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Condom use and non-use among transgender women in Colombia: a qualitative analysis based on the IMB model

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Title: Condom use and non-use among transgender women in Colombia: a qualitative analysis based on the IMB model
Authors: Jorge Eduardo Moncayo Quevedo, María Del Mar Pérez-Arizabaleta, Wilmar Hernán Reyes Sevillano
Source: Revista de Saúde Pública, Vol 56 (2022)
Publisher Information: Universidade de São Paulo, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
Subject Terms: Women, Transgender Persons, Unsafe Sex, Sexual and Gender Minorities, psychology, Qualitative Research, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Description: ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Review the reasons for condom use and non-use among transgender women in Colombia based on the information, motivation and behavioral skills (IMB) model. METHOD Qualitative study in which an iterative process analysis was carried out. A focal group participated in person, and in-depth interviews were conducted virtually. RESULTS First study carried out in Colombia on condom use among transgender women under the IMB model. The information component finds that traditional sexual education does not have a positive impact. Regarding motivational aspects, the importance of family support and follow-up and community-based organizations to motivate sexual health care and condom use is highlighted. Regarding behavioral skills, it was found that distrust towards sexual partners and the acquisition of condoms promote their use. CONCLUSIONS It is important to create spaces for sexual education delivered by and for the LGBTIQ population, followed by the medical knowledge of health centers, to have positive impacts on the sexual health of transgender women; studies with sexual partners of transgender women are encouraged in order to know the reasons why they request the non-use of condoms.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
Spanish; Castilian
Portuguese
ISSN: 1518-8787
Relation: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102022000100271&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102022000100271&tlng=es; https://doaj.org/toc/1518-8787
DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004145
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/0c63d735626845e9ba47b5df59ad0a10
Accession Number: edsdoj.0c63d735626845e9ba47b5df59ad0a10
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstract:ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Review the reasons for condom use and non-use among transgender women in Colombia based on the information, motivation and behavioral skills (IMB) model. METHOD Qualitative study in which an iterative process analysis was carried out. A focal group participated in person, and in-depth interviews were conducted virtually. RESULTS First study carried out in Colombia on condom use among transgender women under the IMB model. The information component finds that traditional sexual education does not have a positive impact. Regarding motivational aspects, the importance of family support and follow-up and community-based organizations to motivate sexual health care and condom use is highlighted. Regarding behavioral skills, it was found that distrust towards sexual partners and the acquisition of condoms promote their use. CONCLUSIONS It is important to create spaces for sexual education delivered by and for the LGBTIQ population, followed by the medical knowledge of health centers, to have positive impacts on the sexual health of transgender women; studies with sexual partners of transgender women are encouraged in order to know the reasons why they request the non-use of condoms.
ISSN:15188787
DOI:10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004145