The Gender Centre Library

To borrow from our library you will first need to become a member of the library. To join our library you will need to provide identification (perhaps your driver's license or pension card), and a telephone contact. This information will be reviewed every time you borrow a book.

You will be able to borrow one book at a time, for up to two weeks at a time. This is due to the limited number of books available and the high demand from the community. Please take good care of our books, many of our resources have been removed or taken from our service and not returned. This is very unfortunate as they are part of quite a unique resource in New South Wales

Our books are purchased in limited quantities and appear on our Book List when available. If there is a book you feel the Gender Centre should have in our Library, please let us know.

You may request to submit a Lend Request to Borrow a  Book from our Library from the Catalogue below.

We also have a link to buy the Books on Amazon if you would like to.

You may also consider donating a book to the Centre if you feel it may be a valuable resource to others in our community.

Transgender Health and HIV Prevention: Needs Assessment Studies from Transgender Communities Across the United States

Title:      Transgender Health and HIV Prevention: Needs Assessment Studies from Transgender Communities Across the United States
Categories:      Gender Diversity / Transgender
ResourceID:      0789030152
Authors:     
ISBN-10(13):      0789030152
Publisher:      CRC Press
Publication date:      2006-01-04
Edition:      1
Number of pages:      154
Language:      Not specified
Price:      USD 9.01
Rating:      0 
Picture:      cover
Description:     

Product Description
Get the latest assessment of the health needs of the transgender population

The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the transgender community has been tragically ignored, and as yet there is surprisingly little research data on the subject of health care and HIV prevention in this marginalized population. Transgender Health and HIV Prevention fills this void by providing a groundbreaking empirical assessment of the health needs of transgender persons in several areas around the United States. Respected experts discuss issues that hinder the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs, including housing, mental health, and employment, as well as the unique broader problems of social stigma, discrimination, and the lack of transgender knowledge and sensitivity on the part of health providers and prevention workers.

Even though recent studies show estimated HIV infection rates to be as much as 60 percent among specific transgender populations in the United States, the transgender community continues to receive inadequate healthcare support. Transgender Health and HIV Prevention tackles the problems inherent in the healthcare system by first assessing the needs of transgender persons, then offering specific practical recommendations for remedy. Top researchers in partnership with community members in San Francisco, Houston, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New England, San Juan, and Minneapolis/St. Paul bring empirical data together to assess what has to be done to effectively stem the HIV epidemic. This essential resource is extensively referenced with several tables to clarify data.

Transgender Health and HIV Prevention explores in detail:
  • health and social services needs of African-Americans, Latinas, and Asian/Pacific Islanders
  • sources for the high rates of HIV infection among male-to-female transgender persons
  • the prevalence of physical and sexual violence, substance abuse, and unemployment in the transgender community
  • risk behaviors of male-to-female transgender persons
  • health care providers’ ignorance, insensitivity, and discrimination—with training strategies to increase patient access and effectiveness of care
  • how traditional notions about femininity affect risk behaviors
  • a comparison between transgender persons and other sexual minorities

Transgender Health and HIV Prevention is crucial, one-of-a-kind reading for educators, students, researchers, public health professionals, social workers, health care providers, HIV/AIDS caregivers, and prevention workers.

Product Description
Get the latest assessment of the health needs of the transgender population

The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the transgender community has been tragically ignored, and as yet there is surprisingly little research data on the subject of health care and HIV prevention in this marginalized population. Transgender Health and HIV Prevention fills this void by providing a groundbreaking empirical assessment of the health needs of transgender persons in several areas around the United States. Respected experts discuss issues that hinder the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs, including housing, mental health, and employment, as well as the unique broader problems of social stigma, discrimination, and the lack of transgender knowledge and sensitivity on the part of health providers and prevention workers.

Even though recent studies show estimated HIV infection rates to be as much as 60 percent among specific transgender populations in the United States, the transgender community continues to receive inadequate healthcare support. Transgender Health and HIV Prevention tackles the problems inherent in the healthcare system by first assessing the needs of transgender persons, then offering specific practical recommendations for remedy. Top researchers in partnership with community members in San Francisco, Houston, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New England, San Juan, and Minneapolis/St. Paul bring empirical data together to assess what has to be done to effectively stem the HIV epidemic. This essential resource is extensively referenced with several tables to clarify data.

Transgender Health and HIV Prevention explores in detail:
  • health and social services needs of African-Americans, Latinas, and Asian/Pacific Islanders
  • sources for the high rates of HIV infection among male-to-female transgender persons
  • the prevalence of physical and sexual violence, substance abuse, and unemployment in the transgender community
  • risk behaviors of male-to-female transgender persons
  • health care providers’ ignorance, insensitivity, and discrimination—with training strategies to increase patient access and effectiveness of care
  • how traditional notions about femininity affect risk behaviors
  • a comparison between transgender persons and other sexual minorities

Transgender Health and HIV Prevention is crucial, one-of-a-kind reading for educators, students, researchers, public health professionals, social workers, health care providers, HIV/AIDS caregivers, and prevention workers.

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