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Transgender Women's Experiences Using a Home HIV-Testing Kit for Partner-Testing
AIDS and behavior, v 24(9), pp 2732-2741
01 Sep 2020
PMID: 32193729
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Abstract
HIV partner-testing (PT) may represent a unique and empowering HIV prevention strategy for groups that face structural and institutional barriers to HIV testing and care, including transgender women. We report on in-depth interviews (IDIs) with N = 10 transgender women who used HIV self-test kits for three months to screen potential sexual partners in a randomized controlled trial (iSUM; "I'll Show You Mine") that took place in New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Participants were assigned to intervention (supplied with 10 self-test kits immediately) or control groups (received 6 test kits after 3 months). We conducted IDIs with the first N = 10 transgender women to enroll in the intervention group after three months in the study (after participants used kits with partners) to understand their experiences. Themes discussed in IDIs included: partners' reaction to HIV testing, participants' reactions to partners' test results or refusal to test, partners' own reaction to their test results, and decision-making around test use. Data were independently analyzed by two coders. Overwhelmingly, participants' experiences with PT was positive. Participants reported kits were convenient and acceptable to most partners. Transgender women felt that PT could pose additional risk for them; one woman experienced violence related to kit use. Furthermore, the availability of kits appeared to encourage participants and their partners to think about their HIV status and, in some cases, modify sexual behavior. Work suggests that HIV PT could be a viable risk-reduction strategy for transgender women.
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- Title
- Transgender Women's Experiences Using a Home HIV-Testing Kit for Partner-Testing
- Creators
- Christine Tagliaferri Rael - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteRebecca Giguere - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteJavier Lopez-Rios - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteCody Lentz - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteIván C Balán - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteAlan Sheinfil - Syracuse UniversityCurtis Dolezal - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteWilliam Brown, 3rd - University of California, San FranciscoTimothy Frasca - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteCatherine Cruz Torres - University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences CampusRaynier Crespo - San Francisco General HospitalSarah Iribarren - University of WashingtonCheng-Shiun Leu - Columbia UniversityIrma Febo - University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences CampusAlex Carballo-Diéguez - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- AIDS and behavior, v 24(9), pp 2732-2741
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- R01 LM013045 / NLM NIH HHS T15 LM007079 / NLM NIH HHS P60 MD006902 / NIMHD NIH HHS P30 MH43520 / NIMH NIH HHS UM1 AI069415 / NIAID NIH HHS K01 MH115785 / NIMH NIH HHS K12 HS026383 / AHRQ HHS R01 LM012355 / NLM NIH HHS R01 HD076636 / NICHD NIH HHS P30 MH043520 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 AI113127 / National Institute of Child Health and Human Development KL2 TR001870 / NCATS NIH HHS U19 AI113127 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000521033500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85082064967
- Other Identifier
- 991021894660104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical