In this talk from the 2020 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health conference, Julie Thompson describes barriers to care experienced by LGBTQIA+ communities, provides recommendations for talking about sex and bodies with cultural humility, and outlines a trauma-informed approach to care.
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Affirmative Services for Transgender and Gender Diverse People – Best Practices for Frontline Health Care Staff
This publication provides best practices and guidance for frontline healthcare staff on how to best serve transgender and gender diverse patients. Topics covered include gender affirming language, asking about sexual orientation and gender identity data, asking for name and pronouns used, and more. The publication features a quick-reference sheet that can be removed and posted in a workspace.
Caring for the Sexual Health of LGBTQIA+ Older Adults – Part 1
In this two part series, The National LGBT Health Education Center and the National Center for Equitable Care for Elders provide guidance on how to care for the sexual health and well-being of LGBTQIA+ older adults.
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- LGBTQIA+ Older Adults
- Transgender Health
Physical Therapy and Gender Affirmation
Holly Herman, DPT, discusses the components of physical therapy involved in intra-, pre-, and post-operative care for gender affirmation as well as evaluation and treatment for these types of therapy.
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- Transgender Health
Insurance Considerations for Navigating Gender-affirming Care
Cei Lambert, Program Manager for the National LGBT Health Education Center, discusses insurance barriers and navigation solutions for assisting gender diverse patients in accessing gender-affirming care.
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- Transgender Health
Navigating Gender Affirming Care
In this webinar, Ruben Hopwood, MDiv, PhD and Steph DeNormand present on aspects of navigating medical gender affirmation. Topics will include options for gender affirmation, criteria for accessing gender confirmation surgeries, and how to locate up to date information on insurance for their state and coverage area.
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- Transgender Health
Health Disparities for Gender-diverse Individuals
Julie Thompson, PA-C discusses health disparities faced by gender-diverse people, and how clinicians can address these disparities productively in clinic. Thompson focuses on gender affirmation, both medical and social, as the bedrock of supporting gender-diverse people.
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- Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health
Transgender Legal Services and Medical-Legal Partnerships
Transgender people have unprecedented access to medical care, but pervasive health disparities persist. Widespread discrimination in health insurance, employment, housing and education, and barriers to obtaining accurate identity documents continue to undermine the health of transgender people. Health care providers play an important role in connecting patients to needed legal services. This can be effectively accomplished through integrated services of a medical-legal partnership that specifically meets the needs of transgender patients.
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- Transgender Health
Creating a Transgender Health Program at Your Health Center
In this guide, we provide a framework for building a health program for transgender and gender diverse patients at your health center. There is no "one size fits all" approach to this work, but there are certain building blocks from which to create your own program that supports the gender diverse people in your community.
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- Organizational Change
- Transgender Health
Learning to Address Implicit Bias Towards LGBTQ Patients: Case Scenarios
A primary objective for health care professionals is to establish solid, trusting relationships with patients in order to promote healthier behaviors. As with other minority groups, when working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients, it is especially important to build rapport as a way to counteract the exclusion, discrimination, and stigma that many have experienced previously in health care. Despite our best intentions, however, internal --or implicit--biases may affect the way we talk to and behave with patients. For health care professionals, biases can lead to inequitable care, either through biased clinical decisions, or through communicating bias in conversation with patients.
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- Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Health
