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Session: Transgender Health
3276.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Transgender Health
Current issues in transgender health will be addressed. Topics addressed in this session include: potential techniques for measuring the transgender population; an examination of the development of FTM youth; improving healthcare delivery for transgender individuals; and designing transgender care training for public health professionals.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: •Identify potential ways to measure and describe the transgender population, •Describe the developmental experiences of FTM transgender youth. •Articulate the healthcare needs of transgender individuals. •Describe ways to improve the delivery of healthcare for transgender individuals. •Identify the training needs for public health professionals working with transgender populations. •Design appropriate curriculum to teach public health professionals to provide appropriate HIV prevention to transgender populations.
Moderator(s):Jodi Sperber, MSW, MPH
2:30 PMFemale-to-male transgender youth: Gender identity developmental milestones
Arnold H. Grossman, PhD, ACSW, Anthony R. D'Augelli, PhD, Nicholas Salter, BS
2:50 PMA narrative inquiry into the life experiences and health care concerns of a group of transgendered adults: Informing practice through increased awareness
Sarah W. Morgan, PhD, RN
3:10 PMBirth certificate gender reassignment requests in New York State: 1997-2003
Mary S. Applegate, MD, MPH, Joseph Nicholas, MD
3:30 PMTraining public health staff for HIV prevention in transgender communities
Judith Bradford, PhD, Jessica Xavier, Lauretta A. Safford, MSW, Michael L. Hendricks, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers
Endorsed by:HIV/AIDS; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA