Need for HIV/AIDS education and intervention for MTF transgenders: Responding to the challenge

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-201

  Nemoto, Tooru ^a   Sausa, Lydia A ^a   Operario, Don ^b   Keatley, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; HIV AIDS; Intervention; Transgenders

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84905765143     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n01_09     Document Type: Article

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