Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study

Most HIV research combines transgender women who have sex with men (TWSM) with cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM), despite emerging evidence of important differences. Using data from The MARI Study, we compared Black TWSM and Black cisgender MSM on personal and ecological factors. Black TWSM...

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Autores principales: Russell, Jonathan S., Hickson, DeMarc A., Timmins, Liadh, Duncan, Dustin T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672272
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042183
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description Most HIV research combines transgender women who have sex with men (TWSM) with cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM), despite emerging evidence of important differences. Using data from The MARI Study, we compared Black TWSM and Black cisgender MSM on personal and ecological factors. Black TWSM reported more unemployment (71.4% versus 51.4%, p = 0.015), incarceration (52.4% versus 36.0%, p = 0.046), stressful life experiences (median score 135.5 versus 90, p = 0.033), and HIV positivity (66.7% versus 22.9%, p = 0.008). Further research into the causes and consequences of these differences, and regarding TWSM specifically, is needed.
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spelling pubmed-79270222021-03-04 Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study Russell, Jonathan S. Hickson, DeMarc A. Timmins, Liadh Duncan, Dustin T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication Most HIV research combines transgender women who have sex with men (TWSM) with cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM), despite emerging evidence of important differences. Using data from The MARI Study, we compared Black TWSM and Black cisgender MSM on personal and ecological factors. Black TWSM reported more unemployment (71.4% versus 51.4%, p = 0.015), incarceration (52.4% versus 36.0%, p = 0.046), stressful life experiences (median score 135.5 versus 90, p = 0.033), and HIV positivity (66.7% versus 22.9%, p = 0.008). Further research into the causes and consequences of these differences, and regarding TWSM specifically, is needed. MDPI 2021-02-23 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7927022/ /pubmed/33672272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042183 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study
title_full Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study
title_fullStr Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study
title_full_unstemmed Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study
title_short Higher Rates of Low Socioeconomic Status, Marginalization, and Stress in Black Transgender Women Compared to Black Cisgender MSM in The MARI Study
title_sort higher rates of low socioeconomic status, marginalization, and stress in black transgender women compared to black cisgender msm in the mari study
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927022/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042183
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