Characterizing Problematic Drug Use Among Transgender Women and Cisgender Men During the Emerging HIV Crisis in the Philippines : Implications for Policy Research

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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education - 34(2022), 2 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 116-130

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Restar, Arjee J [VerfasserIn]
Quilantang, Ma Irene N [VerfasserIn]
Surace, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Ogunbajo, Adedotun [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Randolph [VerfasserIn]
Adia, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Cu-Uvin, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Operario, Don [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cisgender men who have sex with men
HIV
Journal Article
Philippines
Problematic drug use
Transgender women

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Date Completed 21.04.2022

Date Revised 25.08.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1521/aeap.2022.34.2.116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339678984