Transgender persons' HIV care (dis)engagement: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol from an ecological systems theory perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There seems to be little information on interactional patterns of enabling and constraining factors contributing to HIV care engagement across systems and across time. Understanding these patterns from a (micro-meso-macro-exo) systems perspective can provide rich insights on relevant social networks affecting transgender populations. In this review, we will synthesise the wealth of literature on transgender persons' engagement in the HIV care continuum.

Methods and analysis

We will perform a networked systems approach to qualitative evidence synthesis of relevant qualitative research data generated from primary qualitative, mixed-method and evaluation studies exploring HIV care engagement among diverse transgender populations. Studies not using qualitative metho

SUBMITTER: Canoy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347901 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature