This webinar will assist health centers in recognizing and supporting the importance of access to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth.
Learning Resources — Transgender Health
Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Youth through Gender-affirming Care
This webinar is designed to help health centers understand the importance of access to gender affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth. Participants of the webinar will discover current and emerging research on the positive mental health effects of support for gender affirmation, learn best practices for supporting social transition, and discuss resources for helping TGD youth access gender affirming medical care to improve health outcomes.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Trauma-Informed Care for Trans and Gender-Diverse Individuals
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Potter and Samara Grossman discuss components of trauma-informed care for transgender and gender-diverse clients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Testosterone
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Julie discusses the use of testosterone with transgender and gender-diverse patients.
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- Transgender Health
Primary and Preventative Health Needs for Transgender People
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Deutsch covers primary care and preventative health needs for transgender and non-binary people.
Addressing Unconscious and Implicit Bias
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Cei Lambert focuses particularly on provider bias and power dynamics and how bias shows up for transgender and gender-diverse clients.
Gender-Affirming Surgeries Part 1
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Bowers reviews current rationale for surgery, historical perspectives, and standards for care of the transgender surgical patient.
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- Transgender Health
HIV Treatment and Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Conference, Dr. Kevin Ard covers the basics on the recommendations for prescribing PrEP with TGD patients. Participants will discover best practices for outreach and administration of PrEP in TGD communities including the exploration of PrEP interactions with hormone treatments, and the components of incorporating PrEP into diverse clinic settings.
Families of Transgender Youth Panel
In this panel from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, transgender and gender-diverse youth and their families share both negative and positive experiences in accessing health care.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Providing Mental Health Assessments for Gender Affirming Surgery Referral Letters
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Sarah reviews areas to cover when conducting an assessment of mental health and readiness for gender-affirming surgery referral letter requests. The session is presented through a lens of social justice, and from the perspective of providing trauma-informed and gender-affirming care. Aspects of the client-provider power differential and gatekeeping role are discussed. Participants will learn what questions to include in the assessment and how to ask clients such questions in order to support clients' goal(s) for gender- affirming surgeries, and identify insurance-based eligibility criteria for emotional and practical readiness for gender-affirming surgeries.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
