Comprehensive HIV Prevention for Transgender Persons

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Neumann, Mary Spink ; Finlayson, Teresa J. ; Pitts, Nicole L. ; Keatley, JoAnne
• Description:
  Transgender persons are at high risk for HIV infection, but prevention efforts specifically targeting these people have been minimal. Part of the challenge of HIV prevention for transgender populations is that numerous individual, interpersonal, social, and structural factors contribute to their risk. By combining HIV prevention services with complementary medical, legal, and psychosocial services, transgender persons' HIV risk behaviors, risk determinants, and overall health can be affected simultaneously. For maximum health impact, comprehensive HIV prevention for transgender persons warrants efforts targeted to various impact levels-socioeconomic factors, decision-making contexts, long-lasting protections, clinical interventions, and counseling and education. We present current HIV prevention efforts that reach transgender persons and present others for future consideration.
• Subjects:
  Female HIV Infections Humans Male Risk Factors Transgender Persons
• Source:
  Am J Public Health. 107(2):207-212.
• Pubmed ID:
  27997228
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5227924
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  107
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6aa863e48d958258c4d9e2d21ea7ebe6727679f71d277806ca7e97579b959063
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50374/cdc_50374_DS1.pdf
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