Characteristics of HIV-Positive Transgender Men Receiving Medical Care: United States, 2009–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Lemons, Ansley ; Beer, Linda ; Finlayson, Teresa ; McCree, Donna Hubbard ; Lentine, Daniel ; Shouse, R. Luke
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To present the first national estimate of the sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics of HIV-positive transgender men receiving medical care in the United States.
  
  Methods
  
  This analysis included pooled interview and medical record data from the 2009 to 2014 cycles of the Medical Monitoring Project, which used a 3-stage, probability-proportional-to-size sampling methodology.
  
  Results
  
  Transgender men accounted for 0.16% of all adults and 11% of all transgender adults receiving HIV medical care in the United States from 2009 to 2014. Of these HIV-positive transgender men receiving medical care, approximately 47% lived in poverty, 69% had at least 1 unmet ancillary service need, 23% met criteria for depression, 69% were virally suppressed at their last test, and 60% had sustained viral suppression over the previous 12 months.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Although they constitute a small proportion of all HIV-positive patients, more than 1 in 10 transgender HIV-positive patients were transgender men. Many experienced socioeconomic challenges, unmet needs for ancillary services, and suboptimal health outcomes. Attention to the challenges facing HIV-positive transgender men may be necessary to achieve the National HIV/AIDS Strategy goals of decreasing disparities and improving health outcomes among transgender persons.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anti-Retroviral Agents CD4 Lymphocyte Count Health Behavior Health Services HIV Infections Humans Male Mental Health Middle Aged Severity Of Illness Index Sexual Behavior Socioeconomic Factors Transgender Persons United States Viral Load Young Adult

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• Source:
  Am J Public Health. 108(1):128-130
• Pubmed ID:
  29161069
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5718928
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  108
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6e0ba65b62653069e97b62c21f3e7ad81d83a5f963d70db1088e6cfef4f78048
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50490/cdc_50490_DS1.pdf
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