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Best Practices for HIV Prevention Among Trans People

Best Practices for HIV Prevention Among Trans People. Luis Gutierrez-Mock, MA Center of Excellence for Transgender Health University of California, San Francisco.

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Best Practices for HIV Prevention Among Trans People

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  1. Best Practices for HIV Prevention Among Trans People • Luis Gutierrez-Mock, MA • Center of Excellence for Transgender Health • University of California, San Francisco

  2. Our mission is to increase access to comprehensive, effective, and affirming healthcare services for trans and gender-variant communities.

  3. National Advisory Board We include community perspectives by actively engaging a national advisory body (NAB) of 12 trans identified leaders from throughout the country.

  4. Main Projects • CATCH • International Project • Primary Care Protocols • Sheroes Intervention • Transitions Project

  5. Desired Result What is a Best Practice?

  6. Background

  7. Best Practices for Transgender HIV Prevention

  8. 1. Ground Your Work in the Community

  9. 2. Race & Ethnicity: One Size Does Not Fit All • Bienestar - Los Angeles, CA • Program based on formative evaluations • Addressed linguistic and cultural needs

  10. 3. Use Multidisciplinary Approaches El/La - San Francisco, CA • Focus on overall well-being • Cinema • Dances • Artistic Performances

  11. 4. Get the Facts! Assess, Evaluate & Enhance • Project STAR – San Diego, CA • Needs Assessment • Disseminated data • Used as an advocacy tool

  12. 5. Look in All the Right Places • TransVision, Tri-City Health Center, Fremont, CA “We have conducted surveys, oral and rapid testing, and CRCS Counseling in their rooms when it is difficult for them to make it to the agency.”

  13. 6. Increase Access to Health Care Tom Waddell Health Center- San Francisco, CA

  14. 7. Invest In Developing and Supporting Your Staff • TRANS:THRIVE - San Francisco, CA

  15. 8. Advocate for Structural & Systemic Changes InstitutoFamiliar de la Raza - San Francisco, CA • Police brutality • Targeting of trans female sex workers

  16. Additional Ideas

  17. www.facebook.com/transhealth www.transhealth.ucsf.edu

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