@article{028c5051b2c949db82b7e2ca7b657323,
title = "Syndemic conditions, hiv transmission risk behavior, and transactional sex among transgender women",
abstract = "This study examined the effect of four syndemic conditions—namely, polydrug use, depression, childhood sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence—on rates of HIV transmission risk behavior (TRB) and separately, transactional sex among transgender women. TRB was defined as the number of condomless penetrative sex events with a casual or main partner of discordant or unknown HIV status. Using data from 212 transgender women in New York City, multivariable analyses revealed that, compared to those with no syndemic conditions, dramatically higher rates of recent HIV TRB events (ARR = 8.84, p < 0.001) and recent transactional sex events (ARR = 8.32, p < 0.001) were reported by participants with all four syndemic conditions. These findings highlight the importance of considering the role of syndemic conditions in HIV risk among transgender women, and the need for comprehensive psychosocial interventions to improve sexual health among this population.",
keywords = "Hiv transmission risk behavior, Syndemics, Transactional sex, Transgender women",
author = "Parsons, {Jeffrey T.} and Nadav Antebi-Gruszka and Millar, {Brett M.} and Demetria Cain and Sitaji Gurung",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge other members of the T-Talk Study Team (H. Jonathon Rendina, Tyrel Starks, Ana Ventuneac, Ruben Jimenez, and Jonathan L{\'o}pez Matos) and other current staff from the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (Chris Hietikko, Tina Koo, Carlos Ponton) who were integrally involved in the development, implementation, and reporting of this study. We would also like to thank the staff at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (Asa Radix, Linda Li, Makada Bernard), and the LGBT Center in New York City (Carrie Davis and Cristina Herrera). Finally, special thanks to Drs. Richard Jenkins and Pamela Goodlow at NIDA. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Funding T-Talk was funded by the National Institutes of Health (R01 DA 034661: Jeffrey T. Parsons, Principal Investigator). Funding Information: Funding T-Talk was funded by the National Institutes of Health (R01 DA 034661: Jeffrey T. Parsons, Principal Investigator). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1007/s10461-018-2100-y",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "2056--2067",
journal = "AIDS and Behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "7",
}