| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Sex, Drugs, and the Culture of Travestismo in Rio de Janeiro -- Methods -- Findings -- Discussion -- Chapter 2. Transgenders, HIV/AIDS, and Substance Abuse: From Risk Group to Group Prevention -- Transgenders: Understandings and Misunderstandings -- HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Risks -- Conceptualizing Risk -- Beyond Individual and Psychological Risk: Historical and Contemporary Risk Structures |
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Toward Group PreventionChapter 3. Transgender Health and Social Service Needs in the Context of HIV Risk -- Introduction -- Research Methods -- Health and Social Service Needs -- Problems in Obtaining Appropriate Services -- Implications and Recommendations for HIV Prevention -- Chapter 4. HIV Risk Behaviors of Male-to-Female Transgenders in a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program -- Overview of the Community-Based Program -- Method -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Chapter 5. HIV Prevention and Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco |
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BackgroundMethods -- Results -- Discussion of Findings -- Limitations and Conclusions -- Chapter 6. HIV/AIDS and Female-to-Male Transsexuals and Transvestites: Results from a Needs Assessment in Quebec -- Introduction -- Background of the Project -- Methods -- Results -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Education and Soul-Searching: The Enterprise HIV Prevention Group -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Enterprise -- Paradigm Shifts in HIV Prevention -- The Enterprise Prevention Workshops -- Key Issues for Workshop Participants -- Conclusion |
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Chapter 8. Transgender HIV Prevention: Community Involvement and EmpowermentIntroduction -- Planning -- Needs Assessment -- Recruitment -- Intervention -- Evaluation -- Celebration -- Replication -- Discussion -- Recommendations for Future Collaboration -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Sex, Truth, and Videotape: HIV Prevention at the Gender Identity Project in New York City -- Introduction -- Program Participants -- Peer-Driven Assessment of Needs -- Prevention Strategies -- Training, Advocacy, and Empowerment |
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Chapter 10. Sex Reassignment Surgery in HIV-Positive TranssexualsIntroduction -- Review of Literature -- Findings -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11. Guidelines for Selecting HIV-Positive Patients for Genital Reconstructive Surgery -- Introduction -- Guidelines -- My Personal Experience -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease)
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Transgender people -- Diseases
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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AIDS (Disease)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bockting, Walter, editor
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Kirk, Sheila, editor
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Gaska, Jennifer M., cover designer
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| ISBN |
9781315786230 |
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1315786230 |
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