Use of unprescribed hormones in the body modification of travestis and transsexual women in Salvador/Bahia, Brazil.
Ricardo Araújo da SilvaLuis Augusto Vasconcelos da SilvaFabiane Soares GomesMaria Inês Costa DouradoPublished in: Ciencia & saude coletiva (2020)
This article aims to analyze the use of non-prescribed hormones among travestis and transgender women (TrTGW) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. This cross-sectional study used the Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) methodology to recruit TrTGW from 2014 to 2016 in Salvador and the Metropolitan Region. A comparative analysis was carried out between sociodemographic, behavioral, and gender declaration conditions using hormones. The RDS-II estimator weighted the data. Stata version 14 was used for statistical analyses. One hundred twenty-seven TrTGW were recruited. From the studied sample, 69.1% of participants used non-prescribed hormones, which was associated with industrial liquid silicone use and body satisfaction. The TrTGW who were comfortable with the penis and felt pleasure with the penis used hormone less. The seropositive participants reported a higher proportion of hormone use. The non-prescribed use of hormones was used by most TrTGW. This use is likely associated with better satisfaction with self-image and body among TrTGW. Elevated and exacerbated use of these hormones was identified, probably due to the rare access to public health services.
Keyphrases
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mental health
- healthcare
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- type diabetes
- computed tomography
- metabolic syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- big data
- ionic liquid
- machine learning
- breast cancer risk
- network analysis
- artificial intelligence
- wastewater treatment
- contrast enhanced
- solid state