Community partnership to optimize engagement in research: Reflections on the trans women HIV research initiative

Angela Underhill¹, Yasmeen Persad¹, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan^{1

2}, Ian Armstrong³, Hannah Kia⁴, Carmen H Logie⁵, Wangari Tharao⁶, Roberta Halpenny⁷, Mona Loutfy^{1

3

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
² School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Maple Leaf Medical Clinic, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Faculty of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁶ Women's Health in Women's Hands, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Maple Leaf Research, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Angela Underhill et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;90(10):2329-2331.

doi: 10.1111/bcp.16038. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Angela Underhill¹, Yasmeen Persad¹, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan^{1

2}, Ian Armstrong³, Hannah Kia⁴, Carmen H Logie⁵, Wangari Tharao⁶, Roberta Halpenny⁷, Mona Loutfy^{1

3

7

8}

¹ Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
² School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Maple Leaf Medical Clinic, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Faculty of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁶ Women's Health in Women's Hands, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Maple Leaf Research, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; methodology; study design.

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