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March 2005, Vol 95, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 382-384
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.040501

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Promoting Health for Transgender Women: Transgender Resources and Neighborhood Space (TRANS) Program in San Francisco

Tooru Nemoto, PhD, Don Operario, PhD, JoAnne Keatley, MSW, Hongmai Nguyen, BS and Eiko Sugano, MPH

The authors are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Tooru Nemoto, PhD, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (email: tnemoto{at}psg.ucsf.edu).

Transgender women are at high risk for HIV, substance abuse, and mental health problems. We describe a health promotion intervention program tailored to transgender women in San Francisco.

The program creates a safe space for providing transgender-sensitive education about HIV risk reduction, substance abuse prevention, and general health promotion. Transgender health educators conduct workshops and make referrals to appropriate substance abuse treatment programs and other services in the community.

Evaluation findings indicate that this community-tailored intervention may be an effective way to reach transgender women and reduce sexual risk behaviors, depression, and perceived barriers to substance abuse treatment.




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