Transgender Education for Affirmative and Competent HIV and Healthcare (TEACHH)
Stigma, Social, HIV/AIDS, Health Care Acceptability
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Stigma, Social
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Workshop participants must be 18 years or older and identify as working at a location that provides health or social services to trans women or being in-training to work in health or social services (e.g., medical student, social work student). Workshop participants may include a mix of HIV- and non-HIV service providers.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not fitting the above criteria.
Sites / Locations
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
TEACHH
The training workshop is designed as a 3-hour session for care providers. The training will be delivered by trans women. During this training, we plan to have providers: 1) discuss human rights for trans women; 2) teach providers about common words with which to discuss gender identity and expression, and develop a basic understanding of trans healthcare, HIV prevention, and HIV treatment, and how these types of healthcare affect trans women living with and affected by HIV; 3) discuss what it means to be trans-affirming in their work and how they can make their organizations more trans- affirming; and 4) have participants complete a case study to apply what they have learned to practice. These case studies will address issues affecting trans women who are immigrants/newcomers, trans women who are living with HIV, and trans women who experience other vulnerabilities.