TransOdara study: The challenge of integrating methods, settings and procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

MASM Veras, TF Pinheiro, L Galan… - Revista Brasileira …, 2024 - SciELO Public Health
ABSTRACT Objective Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect
transgender women and travestis (TGW), who often lack access to healthcare due to stigma …

Recent HIV infection and annualized HIV incidence rates among sexual and gender minorities in Brazil and Peru (ImPrEP seroincidence study): a cross-sectional …

TS Torres, SLM Teixeira, B Hoagland… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background HIV incidence estimation is critical for monitoring the HIV epidemic dynamics
and the effectiveness of public health prevention interventions. We aimed to identify sexual …

Peer Navigation to Support Transgender Women's Engagement in HIV Care: Findings from the Trans Amigas Pilot Trial in São Paulo, Brazil

SA Lippman, JM Sevelius, GSR Saggese, H Gilmore… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Trans women living with HIV (TWH) have suboptimal HIV care engagement. We pilot tested
Trans Amigas, a theory-based, trans-specific peer navigation (PN) intervention to address …

Correlation between gender-based violence and poor treatment outcomes among transgender women living with HIV in Brazil

MA de Sousa Mascena Veras, NP Menezes… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background Transgender women are disproportionately affected by both HIV and gender-
based violence (GBV), defined as physical, sexual, or emotional violence perpetrated …

Anticipated stigma and social barriers to communication between transgender women newly diagnosed with hiv and health care providers: a mediation analysis

ICJ Amarante, SA Lippman, JM Sevelius… - LGBT health, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: We assessed whether anticipated stigma (ie, fear of public mistreatment due to
gender identity) impacts communication between transgender women (TGW) living with HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of syphilis in transgender women and travestis in Brazil: results from a national cross-sectional study

ABM Rocha, S Sperandei, A Benzaken… - Revista Brasileira …, 2024 - SciELO Public Health
Objective: The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of acquired syphilis and associated
factors in a national survey. Methods: TransOdara was a cross-sectional study comprising …

Physical examination for the detection of sexually transmitted infections among transgender women and travestis in Brazil: acceptability and associated factors

DJ McCartney, LG Carvalhal… - Revista Brasileira …, 2024 - SciELO Public Health
Objective This study aimed to determine the acceptability and factors associated with uptake
of a physical examination for the detection of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections …

Acceptability of self-sampling for etiological diagnosis of mucosal sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among transgender women in a longitudinal cohort study in …

DJ McCartney, TF Pinheiro, JL Gomez… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
This study conducted among transgender women in São Paulo, Brazil assessed the
acceptability and suitability of screening sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as …

Estudo TransOdara: o desafio de integrar métodos, contextos e procedimentos durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil

MASM Veras, TF Pinheiro, L Galan… - Revista Brasileira …, 2024 - SciELO Public Health
As Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (IST) continuam a ser um grande problema de
saúde pública em todo o mundo, impactando a qualidade de vida e resultando em …

[HTML][HTML] Gender-affirming HIV continuum as a tool to end the HIV epidemic

AL Wirtz, A Restar - The lancet. HIV, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transgender (trans) women have borne a disproportionate burden of HIV infection globally
and have contributed substantially to advancing HIV prevention and care to end the …