Alithia Zamantakis, Juan Pablo Zapata, Artur A F L N Queiroz, Valeria A Donoso
{"title":"Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating Gender-Affirming Care and HIV Prevention/Treatment in Illinois and Missouri: Formative Interviews with Implementation Practitioners.","authors":"Alithia Zamantakis, Juan Pablo Zapata, Artur A F L N Queiroz, Valeria A Donoso","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transgender people experience vast disparities in HIV prevalence, incidence, linkage to care, treatment, and prevention. Recent scholarship has highlighted that gender affirming care (GAC) may facilitate HIV treatment and HIV prevention. However, few researchers have examined how best to integrate these forms of care outside LGBT-focused clinics. Twelve interviews were conducted with key informants in community-based organizations, HIV clinics, and health departments in urban and rural Illinois and Missouri. Interviews were analyzed using a rapid qualitative analytic process, involving the production of analytic memos, coding of memos in NVivo using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, and production of matrices for within-site and cross-site comparison. Key informants were highly excited at the possibility of integrating gender affirming care and HIV services. They highlighted numerous barriers that need to be targeted, including local attitudes and conditions, equity-centeredness, provider capability, and policies and laws. They also highlighted barriers to HIV care alone for transgender patients, including transportation, cost, stigma, provider capability, and homelessness. While numerous barriers exist, provider and funder acceptability are high. Attending to the needs of trans patients may support efforts to end the HIV epidemic by increasing organizational adoption of evidence-based and equity-centered interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":519980,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of applied transgender studies","volume":"3 3-4","pages":"205-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne V Kirby, Emily Krebs, Laurel Hiatt, Anna Docherty, Nicole L Mihalopoulos, Brooks R Keeshin, Elese Peifer, Marlee Craker, Michael Staley, Amanda V Bakian, Hilary Coon
{"title":"\"<i>It's not the 'being trans,' it's everything around that</i>\": Trans Community Perspectives for Suicide Prevention.","authors":"Anne V Kirby, Emily Krebs, Laurel Hiatt, Anna Docherty, Nicole L Mihalopoulos, Brooks R Keeshin, Elese Peifer, Marlee Craker, Michael Staley, Amanda V Bakian, Hilary Coon","doi":"10.57814/ec38-hh59","DOIUrl":"10.57814/ec38-hh59","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trans people are at significantly elevated risk of suicide death, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation than their cisgender peers. Suicide prevention efforts are needed that address the most important issues to the trans community. In this qualitative study conducted in the United States in 2021, we aimed to broadly explore trans community member perspectives on suicidality and suicide prevention needs. We conducted four virtual focus groups-including one exclusively for trans people of color. We also solicited additional online responses to the same focus group questions. A total of 56 trans individuals with a history of suicidality participated. We utilized reflexive thematic analysis to develop themes to inform suicide prevention efforts for the trans community. The themes were multicontextual, representing needs across healthcare, legal and political arenas, workplaces, community groups, and interpersonal relationships. The central organizing theme identified as crucial for suicide prevention was 'Having (Real) Rights and Respect.' Supporting themes were 'Being in Control of Our Own Bodies,' 'Being Safe as Ourselves,' and 'Feeling Support and Acceptance,' which also included a subtheme of 'Embracing Diversity within the Trans Community.' We provide suggestions and directions for suicide prevention, which build on these themes.</p>","PeriodicalId":519980,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of applied transgender studies","volume":"3 1-2","pages":"69-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11244576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141618014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}