SafeGuards, in colloboration with the PA Campaign for Microbicides, will present a HIV Vaccine & Microbicide Research Overview for your organization’s staff, community group, or any group that would like to know more about these important areas of HIV Prevention Research…
(02/21/09) More... »African Americans & HIV/AIDS Issues :
Special Issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association. HIV/AIDS, A State of Emergency. Research Agenca to Combat HIV/AIDS among African American. Jan. 2008
Healthcare Equality Index for LGBT Patients and Families :
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Gay and Lesbian Medical
Association (GLMA) released the first national Healthcare Equality Index, an annual
survey addressing five areas of greatest concern to LGBT health care consumers:
patient non-discrimination, visitation, medical decision-making, cultural
competency training for staff and employment policies…
Transgender Health Priorities :
This resource identifies important health priorities for transgender people and was compiled by the National LGBT Health Coalition with the input of multiple individuals and organizations, including Philadelphia’s Transgender Health Action Coalition (THAC)
HealthPriorities_Trans…
The Future for HIV Prevention: The Latest on HIV Vaccine Research :
SafeGuards, Circle of Care, and Univ. of Pennsylvania HIV Vaccine Trials Unit will host a Provider Forum, May 18, 2007 from 12:30 to 3pm…
(05/16/07) More... »Microbicide Research Challenges :
An update on the CONRAD microbicide trial from CHAMP CHAMP Newsletter_March2007…
(03/13/07) More... »LGBT Cultural Competency and Social Work :
The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale is a newly validated assessment measure for social work practice…
(07/26/06) More... »Lesbians & Breast Cancer: the Latest Research :
Safeguards compiled this review of the research literature on the subject of breast cancer among lesbians.
(08/26/04) More... »Smoking in Trans Communities: What Does the Research Tell Us? :
Current Research on Smoking and Trans communities
At present, there is very little medical information about the long-term
health effects of hormone usage in Trans individuals…
Rates of Smoking Among Transgender Populations :
Rates
of Smoking Among Transgender Populations
Preliminary evidence from recent focus groups and surveys examining
smoking in the LGBTQ community suggests both rates of smoking and getting
help quitting are concerns for Trans populations…