title: Hazardous alcohol use among transwomen in a Brazilian city.
abstract: There is a lack of information about alcohol use by transgender women. We estimated the prevalence of dangerous alcohol use in the last 12 months by transgender women, who are known as travestis in Brazil, and we identified the associated risk factors. Three hundred travestis were recruited using Respondent Driving Sampling (RDS). We applied the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). We controlled the sample by applying a weight to each interviewee. Three quarters (74.2%) of travestis were regular drinkers, half (48.7%) scored over eight in the AUDIT and 14.8% scored over 20. The risk factors for alcohol use were: aged over 24, low income and unprotected sex. The dangerous use of alcohol is prevalent among travestis. Given that this group has a greater risk of HIV infection and transmission, and that the dangerous use of alcohol was associated with unsafe sex, specific intervention strategies are required.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, Brasil.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kerr-Corrêa
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Francisco Marto Leal
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Saúde do Estado, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Telma Alves
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniel Lucas da Conceição
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raimunda Hermelinda Maia
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Macena
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estatística e Matemática Aplicada, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosa Maria Salani
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcelle Yumi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Yaegaschi
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Kalina Lívia Lopes
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult