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Community Experiences of Social and Nonmedical Gender-Affirming Care: Interview Study Among Transgender and/or Nonbinary Persons [PDF]

JMIR Formative Research
BackgroundAccess to care that affirms one’s entire self is essential, especially for gender-diverse individuals. Gender-affirming care includes medical, social, and nonmedical supports to affirm gender identity.
Bryah Boutilier
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Surgical and hormonal gender-affirming care: cross-domain determinants and artificial intelligence-enabled expansion [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health
Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) and gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) and are evidence-based components of care that support the health and well-being of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals, with extensive evidence linking them to ...
Mehek Sharma, Vikram Sharma, Gianluca De Leo   +2 more
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Provision of gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse adults: a systematic review of health and quality of life outcomes, values and preferences, and costsResearch in context [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: Background: There is a substantial evidence base documenting the impact of gender-affirming care on health outcomes among transgender (trans) and gender-diverse people globally, but this rapidly growing body of evidence has not been ...
Erin E. Cooney, Luke Muschialli, Ping Teresa Yeh, Connor Luke Allen, Dean J. Connolly, Rose Pollard Kaptchuk, Katrina S. Kennedy, Brooke Wong, Caitlin E. Kennedy   +8 more
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A scoping review of the ethical issues in gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Globally, there is a notable increase in recognising the health needs of transgender and gender-diverse individuals. As a result, gender-affirming care services are evolving and expanding in many parts of the world, and this has provoked ...
Shilpa Surendran, Hui Jin Toh, Teck Chuan Voo, Chuan De Foo, Michael Dunn   +4 more
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Gender-affirming care education in pharmacy: a scoping review protocol of practices in Canada and the USA [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Gender-affirming care refers to a range of social, psychological, medical and/or surgical interventions provided to affirm one’s gender. Pharmacists play a key role in gender-affirming care and are involved with choosing optimal treatments ...
Rakhshan Kamran, Liam Jackman
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An Effective Gender-Affirming Care and Hormone Prescribing Standardized Patient Case for Residents

MedEdPORTAL, 2022
Introduction It is estimated that at least 700,000 individuals in the United States identify as transgender or gender expansive. Many have confronted marginalization within the health care system, leading to suboptimal care and inequitable health ...
Ben J. Hersh, Rebecca E. Rdesinski, Christina Milano, Rebecca E. Cantone   +3 more
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An introduction to gender affirming healthcare: What the family physician needs to know

South African Family Practice, 2023
Gender affirming healthcare (GAHC) is a relatively new field in primary health care that describes a range of gender affirming practices, including hormone therapy, for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people.
Madeleine Muller, Elma de Vries, Anastacia Tomson, Christine McLachlan   +3 more
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Gender-affirming care in undergraduate nursing education: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people face a multitude of barriers to safe, accessible healthcare. One way to overcome access inequities is through the provision of gender-affirming care.
Janice Linton, Annette S H Schultz, Jess Crawford, Marnie Kramer, Janice Ristock   +4 more
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193 Impact of Gender Affirming Medical Care Access

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Gender affirming medical care such as hormone therapy surgery can greatly impact the emotional wellbeing and quality of life of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.
Xian Mao, Andrea Wirtz
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Legislations Mandating Insurance Coverage Are Highly Effective in Delivering Surgical Care of Transgender Patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Background:. Although gender-affirming surgery is increasingly performed, few studies have examined any temporal correlation between legislations mandating transgender care and the actuation of such surgical care. Methods:.
Adam Faletsky, MD, MBA, Michael M. Jonczyk, MD, MS, Lifei Guo, MD, PhD, FACS   +2 more
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