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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"gender affirming"”.
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Expectations and Experiences of Gender Affirming Healthcare in Transgender Individuals
Gender affirming healthcare refers to a range of treatments and procedures which aim to alleviate gender dysphoria in transgender patients by bringing their bodies into alignment with their gender identities. These treatments can include gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) and various …
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You, AFFIRMED: a gender-affirming occupational therapy program for top surgery
… living within the U.S. who identify as transgender. Gender-affirming healthcare encompasses a variety of services, including hormone therapy, surgical interventions such as genital and top surgery, and mental health services. While surgery may or may not be part of an individual’s personal …
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Well-Being and Suicidality Among Transgender Youth After Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions
Pubertal suppression and gender-affirming hormones have become accepted treatment in the management of gender dysphoria (GD) among transgender adolescents to relieve the distress associated with pubertal development and/or their existing secondary sex characteristics. This study is a longitudinal …
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How can the process of professional identity formation of a gender-affirming practitioner inform medical curriculum change?
Background Transgender and gender diverse people experience significant health disparities. Health professionals are generally not adequately prepared by current curricula to provide gender-affirming, holistic care that is respectful of patients' gender identity. Therefore, this study asks the …
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The successful diffusion of gender-affirming care bans in the U.S.: how partisanship functions as a mechanism of policy diffusion
… the states has targeted the ability of transgender Americans to participate in athletics, change identification documents, use public facilities - such as bathrooms or locker rooms, and obtain gender affirming healthcare. The banning of gender affirming care (GAC) has resulted in increased …
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An educational “queery:” What is the relationship between gender affirming practices and the sense of school belonging and emotional wellbeing for trans high school students in North Carolina?
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Trans Science: Research, Medicine, and the Politics of Proof
… conflict and debate over the legitimacy of gender-affirming medical treatments, there have been a multitude of calls for science. Specifically, for studies testing the efficacy and consequences of gender-affirming care. Although such studies and the treatments they assess are often portrayed …
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My Identi T: Improving Mental Health Outcomes Through Group Support In Pre-Treatment Transgender Teens
<p> Transgender youth (TGY) are at an increased risk for depression, anxiety, and suicidality; delaying transition can worsen this. Nationally, gender programs have waitlists beyond a year. In conservative states, providers are fewer in number, and legislation may prohibit services. Thus, gender …
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A Clinical audit of the transgender unit at Groote Schuur hospital
Background The Transgender Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) – a large government funded academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa - assists with the mental health assessment of transgender individuals and facilitates access to other gender affirming services, such as hormone therapy, …
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Detransition emergence
… has been conducted on the experiences of transgender and gender expansive people who transition; however, minimal research has examined the experiences of people who stop gender affirming medicine and then detransition. Utilizing consensual qualitative research, the aim of this study was to …
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An Ecological Systems Approach to Understanding Risk and Promoting Resilience Among Trans and Gender-Diverse Youth
… experiences of risk and resilience for trans and gender-diverse youth. Ecological systems theory emphasizes how one is impacted by both proximal (e.g., peer interactions) and more distal (e.g., societal attitudes) environmental factors. Factors impacting trans and gender-diverse youth’s risk and …
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Transgender identification: gender and sex estimation in forensic casework
Societal knowledge about issues faced by transgender and gender-diverse individuals has increased; however, the field of forensic anthropology has struggled to keep abreast with ever-evolving perceptions of sex and gender. Specifically, forensic anthropology lacks a codified approach to identifying …
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Anti-health legislation and its impact on the health and well-being of the gender-expansive community
The rights of gender-expansive individuals, and more specifically the transgender community, have become the public target of a nationwide political and social campaign by the Republican Party, who have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on political advertisements pointedly spreading …
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Exploring the perceptions of service providers regarding the need for and availability of services that affect the well-being of LGBTQIA+ individuals living with intellectual and developmental disability in Cape Town, South Africa
… who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) (Stoffelen, Kok, Hospers, et al., 2013). The purpose for the study was to promote a better understanding of what service-providing organisations, policymakers, researchers, advocacy …
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Transgender And Gender Diverse People – Inclusive Healthcare System Access
<p>Transgender and Gender Diverse People – Inclusive Healthcare System AccessPurpose: This DNP project implemented a dual strategy to increase system-wide access to care and awareness of the needs of transgender and gender diverse people. Background: The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey is the most …
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Psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour in patients seen at a transgender clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
… stigma, marginalisation and discrimination, transgender individuals are a vulnerable population at risk of psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour. Despite this, there is a lack of research on the prevalence of mental health conditions and suicidal behaviour amongst transgender individuals in …
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Queering Healthcare Equity: Exploring How Two Community Health Centers That Specialize in LGBTQ Healthcare Frame Cultural Competence
… to persist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) communities. Intersecting marginalized identities such as race, gender, and disability compound health inequities faced by LGBTQ folx. These inequities are not random; rather, they result from deeply embedded …
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Assessment of Anthropometric Development of Transgender and Gender Non Binary Youth Assigned Female at Birth Across Prepubertal and Pubertal Growth
… sex steroids. Increasing numbers of transgender and gender non binary youth who are assigned female at birth (transmasculine (TM) youth) avoid puberty with endogenous hormones by utilizing gender affirming hormone therapies (GAHT) including GnRH analogs (puberty blockers) followed by …
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Mental health of transgender people in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Inequities, minority stress, and protective factors
… Health Survey recruited a total of 1,178 transgender people aged 14 or older (Mage = 29.5) who lived in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This comprehensive survey included mental health measures from Aotearoa/New Zealand population-based surveys, as well as questions specific to experiences of being a …
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THE EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS VIRILIZING TESTOSTERONE ON STRENGTH TRAINING AND SELF-COMPASSION IN TRANSGENDER NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS
… exercise science research has excluded transgender nonbinary individuals from their studies. Exercise has been shown to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety as well as improve body composition. <strong>Purpose</strong>: Identify the impacts of exogenous testosterone on relative strength …