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Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia

Abstract This qualitative study was conducted in Penang, Malaysia with the aim to analyze and gather in-depth understanding of challengers faced by youth Transgender who engaged with substance drug used. This study also aims to understand some of the psychosocial support received by this marginal p...

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Main Authors: Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh
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Published: Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2017
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Key Words: Youth transgender, Substance use and Psychosocial
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/14905
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spelling my.usim-149052017-05-23T09:09:53Z Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh Key Words: Youth transgender, Substance use and Psychosocial Abstract This qualitative study was conducted in Penang, Malaysia with the aim to analyze and gather in-depth understanding of challengers faced by youth Transgender who engaged with substance drug used. This study also aims to understand some of the psychosocial support received by this marginal population in term of overcoming their substance use behaviour. Selection of 18 respondents was through the snowballing sampling technique due to the difficulty of getting the targeted respondents. Respondents who have participated in this study were among transgender populations between the ages of 18-40. The study findings indicated that almost all the respondents have never taken drugs in their life but only 4 respondents who have experienced taking cannabis and methamphetamine ecstasy or over a period of 12 months ago. This study suggests that both government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should continue to provide appropriate HIV and AIDS intervention among the transgender population. Social work intervention primarily in educating this marginal population towards the prevention of HIV transmission especially preventing from drugs substance uses which are associated with behaviors that facilitate HIV transmission in their daily life. 2017-05-23T09:09:53Z 2017-05-23T09:09:53Z 2015 978 967 440 246 4 http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/14905 Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
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topic Key Words: Youth transgender, Substance use and Psychosocial
spellingShingle Key Words: Youth transgender, Substance use and Psychosocial
Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh
Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
description Abstract This qualitative study was conducted in Penang, Malaysia with the aim to analyze and gather in-depth understanding of challengers faced by youth Transgender who engaged with substance drug used. This study also aims to understand some of the psychosocial support received by this marginal population in term of overcoming their substance use behaviour. Selection of 18 respondents was through the snowballing sampling technique due to the difficulty of getting the targeted respondents. Respondents who have participated in this study were among transgender populations between the ages of 18-40. The study findings indicated that almost all the respondents have never taken drugs in their life but only 4 respondents who have experienced taking cannabis and methamphetamine ecstasy or over a period of 12 months ago. This study suggests that both government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should continue to provide appropriate HIV and AIDS intervention among the transgender population. Social work intervention primarily in educating this marginal population towards the prevention of HIV transmission especially preventing from drugs substance uses which are associated with behaviors that facilitate HIV transmission in their daily life.
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author Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh
author_facet Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh
author_sort Kumarashwaran Vadevelu, Azlinda Azman
title Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
title_short Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
title_full Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
title_fullStr Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Bab 18 Psychosocial Review On Substance Use Among Youth Transgender In Penang, Malaysia
title_sort bab 18 psychosocial review on substance use among youth transgender in penang, malaysia
publisher Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
publishDate 2017
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/14905
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