Citation

Kenagy GP. Int. J. Transgender. 2005; 8(2-3): 49-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J485v08n02_05

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Two Philadelphia-based HIV service organizations and a local university collaborated on a study of health and social service needs of transgender people. Transgender people were the primary resource for the development of the needs assessment survey. In this article, the survey development process, including two discussion groups and two focus groups, are described.

FINDINGS on barriers to care, violence, perception of public safety and comfort, suicide and health and social service needs are presented. Total sample size was 81, with 49 male-to-female and 32 female-to-male transgender individuals. Most (68%) were African American. About half of the respondents had thought about attempting suicide. High levels of violence were reported, especially among male-to-females. Health and social service needs included job training/work, dental care, health care, legal services, transportation, education and housing. © 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; adult; human; violence; female; male; social support; suicide attempt; gender identity; Transgender; review; controlled study; socioeconomics; human experiment; health service; health survey; employment; transsexualism; sample size; Health access; Service needs