Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours?
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| author | Maliya S. Zul A.R. Irwan M.S. Samsul D. Zakiah M.S. Mokhtar R.H. |
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| spelling | my.usim.oarep-85642026-02-20T03:24:24Z Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? Maliya S. Zul A.R. Irwan M.S. Samsul D. Zakiah M.S. Mokhtar R.H. Institut Pengurusan Dan Penyelidikan Fatwa Sedunia (INFAD) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia AIDS HIV Male-to-female transgender MTF Sex worker Indexed by Scopus Introduction. Male-to-female transgender individuals are known as mak nyahs in Malaysia. Akin to many other countries, mak nyahs face discriminations in securing proper employment, thus many end up in sex trade, exposing them to HIV-related high risk behaviours. This paper aims to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and risk behaviours in HIV/AIDS among mak nyahs in Malaysia. Method. Validated questionnaires in local language were used. Knowledge, attitude, and HIV-related risk behaviours were measured. With respondent-driven sampling method, 54 subjects participated in the survey. IBM SPSS was used for data analysis. Results. Majority of the subjects reported to have HIV-related sexual risk, although only a quarter were sex workers. Misconceptions still remained among the subjects. Inconsistent condom use was common. Adequate knowledge did result in better attitude towards HIV/AIDS. However, multiple regression analysis showed that subjects with higher knowledge in HIV/AIDS tend to have higher sexual risks (? = 0.320, p = 0.030). Conclusion. Educating the transgender community about HIV/AIDS does not seem to adequately reduce the HIV-related sexual risks. Other approaches, i.e. socio-cultural values and religious practices may be effective to instil higher levels of awareness and self-responsibility in this community to eliminate HIVrelated high risk behaviours. � 2018 Default. Final 2024-05-28T08:24:48Z 2024-05-28T08:24:48Z 2018 Article 18234631 2-s2.0-85058877553 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058877553&partnerID=40&md5=22ca710f8bc257d282815aba27623127 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8564 29 38 17 3 English en_US International Medical Journal Malaysia International Islamic University Malaysia Scopus |
| spellingShingle | AIDS HIV Male-to-female transgender MTF Sex worker Maliya S. Zul A.R. Irwan M.S. Samsul D. Zakiah M.S. Mokhtar R.H. Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title | Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title_full | Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title_fullStr | Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title_short | Mak nyahs in Malaysia: Does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? |
| title_sort | mak nyahs in malaysia: does hiv/aids knowledge really reduce hiv-related risk behaviours? |
| topic | AIDS HIV Male-to-female transgender MTF Sex worker |
| url_provider | http://oarep.usim.edu.my/ |