National survey Trans&HIV

Presentation of the Trans&HIV study

This is a national survey, conducted exhaustively among trans people living with HIV and being monitored by HIV services in France.

People eligible for the survey had to :

• define themselves in a gender other than that assigned to them at birth
• living with HIV
• be over 18
• be treated in hospitals in mainland France
• agree to take part in the survey

This project, which was set up under the Trans&HIV ANRS 95040 initiation contract, is a community-based research project involving people from the communities at all stages. Two strands were envisaged: a quantitative strand to gather socio-behavioural, retrospective biographical and medical data from trans women living with HIV (n=762), and a qualitative strand to gather information from HIV-positive men (n=13).

This survey will enable us to improve our knowledge of trans people living with HIV, particularly in terms of the biographical events that encourage the acquisition of HIV, hepatitis and other STIs. An assessment of the burden of stigma and discrimination, whether in the public arena, in hospitals or in the workplace, will also be carried out. An analysis of the social and psycho-social factors involved in accessing and remaining in care will also be carried out

Latest news and scientific publications on the project

Data collection ended in July 2022. Analyses are currently underway.

Here are the scientific publications relating to the research project :

• Mora M, Rincon G, Bourrelly M, Maradan G, Freire Maresca A, Michard F, Rouveix E, Pannetier J, Leriche D, Alain T, Yazdanpanah Y, Michels D, Spire B.
  Living conditions, HIV and gender affirmation care pathways of transgender people living with HIV in France: a nationwide, comprehensive, cross-sectional, community-based research protocol (ANRS Trans&HIV).
  BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 16;11(12):e052691. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052691. PMID: 34916316; PMCID: PMC8679115.