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Sulistina DR, Martini S, Prasetyo B, Rahman FS, Adji AS, Li CY, Lusida MI. A systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV transmission risk behaviors, genetic variations, and antiretroviral (ARV) resistance in LGBT populations. J Public Health Res 2024; 13:22799036241239464. [PMID: 38628579 PMCID: PMC11020705 DOI: 10.1177/22799036241239464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Background Currently, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has become one of the major health problems worldwide, including Indonesia. East Java is one of the provinces in Indonesia with the highest prevalence of HIV infection. One of the causes of HIV infection transmission is lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) practice. Furthermore, the treatment using antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in HIV-1 patients can fail due to the presence of HIV drug resistance. Objective The aim of this study is to identify the behavior at risk of HIV transmission among LGBT, patterns of genetic variation and antiretroviral (ARV) resistance. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis based on the PRISMA guidelines was conducted. We searched three databases including PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google scholar for studies investigating the non-heterosexual behavior as risk factor of HIV infection and antiretroviral resistance. Only studies published in English are considered. The adjusted estimates of the risk were carried out using best-adjusted OR with 95% confidence interval (CI) and significant p value < 0.05. Results In the quantitative analysis of HIV infection risk factors, a total of 13 studies were included, which investigated non-heterosexual behavior as a potential factor. The studies involved a total of 37,129 participants, comprising 10,449 individuals in the non-heterosexual behavior group (LGBTQ+) and 26,680 individuals in the heterosexual group. The majority of the participants in this study were from the USA, Japan, China, and Brazil, and the main HIV subgenotypes were B and CRF. Additionally, the antiretroviral resistance of HIV patients was examined, involving a total of 3062 individuals, with 1296 individuals in the non-heterosexual behavior group and 1766 individuals in the heterosexual group. Our calculation showed that non-heterosexual behavior was significant as risk factor of HIV infection (OR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.94-2.43, p < 0.001) and antiretroviral resistance (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.00-1.71, p = 0.05). Conclusion This study concludes that non heterosexual behavior is significant risk factor of HIV infection. A quite prevalent of antiretroviral resistance were found among non heterosexual behavior. The main subgenotype of HIV are B and CRF.
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- Dewi Ratna Sulistina
- Doctoral Study Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Sport Science, State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia
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- Division of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Social Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hang Tuah University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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Guise A. Stigma power in practice: Exploring the contribution of Bourdieu's theory to stigma, discrimination and health research. Soc Sci Med 2024; 347:116774. [PMID: 38537331 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Stigma and discrimination are increasingly understood as shaping health, and in turn conceptualised as social processes shaped by power and structural inequities. A challenge to analysis and implementing interventions is developing theory that can integrate analysis of structure, agency and power. One theoretical framework already promoted by prominent scholars as supporting this need is Bourdieu's social practice theory. This paper explores the application to date of Bourdieu's theory on stigma, discrimination and health. The paper describes how existing health literature has used concepts of symbolic violence, fields, capitals and habitus to develop insight into stigma power. The discussion explores how this theoretical framework is though underutilised and there has been little consideration of new programmatic approaches based on this theory. Directions for future research include the need for integrated approaches to analysis, especially using habitus to explore stigma power, and addressing processes of change. Directions for conceptualising interventions address how a mismatch of field and habitus could foster change and then the role for prophets in fostering symbolic revolutions. All these potential directions must in turn be integrated within the vast scholarship on stigma. In conclusion, further application and development of Bourdieu's social practice theory could help address the theoretical challenges facing the field of stigma, discrimination and health research.
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- Andy Guise
- King's College London, 5(t,h) Floor, Addison House, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 3UL, UK.
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Yu B, Feng C, Yang X, Wang Z, Zou H, Jia P, Yang S. Roles of Social Capital in the Association Between Internalized Homophobia and Condomless Sex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Southwest China: A Four-Way Decomposition. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605202. [PMID: 36743343 PMCID: PMC9894890 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Objectives: This study examined whether social capital (SC) mediated the association between internalized homophobia (IH) and condomless sex among men who have sex with men (MSM), with the interaction of SC and IH considered. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2018 and April 2019 in Sichuan Province, China. A total of 540 participants were recruited to investigate their IH, SC, and condomless sex. A four-way decomposition of causal mediation analysis was used to test SC's roles in the association between IH and condomless sex. Results: Condomless sex was prevalent (46.7%) among the participants, which was significantly associated with IH [odds ratio (OR) = 1.70] and SC (OR = 0.55). A direct effect [excess risk ratio (RR = 0.32)] and an indirect effect (excess RR = 0.16) of SC were found to be significant in the association between IH and condomless sex. Heterogeneities in effects were observed when taking the SC's domains (e.g., individual and family-based SC) as mediators. SC's effects were significant only in the homosexual subgroup. Conclusion: IH-based intervention with consideration of SC can be tailored to MSM to decrease condomless sex and curb the spread of HIV, especially for the homosexual subgroup.
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- Bin Yu
- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Sichuan Research Center of Sexual Sociology and Sex Education, Chengdu, China
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- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China,West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China,International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China,Department of Health Management Center, Clinical Medical College and Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Shujuan Yang,
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Restar AJ, Quilantang MIN, Surace A, Ogunbajo A, Chan R, Adia A, Cu-Uvin S, Operario D. Characterizing Problematic Drug Use Among Transgender Women and Cisgender Men During the Emerging HIV Crisis in the Philippines: Implications for Policy Research. AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AIDS EDUCATION 2022; 34:116-130. [PMID: 35438540 PMCID: PMC10442844 DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2022.34.2.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Drug use and HIV are key issues for public health interventions in the Philippines. We examined associations of problematic drug use among 320 Filipinx transgender women (trans-WSM) and cisgender men who have sex with men (cis-MSM). The prevalence of exhibited problematic drug use in this sample was 29.38%. Greater odds of problematic drug use were observed among Filipinx participants who recently engaged in sex work (adjusted OR [aOR] = 2.79, 95% CI [1.08, 7.18]), reported having HIV positive and unknown status vs. negative status (aOR = 3.61, 95% CI [1.39, 9.39], and aOR = 13.99, 95% CI [2.04, 29.69], respectively), exhibited low HIV knowledge (aOR = 4.15, 95% CI [1.82, 9.44]), and displayed hazardous drinking (aOR = 2.77, 95% CI [1.21, 6.33]). Given its correlates of HIV-related indicators, integration of HIV and harm reduction services as a public health intervention could potentially decrease problematic drug use.
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- Arjee J Restar
- University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University Global Health Initiative, Providence, Rhode Island
- University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University Global Health Initiative, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University Global Health Initiative, Providence, Rhode Island
- Providence-Boston Center for AIDS Research, Providence, Rhode Island, and the Department of Medicine Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University Global Health Initiative, Providence, Rhode Island
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Restar AJ, Breslow AS, Jin H, Quilantang MI, Sison O, Bermudez AN, Palatino M, Adia A, Cu-Uvin S, Operario D, Nazareno J. Transgender-specific developmental milestones and associated experiences of violence, discrimination, and stigma among Filipinx transgender women who are sexually active with men. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248248. [PMID: 33690677 PMCID: PMC7942990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND For transgender people, reaching transgender (trans)-specific developmental milestones, including recognizing and expressing one's identity, plays an integral role in overall health, wellbeing, and the pursuit of gender affirmation. Yet trans people continue to face minority stressors, including structural violence (i.e., discrimination, violence, and stigma), which may interfere with the achievement of these milestones. Among trans women specifically, however, potential associations between gender developmental milestones and structural violence are not well characterized in the literature. In a sample of Filipinx (i.e., an inclusive term for describing non-binary genders in the Philippines) trans women who are sexually active with men (trans-WSM), we thus sought to: (a) describe the mean ages at which gender developmental milestones occur and (b) examine the associations between structural violence and mean ages at which at which Filipinx trans-WSM experience trans-specific developmental milestones. METHODS Using data from Project #ParaSaAtin, an online survey of Filipinx trans-WSM (n = 139), we mapped age-estimates per trans-specific milestones and then tested whether structural violence is associated with the mean age at which trans women experience trans-specific developmental milestones. RESULTS Overall, participants who reported higher levels of discrimination, stigma, and violence also experienced a later age for nearly each milestone (i.e., initial self-awareness of transfeminine identity, transfeminine expression in private, transfeminine expression in public, first consensual oral/vaginal/anal sex with a cisgender male partner, first consensual oral/vaginal/anal sex with a cisgender male partner as a trans women, and hormone integration) (all p-values <0.05). Of note, the single exception to this pattern was the non-significant association between stigma and initial disclosure of transfeminine identification to another person. CONCLUSION Results are consistent with psychological literature outlining a temporal sequence of developmental milestones among young trans-WSM. For young trans-WSM in the Philippines, data from this study demonstrate significant associations between structural violence and the achievement of developmental milestones. These findings highlight the need for trauma-informed, strengths-based programming and institutional policies that measure and mitigate anti-trans violence.
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- Arjee J. Restar
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- PRIME Center for Health Equity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Health Equity Research Lab, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- College of Medicine, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- College of Public Health, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Providence-Boston Center for AIDS Research, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Miriam Hospital, Department of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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