title: Health and health care among male-to-female transgender persons who are HIV positive.
abstract: Recent studies have reported high rates of HIV infection among male-to-female transgender persons, but little research has examined how male-to-female transgender persons manage living with HIV. We compared demographic and health characteristics of 59 male-to-female transgender persons who were HIV positive with 300 nontransgender control subjects who were HIV positive. We found several demographic differences between the groups but no significant differences in HIV-related health status. Male-to-female transgender persons were less likely than the control group to take highly active antiretroviral therapy.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco State University, Human Sexuality Studies and Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, 2017 Mission St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. rmelende@sfsu.edu
authors.forename: Rita M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Melendez
authors.forename: Theresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Exner
authors.forename: Anke A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ehrhardt
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Remien
authors.forename: Mary-Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rotheram-Borus
authors.forename: Marguerita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lightfoot
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035841:Behavioral Research; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health