Transgender HIV prevention: A qualitative needs assessment

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-525

  Bockting, W O ^a,b   Robinson, B E ^a   Rosser, B R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CONDOMS; CONTACT TRACING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEEDLE SHARING; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0031826759     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129850124028     Document Type: Article

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