Jonathan Feelemyer, Dustin T Duncan, Naomi Akhidenor, Medha Mazumdar, Natalia M Irvine, Joy D Scheidell, Russell A Brewer, Rodman E Turpin, Christopher Hucks-Ortiz, Typhanye V Dyer, Charles M Cleland, Kenneth H Mayer, Maria R Khan
BACKGROUND: Black sexual minority men and Black transgender women (BSMM/BTW) experience disproportionate levels of HIV/STI-related risk factors as well as police harassment (PH). PH is linked to psychiatric risk and could play a role in substance use, sexual risk behavior, and HIV/STI risk. METHODS: We used data from the HIV Prevention Trials Network 061(HPTN 061) study to examine associations between PH and HIV/STI-related outcomes. Using PH exposure measured at baseline and 6-month study visits, we examined an ordinal exposure (PH reported at both visits, PH reported at either visit, versus PH reported at neither baseline nor 6 months) and a binary exposure of persistent PH reported at both visits (yes versus no)...
April 12, 2024: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities