

ID11030463
AuthorsAnsley Lemons (Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), Linda Beer (0000-0002-5781-8626, Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), Teresa Finlayson (0000-0003-1442-7972, Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), Donna Hubbard Mccree (0000-0002-5600-2270, Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), Daniel Lentine (Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), R Luke Shouse (0000-0003-1599-7387, Ansley Lemons, Linda Beer, Teresa Finlayson, Donna Hubbard McCree, and R. Luke Shouse are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Daniel Lentine is with the CDC, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention.), for the Medical Monitoring Project
Year2018
Volume108
Issue1
Pages128-130
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304153
PMID29161069
OpenAlexW2770476909
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

Objectives. To present the first national estimate of the sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics of HIV-positive transgender men receiving medical care in the United States. Methods. This analysis included pooled interview and medical record data from the 2009 to 2014 cycles of the Medical Monitoring Project, which used a 3-stage, probability-proportional-to-size sampling methodology. Results. Transgender men accounted for 0.16% of all adults and 11% of all transgender adults receiving HIV medical care in the United States from 2009 to 2014. Of these HIV-positive transgender men receiving medical care, approximately 47% lived in poverty, 69% had at least 1 unmet ancillary service need, 23% met criteria for depression, 69% were virally suppressed at their last test, and 60% had sustained viral suppression over the previous 12 months. Conclusions. Although they constitute a small proportion of all HIV-positive patients, more than 1 in 10 transgender HIV-positive patients were transgender men. Many experienced socioeconomic challenges, unmet needs for ancillary services, and suboptimal health outcomes. Attention to the challenges facing HIV-positive transgender men may be necessary to achieve the National HIV/AIDS Strategy goals of decreasing disparities and improving health outcomes among transgender persons

Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Medical record · Men who have sex with men · National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomic status · Syphilis · Transgender · Transgender women · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Internal Medicine · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Gerontology

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