Maria Amelia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Neia Prata Menezes, Adrienne Rain Mocello, Anna M Leddy, Gustavo Santa Roza Saggese, Katia Cristina Bassichetto, Hailey J Gilmore, Paula Galdino Cardin de Carvalho, Luca Fasciolo Maschião, Torsten B Neilands, Jae Sevelius, Sheri A Lippman
BACKGROUND: Transgender women are disproportionately affected by both HIV and gender-based violence (GBV), defined as physical, sexual, or emotional violence perpetrated against an individual based on their gender identity/expression. While a growing body of evidence demonstrates that GBV leads to poor HIV care and treatment outcomes among cisgender women, less research has examined this association among transgender women. We assessed the impact of lifetime experiences of GBV on subsequent retention in HIV care and laboratory confirmed viral suppression among a sample of transgender women living with HIV (TWH) in Brazil...
March 13, 2024: BMC Public Health