Using global positioning system methods to explore mobility patterns and exposure to high HIV prevalence neighbourhoods among transgender women in New York City

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• Alternative Title:
  Geospat Health
• Personal Author:
  Goedel, William C. ; Regan, Seann D. ; Chaix, Basile ; Radix, Asa ; Reisner, Sari L. ; Janssen, Aron C. ; Duncan, Dustin T. ; Goedel, William C. ; Regan, Seann D. ; Chaix, Basile ; Radix, Asa ; Reisner, Sari L. ; Janssen, Aron C. ; Duncan, Dustin T.
• Description:
  The aim of this study was to assess mobility patterns among a sample of transgender women (n=14) in New York City via survey and Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring. We found varying levels of concordance between the residential neighbourhood and each of the non-residential contexts: 64.3% considered the neighbourhood that they socialised in most often to be different from their residential neighbourhood. While participants' residences represented 10 zone improvement plan code tabulation areas (ZCTAs), GPS data were recorded in 124 of 263 ZCTAs (47.1%). Overall, 58.2% (n=373,262) were recorded in ZCTAs in the highest quartile of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence. The association between place, community HIV prevalence, mobility, and factors that increase the vulnerability of transgender women to HIV infection are worthy of future investigation in reducing the burden of the HIV epidemic in these communities.
• Subjects:
  Female Geographic Information Systems HIV Infections Humans Interviews As Topic Population Dynamics Qualitative Research Residence Characteristics Transgender Persons
• Source:
  Geospat Health. 14(2) ; Geospat Health. 14(2)
• Pubmed ID:
  31724385
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9897014
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 MD013554/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R25 MH083620/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01PS005122/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U01 PS005122/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 MH112406/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R03 DA039748/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4ff20120e98a948d1e2f2a249bc79b904e608fee27153ba0e46165970d90979c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/124325/cdc_124325_DS1.pdf
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