Here you will find supplementary informational material and resources to the workshop titled “Sensitivity and clinical and social interventions with the LGBT community” given by Dr. Miguel Vázquez Rivera on May 30, 2014 at the Central University of Bayamon. View and download resources by clicking the resource title.
- Some definitions… to talk the same language
- Intervention guides for LGBT populations
- Coming Out Resource Guide for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people
- Work and intervention standards for LGBT communities
- LGBT Communication Manual
- Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys
- Guide to Being an Ally to LGBT Students
- Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation
- Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth
- Answers to your Questions about Individuals with Intersex Conditions
- Supporting Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students: The Role Of Teachers
Presentation By Dr. José A. Vargas Vidot:
Research studies done in collaboration with Iniciativa Comunitaria:
- GC-MS-Confirmation-of-Xylazine-Rompun a veterinary sedative, in exchanged needles. A study done to evaluate the use and reach of xylazine injection in Puerto Rico.
- Guerrero Prison case report – American Civil Liberties Union Puerto Rico (ACLU PR). A 2010 investigation on deaths of prisoners at the Guerrero Correctional Institution.
Thesis and projects to which you can make reference:
- Aurinés Torres Sánchez. Perception and disposition of the leaders of drug shooting sites in San Juan, Caguas, Trujillo Alto and Bayamón to adopt and promote HIV/AIDS prevention practices among its clientele. Río Piedras, 1999. Master of Public Health Education. Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico.
- Nelson Varas Díaz. Entrenched danger: Stigma and HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico. Río Piedras, 2002. Doctorate of Philosophy, Psychology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
- Isaura Rodríguez Castillo. Socio-demographic profile by gender on factors that influence drug users participating in community reach programs and their tendency to criminal occurrences in Ponce and San Juan. Ponce, 2008. Master Degree in Social Sciences (Criminology). College of Graduate Studies in Behavioral Sciences and Community Affairs, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
- Hortencia C. Rodríguez. La Casita: Home, Streets and Empowerment. San Juan, 2010. A thesis submitted to the faculty of Wesleyan University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Departmental Honors in Anthropology.
- Miriam Correa Ramos. Love Yourself Project. May 2007. University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, School of Health Professions. Bachelor Degree in Health Education.