Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women—Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Details of the Studied Population
3.2. Definition and Types of Tests
3.3. Does TGW Know and Apply HIV Tests?
3.4. Motivating and Demotivating Factors for Self-Testing
3.5. Advantages of Self-Testing
3.6. Disadvantages of Self-Testing
3.7. Future Actions Concerning HIV Self-Testing
3.8. Combined HIV and Syphilis Testing
4. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Budzyńska, J.; Patryn, R.; Kozioł, I.; Leśniewska, M.; Kopystecka, A.; Skubel, T. Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women—Literature Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159331
Budzyńska J, Patryn R, Kozioł I, Leśniewska M, Kopystecka A, Skubel T. Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women—Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):9331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159331
Chicago/Turabian StyleBudzyńska, Julia, Rafał Patryn, Ilona Kozioł, Magdalena Leśniewska, Agnieszka Kopystecka, and Tomasz Skubel. 2022. "Self-Testing as a Hope to Reduce HIV in Transgender Women—Literature Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 9331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159331