Black transgender adults were 18% less likely to share the names of their partners so they could be connected to HIV prevention services after a new HIV diagnosis than their white trans peers, despite having six times the HIV prevalence. That’s one of the findings of a comprehensive Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of HIV testing, linkage to care and partner services for transgender adults. The findings were published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
Partner services include offering to connect partners to their own HIV tests and offering them pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as well as sharing the names of sexual and drug use partners. The study authors’ findings were consistent with past research that suggested that trans women, especially Black trans women, are disproportionately affected by HIV.
Transgender women were more likely to be engaged in partner services than non-binary individuals, but racial and geographic gaps persisted. Black transgender adults were less likely to receive partner services (58% versus 74%) than their white counterparts. This is striking, considering that previous research showed that Black cisgender adults overall are more likely to engage receive and/or accept partner services than white cisgender people.
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