Understanding Sociocultural and Psychological Factors Affecting Transgender People of Color in San Francisco

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Bith Melander, Pollie ^a   Sheoran, Bhupendra ^a   Sheth, Lina ^a   Bermudez, Carlos ^a   Drone, Jennifer ^a   Wood, Woo ^a   Schroeder, Kurt ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African American; Asian Pacific Islander; gender; HIV; identity; Latino; sex; substance use; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77950928868     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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