Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Transgender persons, whose gender identity or expression differs from their biological sex, are amongst the population groups most affected by HIV.Worldwide, transgender persons are 49 times more likely to be HIV infected than the general adult population. Materials & Methods:A mixed method research approach with concurrent triangulation research design.A questionnaire and interview schedule was used for data collection using interview technique.Total 139 subjects were chosen with snow ball sampling method.Results: Transgender woman are at high risk of developing HIV and other sexually transmitted infection due to their sexual behavior.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that transgender women are a very high burden population for HIV and are in urgent need of prevention, treatment, and care services.
Authors: Shabana Azmi Malik, Rahul Tiwari, Anjana Williams
Institutions: Mangalayatan University, Sparsh Himalaya University
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4382701482