TY - JOUR
T1 - Syndemic factors and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Taiwan
AU - Chuang, Deng Min
AU - Newman, Peter A.
AU - Li, Alan Tai Wai
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Josephine P. H. Wong, Ph.D., and participants in the community writing circle held by the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment for helpful suggestions on the manuscript. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the participation of the staff and volunteers at the study sites, Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBT) Hotline Association (Taipei) and Taiwan GDi Association (Taichung). This study was supported in part by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team Grant (THA-118570, PI: Newman). The funding organization had no role in any of the following: the design and conduct of the study, collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data, or preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.
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PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - We tested the applicability of syndemic theory to men who have sex with men (MSM) in Taiwan. Of 200 MSM (mean age = 27.1 years) surveyed, the majority (54%) experienced at least one syndemic burden due to problem drug use, intimate partner violence, or HIV stigma. In multivariable analysis, MSM with one or more syndemic burdens had greater than threefold higher odds of being HIV-positive. The impact of co-occurring psychosocial health conditions on HIV infection among MSM in Taiwan indicates the importance of identifying and engaging HIV-positive MSM in effective treatment, and implementing interventions more broadly to decrease syndemic burden.
AB - We tested the applicability of syndemic theory to men who have sex with men (MSM) in Taiwan. Of 200 MSM (mean age = 27.1 years) surveyed, the majority (54%) experienced at least one syndemic burden due to problem drug use, intimate partner violence, or HIV stigma. In multivariable analysis, MSM with one or more syndemic burdens had greater than threefold higher odds of being HIV-positive. The impact of co-occurring psychosocial health conditions on HIV infection among MSM in Taiwan indicates the importance of identifying and engaging HIV-positive MSM in effective treatment, and implementing interventions more broadly to decrease syndemic burden.
KW - Drug use
KW - HIV stigma
KW - Taiwan
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - men who have sex with men
KW - syndemics
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U2 - 10.1080/15381501.2018.1454866
DO - 10.1080/15381501.2018.1454866
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047957374
SN - 1538-1501
VL - 17
SP - 337
EP - 352
JO - Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
JF - Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services
IS - 4
ER -
