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TRANSTRANSTransgender Resources And Neighborhood SpaceTransgender Resources And Neighborhood Space

JoAnne Keatley, M.S.W.Project Director

UCSF/CAPS - Health Studies for People of Color

Tooru Nemoto, Ph.D. (P.I.)

Don Operario, Ph.D. (co-P.I.)

Funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grants H79-TI12592 and U97-SM53769

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Overview of TRANS IOverview of TRANS ITarget population: Male-to-female transgender individuals, intensified outreach to African-American, Latina, and Asian & Pacific Islanders

TRANS I Provided:A safe space for MTFs where they are welcomed and made to feel valuedA living room lounge area with TV/VCR, shower facilities, a resource closet, referral informationIndividual health education sessions with one of a trained, multicultural team of health educators18 Health Education Workshops (in English & in Spanish)Linkage to Transgender Recovery Program (TRP)

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Results of TRANS IResults of TRANS I

Over 3,000 MTFs received outreach services, 1,554 MTFs utilized the project space, and 359 enrolled in prevention workshops.

Comparison of pre- and post-intervention data shows statistically significant decreases in:

HIV risk behavior

Perception of barriers to substance abuse treatment

Depression

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Results of TRANS I-HIV Risk Results of TRANS I-HIV Risk BehaviorBehavior

HIV risk behavior with all partners

Baseline Post-Intervention Follow-up

p-value

No risk 51 (47.2%) 59 (54.6%)

Low risk 31 (28.7%) 31 (28.7%)

High risk 26 (24.1%) 18 (16.7%)

Mean score (on a scale of 1-3, 3 being highest risk)

1.8 1.6 .03

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Barriers to Substance Abuse Barriers to Substance Abuse TreatmentTreatment

Scores were on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), with higher Scores were on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), with higher scores indicating higher levels of barriers to seeking substance abuse treatment scores indicating higher levels of barriers to seeking substance abuse treatment

programs. programs.

Experiences with Treatment Agencies

Baseline Post-Intervention

p-value

Not knowledgeable about transgender

issues

2.4 2.0 .001

Insensitive to transgender issues

2.4 2.1 .003

Degrading experiences related to being

transgender

2.3 2.0 .04

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Overview of TRANS IIOverview of TRANS IITrans II is targeting Gender Variant Individuals (GVIs) of color, including MTFs, FTMs, and other self-defined gender variant individuals.

TRANS II Provides: Outreach Expansion Program (OEP)-OEP will expand outreach to include GVIs in jail.TRANS II workshops-TRANS II will continue to provide gender sensitive workshops for GVIs to reduce their drug use and HIV risk behaviors and increase their life skills.Drug Treatment Readiness Enhancement Program (DTREP)-DTREP will provide pre-treatment support groups and case management to GVIs who are interested in enrolling in treatment.

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TRANS II (Cont’d)TRANS II (Cont’d)

Transgender Treatment Enhancement Network (TTEN)-TTEN will promote collaboration among social service agencies offering substance abuse treatment resources to GVIs. Transgender Sensitivity Enhancement Program (TSEP)-TSEP will provide transgender sensivity training to TTEN member agencies.Transgender Resource and Neighborhood Space-TRANS II a safe space where GVIs are welcomed, including a living room/lounge area with television, showers, and a resource closet.

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Contact InformationContact Information

You are welcome to come to our site for a tour

1145 Bush Street, 2nd floor

Web site: www.caps.ucsf.edu/TRANS

Phone: (415) 476-2364

E-mail: jkeatley@psg.ucsf.edu