Citation

Ritterbusch AE, Correa Salazar C, Correa A. Glob. Public Health 2018; 13(12): 1831-1845.

Affiliation

Trans Community Network (Community-Based Organization) , Bogotá , Colombia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17441692.2018.1455887

PMID

29583079

Abstract

Drawing from qualitative research conducted in a participatory action research framework with 28 transgender women in Colombia, this paper presents the stigma-related barriers to healthcare experienced by trans women and their experiences of multi-level violence within the healthcare system. The authors also discuss how advocacy work was conducted as part of the research process and how trans community leaders were involved throughout the project in order to promote policy-relevance and community-based implementation of findings. The paper concludes with a discussion of how the experiences of violence and stigmatisation within the health care system is linked to broader processes of structural stigma reproduced within Colombian society.

Language: en

Keywords

Transgender health; community-based public health; participatory action research; structural stigma