Section | Example Questions |
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Introduction/Rapport Building | • How do you spend your time? • How do you identify in terms of gender? • At what age did you begin to identify as [gender identity]? |
Resilience | • What are some of the things that help you deal with the stress that comes along with your gender identity? • What do you think are some of the positive things about being a person with your gender identity? |
Gender Affirmation | [After providing introduction to social, medical, and legal gender affirming changes] • What changes, if any, have you made? • What have these changes been like for you? |
General Healthcare Experiences | • Tell me about some experiences you’ve had while trying to use or while using healthcare services in general. • Tell me about any barriers you have experienced while using healthcare services, or while trying to use healthcare services. • Tell me about any facilitators or things that have helped you access healthcare services. |
Primary HIV Prevention | • Tell me a little bit about your experiences with HIV prevention programs and services. • What things made it harder or kept you from using HIV prevention services? • What things helped you [would have helped you] use prevention HIV programs and services? |
HIV Testing | • Tell me a little bit about your experiences with HIV testing. • What things made it harder or kept you from getting tested? • What things helped you or made it easier to get tested? |
HIV Test Results | • Tell me a little bit about your experiences receiving HIV test results. • What made it more difficult to receive your results? • What things made it easier to receive your results? |
HIV Continuum of Carea | Participants were asked about experiences, barriers, and facilitators across each of the following Continuum stages: Linkage to HIV Care, Engagement in HIV Care, Retention in HIV Care, Initiation of ART, Adherence to ART, and Viral Suppression. |
Program Recommendations | • What kinds of programs, activities, or events would you like to see for transgender and gender diverse youth, or specifically for young people who share your gender identity? • What recommendations do you have for providers who work with transgender and gender diverse youth? |