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Tonia Poteat

Ruby L. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
Box 3322 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Book sections


HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Transgender Communities of Color

Book section · January 1, 2020 Transgender communities of color face inequities in HIV prevalence, uptake of prevention interventions, and engagement in care and treatment. Intersecting oppression, i.e., racism, cissexism, transphobia, and HIV stigma, increases HIV vulnerability and red ... Full text Cite

History and prevalence of gender dysphoria

Book section · January 1, 2019 The purpose of this chapter is to briefly describe the long history of gender diversity; address difficulties in estimating the number of gender diverse people worldwide and the challenges for researchers and medical and mental health professionals, who wi ... Full text Cite

Sexual Health for Women

Book section · January 1, 2019 Cite

Transgender Individuals

Book section · January 1, 2017 There are unique physiological as well as psychosocial aspects to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of STIs among transgender individuals. This chapter provides an introduction to the diversity of identities and anatomy among transgender patients an ... Full text Cite

Narratives of Health among Black Trans Men: An Exploratory Intersectional Analysis

Book section · January 1, 2016 Transgender (trans) men are individuals assigned a female sex at birth who identify along a masculine spectrum. 1, 2 Many trans men in the United States contend with stigma, discrimination, violence, and isolation based on others’ reactions to their gender ... Full text Cite