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- (AIDSLINE) HIV/AIDS transgender support group: improving care delivery and creating a community. - Issues: Transgender patients treated at our large urban HIV/AIDS primary care clinic presented with poor records of medical compliance and stated feelings of isolation and discrimination. A support group was developed to address the needs of this unique population.
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1997/jan/m9714365.html
- A community-based HIV intervention program to MtF transgenders in Hollywood, California. - "ISSUE: Los Angeles County is home to a large and heterogeneous male-to-female transgender population, many of whom are at high risk of HIV infection from both drug use and sex work."
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1998/dec/m98c0953.html
- AIDS support program targeting transgendered inmates in 4 French prisons. - ISSUE: Support of transgenders health in jail can be improved with a partnership project with jail staff and transgender community groups.
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1998/dec/m98c0832.html
- CDC'S HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports - You can search the site for "transgender" - has a ton of studies and articles on HIV and trans groups, in Adobe Acrobat files.
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hasrlink.htm
- Cecilia Chung - The life story of an HIV+ transwoman on the Gay.com HIVlife Board of Advisers.
content.gay.com/channels/HIVlife/board/chung_991223.html
- Factors Related to HIV Risk in Transgendered People - (Adobe Acrobat file) Summary of a presentation given at an HIV conference, with statistics from face-to-face interviews.
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/conferences/hiv99/abstracts/464.pdf
- FAQs For/About Specific Populations - Lists of questions about comprehensive AIDS information sources for Hemophiliacs, Women, Adolescents/Teens, Deaf Communities, African-Americans, Latinos, Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgendered Populations, Healthcare Providers, Users of Alcohol, Injection Drugs, Links and sites in other languages
www.infoweb.org
- Health Concerns of the Transgender Community - Gender Identity Support Services for Transgenders (GISST) recently released the findings of a Massachusetts Department of Public Health/AIDS Bureau funded study conducted in the transgender community.
www.glbthealth.org/index4a.html
- HIV support for TG/CD/TS sisters. - Building an online community of support for HIV positive TG/CD/TS sisters and their admirers!
members.aol.com/_ht_b/pozdiva/myhomepage/index.html
- HIV | InSite | Key Topics: Transgendered People - Comprehensive and reliable information on HIV/AIDS treatment, policy, research, prevention, statistics and epidemiology from the University of California, San Francisco. Free HIV/AIDS textbook, news, expert advice, lectures and more.
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/transgendered_people/epidemiology
- SF AIDS Fdn: Unique challenges for transgender community - This article from the May 97 OUTReach, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's bimonthly newsletter, describes the unique challenges facing the transgender community regarding HIV/AIDS.
www.sfaf.org/aboutsfaf/outreach/may97/transgender.html
- SIECUS - The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States is a 35 year old nonprofit organization, dedicated to affirming that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life. SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.
www.siecus.org/pubs/biblio/bibs0021.html
- The health care issues of the HIV+ and HIV- incarcerated transgendered community. - ISSUE: The HIV and nonHIV incarcerated population have health care and psychosocial issues unique to their community.
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1998/dec/m98c0829.html
- The HIV hormone bridge - The effects of hormones on HIV+ transsexuals.
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1998/dec/m98c0518.html
- The HIV Prevention and Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco: Results From Eleven Focus Groups 1997 - A wonderful study with detailed information, done on transgendered people and HIV risk with San Francisco transfolks.
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/transgendered_people/2098.3a7a.html
- The Medical Escrow Society - Financial option for anyone facing HIV, Cancer, Terminal Illness, ALS, Heart Disease, Alzheimers, and Seniors over 70 to liquidate life insurance.
www.medicalescrow.com
- Transgender AIDS Initiative League - Trans-focused information on HIV and AIDS.
www.tail.org
- Transgender Education Network - HIV prevention and health promotion aimed at Boston's transgender community.
www.jri.org/ten.html
- Transgendered Youth at Risk for Exploitation, HIV, Hate Crimes - From Inter-Q-Zone, an article discussing kinds of exploitation, areas of risk, substance abuse, violence, and HIV.
www.aidsinfonyc.org/Q-zone/youth.html
- Transgeneder Positive - From the Nov. 1996 issue of Body Positive, an article that discusses definitions, empowerment, medical services, hormone therapy, sexual realighment surgery.
www.thebody.com/bp/nov96/transg.html
- Uncharted Waters - (Adobe Acrobat file) "Planning for an HIV Seroprevalance Study Among Individuals of Transgender Experience in New York (NY)." From the 1999 National HIV Prevention Conference.
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/conferences/hiv99/abstracts/567.pdf
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