Lifetime homelessness among young transgender women in Lima, Peru is associated with HIV vulnerability: Results from a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Transgender youth face disproportionately high rates of homelessness, which can increase vulnerability to HIV. In Peru, the incidence of HIV among transgender women has increased 19% since 2010 and young transgender women are a priority population for HIV prevention. We sought to estimate the proportion of young transgender women experiencing homelessness and associations between homelessness and HIV vulnerabilities. We recruited transgender women ages 16-24 years (N = 209) to participate in a biobehavioural survey and HIV and STI testing (chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea). Poisson regression models with robust standard errors were fit to estimate the association between past homelessness and past 6-month condomless sex, adjusted for potential confounding by age, education, sex work, non-inj

SUBMITTER: Apedaile D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011236 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature