Hormone Prescription and HIV Screening/Preventive Practices Among Clinicians Providing Care for Transgender Individuals.

Mabel ToribioMadeline CetlinEvelynne S FuldaSarah M ChuJorge Gómez Tejeda ZañudoTonia PoteatKaren DonelanMarkella V Zanni

Published in: Transgender health (2023)

Regional GAHT prescribing practices varied by setting. Additional research is needed to better understand whether these differences translate to differences in GAHT efficacy and side-effects. Further, HIV screening/prevention practices varied by subspecialty. Integrated GAHT and HIV screening/prevention across subspecialties could help reduce the disproportionate burden of HIV faced by the transgender community.

Keyphrases

hiv testing
antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
men who have sex with men
hiv infected
healthcare
primary care
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
palliative care
south africa
emergency department
risk factors
drug induced