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Description: A community-based needs assessment funded by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada was conducted following OCAP principles in order to gain specific knowledge of the safety and secuity concerns, the service and support experiences, and the service and support needs of the transgender and Two Spirit people of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Participants provided quantitative and qualitative data by completing questionnaires. Data was analyzed using Epi Info and content analysis. Twenty-seven of our 75 participants identified as Aboriginal. The assessment shows that participants are at high risk for serious threats to health, quite apart from the needs for access to sex reassignment procedures. Many live in poverty or near-poverty, experience high levels of emotional distress, and high exposure to hostility and violence from a variety of sources in everyday life. Findings were similar in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants in many respects, with the Aboriginal participants having higher levels of poverty and correspondingly higher levels of concerns, experiences and needs associated with living in poverty. Levels of known STI and HIV infections are uch higher among participants than in the general population, and especially among male-born Aboriginal participants. Key recommendations include establishing a Centre of Excellence in trans care; an information campaign for trans people throughout the region, distribution of care and referral protocol throughout the health system, trans-competence training for first responders in emergency and police services.
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Subject: Two-Spirit People--North America, Two-Spirit People--Canada, Two-Spirit People--Resources, Two-Spirit People—Health, Society & Culture
Group: Two-Spirit - Resource
Creator: Catherine G. Taylor
Publisher: Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research
Language: English
Coverage: Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario
Format: HTML
Type: Archived webpage
Date: Archived since 29 June 2020, Material created 2009
Sub-topic: Resources
Collector: University of Winnipeg Library
Rights: This electronic resource is made available by the University of Winnipeg Library for the purposes of research, education, teaching and private study. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Winnipeg does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder.
Theme: Two-Spirit People
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