Perspectives to improve the se xual health of sexual and gender identity minorities in Guatemala
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Christina J. Sun; Florence M. Simán; Lilli Mann; Scott D. Rhodes; Guillermo R. Villatoro; Mario Andrade; Jorge Alonzo
- Source
- Ehquidad Revista Internacional de Políticas de Bienestar y Trabajo Social. :51-70
- Subject
- Gerontology
Gender identity
business.industry
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Psychological intervention
virus diseases
medicine.disease_cause
Focus group
Men who have sex with men
Geography
General partnership
medicine
business
Reproductive health
Sti prevention
- Language
- ISSN
- 2386-4915
Sexual and gender identity minorities in Guatemala are disproportionally affected by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). However, little is known about the health determinants among these minorities that contribute to infection risk. Health researchers from the United States and Guatemala sought to explore sexual health needs and identify characteristics of HIV/STI prevention programs for these minorities.Our partnership conducted 8 focus groups with gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men, and transgender women; and 10 in-depth interviews with community leaders. We analyzed transcripts of the focus groups and in-depth interviews using constant comparison.We identified 24 factors that influence sexual health which we organized into 5 ecological domains and 16 characteristics of potentially successful programs to reduce HIV/STI risk.The identification of sexual risk factors and characteristics of potentially successful programs offers great potential to develop interventions to help reduce the risk of HIV/STI infection among these minorities in Guatemala.