Barriers to accessing health care among transgender individuals
2017
Key take-home messages Transgender individuals require health care that addresses their unique health concerns, including transition-related medical procedures and mental health. Poor health outcomes are disproportionately experienced by transgender individuals,...
Blood donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men across high-income countries
2017
Key take-home messages Blood donor deferral policies related to men who have sex with men and transgender people vary significantly across countries. Most counties have relaxed their deferral policies for men who have...
Quality of HIV websites with information about pre-exposure prophylaxis or treatment as prevention for men who have sex with men: A systematic evaluation
2018
BACKGROUND: Knowledge and uptake of high-efficacy HIV prevention strategies such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and treatment as prevention (TasP) remain low among men who have sex with men (MSM) who...
Women, incarceration and HIV: A systematic review of HIV treatment access, continuity of care and health outcomes across incarceration trajectories
2018
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the literature on gendered implications of incarceration for HIV outcomes and engagement in care for women living with HIV (WLWH). DESIGN: We systematically searched 7 bibliographic...
Improving PrEP implementation through multilevel interventions: A synthesis of the literature
2018
There are many challenges to accessing PrEP and thus low uptake in the United States. This review (2007-2017) of PrEP implementation identified barriers to PrEP and interventions to match those...
Comparison of HIV status between transgender women and men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis
2018
As key population groups in HIV infection, transgender women (TGW) share the same oral and anal sexual practices with men who have sex with men (MSM). However, the differences in...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis for MSM and transgender persons in early adopting countries
2017
: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a potent and underutilized HIV prevention tool. In this paper we review the state of knowledge regarding PrEP implementation for men who have sex with...
HIV and viral hepatitis among imprisoned key populations
2018
Prisons and other closed facilities create opportunities for transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis during detention and after release. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of...
HIV preexposure prophylaxis: A review
2018
Importance: About 40000 Americans and 2 million people worldwide are newly infected with HIV each year. The combination antiretroviral regimen, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)/emtricitabine, taken as a single pill once...
A scoping review of photovoice research among people with HIV
2018
We describe how Photovoice-a participatory method in which people express and share ideas via images-has been used in research with people living with HIV (PLWH). Four databases, reference lists, and...
Effects of pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection on sexual risk behavior in men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2018
Background: HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective in reducing HIV risk in men who have sex with men (MSM). However concerns remain that risk compensation in PrEP users may lead...
HIV testing and counseling among female sex workers: A systematic literature review
2018
HIV testing uptake continues to be low among Female Sex Workers (FSWs). We synthesizes evidence on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing among FSW as well as frequencies of testing,...
