Overlooked, misunderstood and at-risk: Exploring the lives and HIV risk of ethnic minority male-to-female transgender youth

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-236

  Garofalo, Robert ^a,b,d   Deleon, Joanne ^a   Osmer, Elizabeth ^b   Doll, Mary ^c   Harper, Gary W ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; HIV; Substance use; Transgender; Youth

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; JOB ACCOMMODATION; LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAPE; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 32644459148     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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