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PERCEIVED RISK FOR HIV ACQUISITION AND SEXUAL HIV EXPOSURE AMONG SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Sexual HIV exposure
Sexual and gender minorities
Transgender people
Men who have sex with men
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National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz. Division of Epidemiology and Psychosocial Research. Mexico City, Mexico.
National Autonomous University of Mexico. Faculty of Psychology. Division of Graduate Studies and Research. Mexico City, Mexico.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST e AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST e AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
National Autonomous University of Mexico. Faculty of Psychology. Division of Graduate Studies and Research. Mexico City, Mexico.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST e AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST e AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
We conducted a systematic review to explore the relationship between perceived risk for HIV acquisition and sexual HIV exposure among sexual and gender minorities. We included 39 studies divided into (i) correlations or associations, (ii) models using sexual HIV exposure as the outcome, and (iii) models using perceived risk for HIV acquisition as the outcome. The sample size range was from 55 to 16,667 participants, primarily cisgender men who have sex with men (73.3%) and White (51.3%). Sexual HIV exposure and perceived risk for HIV acquisition assessments and recall time frames across studies differed markedly. Most of studies (84.6%) found significant correlations, comparisons, or associations between different levels of perceived risk for HIV acquisition and high sexual HIV exposure. In addition, 51.3% of studies reported other variables associated with high sexual HIV exposure (i.e., misuse of substances or alcohol) or with high perceived risk for HIV acquisition (i.e., younger age). In conclusion, the association between perceived risk for HIV acquisition and sexual HIV exposure has shown to be consistent. However, the assessment for perceived risk for HIV acquisition should include more components of perception (i.e., an affective component), or for sexual HIV exposure should consider the different estimated sexual per-acts probability of acquiring HIV.
Keywords
Perceived risk for HIV acquisitionSexual HIV exposure
Sexual and gender minorities
Transgender people
Men who have sex with men
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