High risk and low uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV acquisition in a national online sample of transgender men who have sex with men in the United States.

Sari L ReisnerChiara S MooreAndrew AsquithDana J PardeeAaron SarvetGal MayerKenneth H Mayer

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)

Results from this study support the full inclusion of trans MSM in HIV biobehavioural prevention efforts. Public health interventions and programmes are needed to reach trans MSM that attend to general MSM risk factors as well as to vulnerabilities specific to trans MSM, including the context of stigma from cis male sexual partners.

Keyphrases

hiv testing
men who have sex with men
hiv positive
public health
risk factors
mental health
quality improvement
physical activity
human immunodeficiency virus
mental illness
health information
depressive symptoms
antiretroviral therapy
hepatitis c virus