Cultural Competence: Strengthening the Clinicians Role in Delivering Quality HIV Care within Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Transgender Communities

Ho L. Tran, MD, MPH,

President and CEO, National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians

Jacqueline Rose, MP,

Coordinator of Interpreting and Translating Services, Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program

1. Describe the impact of HIV on AANHPI communities, specifically AANHPI Transgender communities 2. Understand the history of AANHPI transgender communities 3. Identify at least 3 barriers to accessing and utilizing health services for AANHPI transgenders 4. Describe 2 strategies for providing more effective and sensitive services to AANHPI transgenders 5. Name at least 1 organization which they can use as a resource

AETC National Multicultural Center Howard University, College of Medicine Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center