Table 3 IDI Guide for Healthcare Providers

Introduction/rapport building

• Tell me about your experiences working with transgender and gender diverse youth.

Primary HIV Prevention^a

• When it comes to accessing and using HIV prevention services and programs, what would you say is the typical experience of transgender and gender diverse youth?

• How would you describe the quality of HIV prevention services provided to transgender and gender diverse youth?

• What barriers make it difficult for transgender and gender nonconforming youth to make full use of HIV prevention services?

• What facilitates transgender and gender nonconforming youth to fully access HIV prevention services?

HIV Testing & Diagnosis^a

• When it comes to receiving the results of an HIV test, what would you say is the typical experience of transgender and gender nonconforming youth?

• How would you describe the quality of the experiences transgender and gender nonconforming youth have receiving test results?

• What barriers make it difficult for transgender and gender nonconforming youth to receive the results of their HIV test?

• What facilitates transgender and gender nonconforming youth’s receipt of their HIV test results?

HIV Continuum of Care^a

Participants were asked about experiences, quality of care, barriers, and facilitators of TGD youth across each of the following Continuum stages: Linkage to HIV Care, Engagement in HIV Care, Retention in HIV Care, Initiation of ART, Adherence to ART, and Viral Suppression.

Intervention/Program Recommendations

• What kinds of programs would you like to see for transgender and gender nonconforming youth?

• What other resources (HIV-specific and not HIV-specific) would you like to see that would support you in your work with transgender and gender nonconforming youth?

• What additional recommendations do you have for providers working with transgender and gender nonconforming youth?