Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections?
ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare social characteristics, risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections among travestis and transsexual women. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities in Goiás, Central Brazil. Trans women were interviewed on sociodemographic cha...
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| author | Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santos Kamila Cardoso dos Santos Larissa Silva Magalhães Brunna Rodrigues de Oliveira Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro Márcia Maria de Souza Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano Leonora Rezende Pacheco Sheila Araújo Teles |
| author_facet | Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santos Kamila Cardoso dos Santos Larissa Silva Magalhães Brunna Rodrigues de Oliveira Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro Márcia Maria de Souza Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano Leonora Rezende Pacheco Sheila Araújo Teles |
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| description | ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare social characteristics, risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections among travestis and transsexual women. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities in Goiás, Central Brazil. Trans women were interviewed on sociodemographic characteristics, discrimination, prejudice, sexual behavior, illicit drugs, and previous testing for HIV and syphilis between April 2018 and August 2019. Results: A total of 166 travestis and 249 transsexual women were investigated. Although sexual, physical, and verbal violence were common to both groups, sexual behavior, use of illicit drugs, prison, and previous positive HIV and syphilis testing were more frequent among travestis than in transsexual women. Conclusion: The present findings confirm that Brazilian travestis are at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), indicating that health services should take this imbalance into account in terms of health intervention proportions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c21e1821f964c118d86bd4e0cb50e8b2022-12-21T19:36:05ZengAssociação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia1980-54972021-05-012410.1590/1980-549720210017Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections?Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0056-364XKamila Cardoso dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-4837Larissa Silva Magalhãeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0418-325XBrunna Rodrigues de Oliveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-9727Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneirohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-477XMárcia Maria de Souzahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1467-3866Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetanohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-4753Leonora Rezende Pachecohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6048-3911Sheila Araújo Teleshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7059-4241ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare social characteristics, risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections among travestis and transsexual women. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities in Goiás, Central Brazil. Trans women were interviewed on sociodemographic characteristics, discrimination, prejudice, sexual behavior, illicit drugs, and previous testing for HIV and syphilis between April 2018 and August 2019. Results: A total of 166 travestis and 249 transsexual women were investigated. Although sexual, physical, and verbal violence were common to both groups, sexual behavior, use of illicit drugs, prison, and previous positive HIV and syphilis testing were more frequent among travestis than in transsexual women. Conclusion: The present findings confirm that Brazilian travestis are at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), indicating that health services should take this imbalance into account in terms of health intervention proportions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2021000100800&tlng=enTravestismTransgender peopleSocial vulnerabilitySexually transmitted diseasesHIV |
| spellingShingle | Paulie Marcelly Ribeiro dos Santos Kamila Cardoso dos Santos Larissa Silva Magalhães Brunna Rodrigues de Oliveira Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro Márcia Maria de Souza Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano Leonora Rezende Pacheco Sheila Araújo Teles Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia Travestism Transgender people Social vulnerability Sexually transmitted diseases HIV |
| title | Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? |
| title_full | Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? |
| title_fullStr | Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? |
| title_short | Travestis and transsexual women: who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections? |
| title_sort | travestis and transsexual women who are at higher risk for sexually transmitted infections |
| topic | Travestism Transgender people Social vulnerability Sexually transmitted diseases HIV |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2021000100800&tlng=en |
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