Sociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon.
HIV risk behaviors
HIV testing
Lebanon
MSM
Stigma
Journal
AIDS and behavior
ISSN: 1573-3254
Titre abrégé: AIDS Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9712133
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
accepted:
20
05
2022
pubmed:
8
6
2022
medline:
10
11
2022
entrez:
7
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
HIV rates among men and transgender women who have sex with men (MTWSM) in Lebanon are consistent with a concentrated epidemic. Geopolitical and social circumstances leave these communities vulnerable to HIV spread. To document this risk encountered by Lebanese native and displaced Syrian MTWSM, participants, recruited by respondent driven sampling beginning with Syrian seeds, completed a survey with questions covering sociodemographic, behavioral, medical, and stigma, followed by opt-out HIV testing. Analyses included descriptive statistics and linear regression to differentiate between native Lebanese and Syrians who migrated after the onset of the civil war to identify correlations among sociodemographic factors, stigma, and risk behavior as a function of country of birth. Experienced and internalized stigmas were higher in the Syrian born MTWSM and correlated with elements of HIV risk. Combatting the intersectional stigmas of Syrian MTWSM in Lebanon would be most beneficial in mitigating HIV risk for these individuals. Las tasas de VIH entre hombres y mujeres transgénero que tienen sexo con hombres (HMTSH) en el Líbano son consistentes con una epidemia concentrada. Las circunstancias geopolíticas y sociales dejan a estas comunidades vulnerables a la propagación del VIH. Para documentar este riesgo al que se enfrentan los HMTSH nativos libaneses y HMTSH sirios desplazados, los participantes, reclutados mediante un muestreo impulsado por los encuestados que comenzó con semillas sirias, completaron una encuesta con preguntas que cubrían aspectos sociodemográficos, conductuales, médicos y de estigma, seguidas de una prueba de VIH de exclusión voluntaria. Los análisis incluyeron estadísticas descriptivas y regresión lineal para diferenciar entre libaneses nativos y sirios que emigraron después del inicio de la guerra civil para identificar correlaciones entre factores sociodemográficos, estigma y comportamiento de riesgo como función del país de nacimiento. Los estigmas experimentados e internalizados fueron más altos en los HMTSH nacidos en Siria y se correlacionaron con elementos de riesgo de VIH. Combatir los estigmas interseccionales de los HMTSH sirios en el Líbano sería lo más beneficioso para mitigar el riesgo de VIH para estos individuos.
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Las tasas de VIH entre hombres y mujeres transgénero que tienen sexo con hombres (HMTSH) en el Líbano son consistentes con una epidemia concentrada. Las circunstancias geopolíticas y sociales dejan a estas comunidades vulnerables a la propagación del VIH. Para documentar este riesgo al que se enfrentan los HMTSH nativos libaneses y HMTSH sirios desplazados, los participantes, reclutados mediante un muestreo impulsado por los encuestados que comenzó con semillas sirias, completaron una encuesta con preguntas que cubrían aspectos sociodemográficos, conductuales, médicos y de estigma, seguidas de una prueba de VIH de exclusión voluntaria. Los análisis incluyeron estadísticas descriptivas y regresión lineal para diferenciar entre libaneses nativos y sirios que emigraron después del inicio de la guerra civil para identificar correlaciones entre factores sociodemográficos, estigma y comportamiento de riesgo como función del país de nacimiento. Los estigmas experimentados e internalizados fueron más altos en los HMTSH nacidos en Siria y se correlacionaron con elementos de riesgo de VIH. Combatir los estigmas interseccionales de los HMTSH sirios en el Líbano sería lo más beneficioso para mitigar el riesgo de VIH para estos individuos.
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pubmed: 35672550
doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03726-1
pii: 10.1007/s10461-022-03726-1
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Langues
eng
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Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R21 HD089820
Pays : United States
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