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Findings from Formative Research to Develop a Strength-Based HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion mHealth Intervention for Transgender Women

Purpose: Transgender women experience significant health disparities, including increased risk of HIV infection. In this study, we examined the sexual health needs of transgender women in the context of their overall health and well-being and to identify overarching content framing strategies and co...

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Autores principales: Sun, Christina J., Anderson, Kirsten M., Mayer, Liat, Kuhn, Tamara, Klein, Charles H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6931010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2019.0032
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description Purpose: Transgender women experience significant health disparities, including increased risk of HIV infection. In this study, we examined the sexual health needs of transgender women in the context of their overall health and well-being and to identify overarching content framing strategies and content for a mobile health intervention. Methods: We conducted four focus groups and 20 individual in-depth interviews in the United States with racially and geographically diverse transgender women. Results: Four key themes were identified: structural factors as a central part of health; prioritization of transition-related care and mental health; the need for sexual health beyond preventing sexually transmitted infections and HIV; and the importance of connection and community. Conclusions: These themes can help inform the development of HIV prevention and sexual health promotion interventions for transgender women. The results suggest that the HIV and sexual health needs of transgender women should be addressed within the context of structural factors with a focus on resilience, community connection, and social support.
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spelling pubmed-69310102020-02-10 Findings from Formative Research to Develop a Strength-Based HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion mHealth Intervention for Transgender Women Sun, Christina J. Anderson, Kirsten M. Mayer, Liat Kuhn, Tamara Klein, Charles H. Transgend Health Original Article Purpose: Transgender women experience significant health disparities, including increased risk of HIV infection. In this study, we examined the sexual health needs of transgender women in the context of their overall health and well-being and to identify overarching content framing strategies and content for a mobile health intervention. Methods: We conducted four focus groups and 20 individual in-depth interviews in the United States with racially and geographically diverse transgender women. Results: Four key themes were identified: structural factors as a central part of health; prioritization of transition-related care and mental health; the need for sexual health beyond preventing sexually transmitted infections and HIV; and the importance of connection and community. Conclusions: These themes can help inform the development of HIV prevention and sexual health promotion interventions for transgender women. The results suggest that the HIV and sexual health needs of transgender women should be addressed within the context of structural factors with a focus on resilience, community connection, and social support. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6931010/ /pubmed/32042925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2019.0032 Text en © Christina J. Sun et al. 2019 Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Findings from Formative Research to Develop a Strength-Based HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion mHealth Intervention for Transgender Women
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