HIV Prevalence and Awareness of Positive Serostatus Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Bogotá, Colombia.
Objectives. We estimated HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Bogotá, Colombia, and explored differences between HIV-positive individuals who are aware and unaware of their serostatus. Methods. In this cross-sectional 2011 study, we used respondent-driven sam...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 105; no. 8; pp. 1588 - 1596 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=109824236&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 109824236 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2015 vid: 105 iid: 8 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 109824236 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302307 ppf: 1588 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: HIV Prevalence and Awareness of Positive Serostatus Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Bogotá, Colombia. aug: au: Zea, Maria Cecilia Reisen, Carol A. del Río-González, Ana María Bianchi, Fernanda T. Ramirez-Valles, Jesus Poppen, Paul J. su: Colombia Self-evaluation Health status indicators Homosexuality Sex work Social networks Transgender people Cross-sectional method HIV seroconversion Sexual partners Psychology HIV infection epidemiology Chi-squared test Research funding sug: subj: Self-evaluation Health status indicators Homosexuality Sex work Social networks Transgender people Cross-sectional method HIV seroconversion Sexual partners Psychology Colombia Other Individual and Family Services HIV infection epidemiology Chi-squared test Research funding ab: Objectives. We estimated HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Bogotá, Colombia, and explored differences between HIV-positive individuals who are aware and unaware of their serostatus. Methods. In this cross-sectional 2011 study, we used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to recruit 1000 MSM and transgender women, who completed a computerized questionnaire and received an HIV test. Results. The RDS-adjusted prevalence was 12.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 8.7, 15.8), comparable to a previous RDS-derived estimate. Among HIV- positive participants, 39.7% (95% CI = 25.0, 54.8) were aware of their serostatus and 60.3% (95% CI = 45.2, 75.5) were unaware before this study. HIV-positive--unaware individuals were more likely to report inadequate insurance coverage, exchange sex (i.e., sexual intercourse in exchange for money, goods, or services), and substance use than other participants. HIV-positive--aware participants were least likely to have had condomless anal intercourse in the previous 3 months. Regardless of awareness, HIV-positive participants reported more violence and forced relocation experiences than HIV-negative participants. Conclusions. There is an urgent need to increase HIV detection among MSM and transgender women in Bogotá . HIV-positive--unaware group characteristics suggest an important role for structural, social, and individual interventions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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