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Mak Nyahs in Malaysia: does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours?

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 kn...

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Main Authors: Suofeiya, Maliya, Razali, Zul Azlin, Mohd Subri, Irwan, Draman, Samsul, Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim
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Published: Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
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spelling my.iium.irep.686392019-03-15T05:48:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/ Mak Nyahs in Malaysia: does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? Suofeiya, Maliya Razali, Zul Azlin Mohd Subri, Irwan Draman, Samsul Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim BF Psychology R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RA1190 Toxicology RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention RZ Other systems of medicine 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 (β = 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. Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/1/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/2/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/3/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS_WOS.pdf Suofeiya, Maliya and Razali, Zul Azlin and Mohd Subri, Irwan and Draman, Samsul and Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim (2018) Mak Nyahs in Malaysia: does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours? International Medical Journal of Malaysia, 17 (3). pp. 29-38. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_no_3/Vol17No3-029.pdf
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language English
English
English
topic BF Psychology
R Medicine (General)
RA Public aspects of medicine
RA1190 Toxicology
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
RZ Other systems of medicine
spellingShingle BF Psychology
R Medicine (General)
RA Public aspects of medicine
RA1190 Toxicology
RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
RZ Other systems of medicine
Suofeiya, Maliya
Razali, Zul Azlin
Mohd Subri, Irwan
Draman, Samsul
Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim
Mak Nyahs in Malaysia: does HIV/AIDS knowledge really reduce HIV-related risk behaviours?
description 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 (β = 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.
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author Suofeiya, Maliya
Razali, Zul Azlin
Mohd Subri, Irwan
Draman, Samsul
Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim
author_facet Suofeiya, Maliya
Razali, Zul Azlin
Mohd Subri, Irwan
Draman, Samsul
Mokhtar, Rafidah Hanim
author_sort Suofeiya, Maliya
title 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_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_sort mak nyahs in malaysia: does hiv/aids knowledge really reduce hiv-related risk behaviours?
publisher Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/1/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/2/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/3/68639_Mak%20Nyahs%20in%20Malaysia%20-does%20HIV-AIDS_WOS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68639/
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