Gender-affirming health care means different things for different individuals of the LGBTQ+ community. Can learning and incorporating a collection of tools from which healthcare providers can utilize better fit the individual’s health goals and needs?
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Ways to make healthcare clinics more gender-affirming include: (Jason Rafferty, et al., 2018) (Brooker AS, Loshak H. 2020)
While the medical healthcare industry has a ways to go, healthcare clinics across the country are recognizing their responsibility to provide quality care to all. With improved data, healthcare professionals can better identify the unmet needs of LGBTQ+ patients and develop more effective solutions. We at Injury Medical Chiropractic and Functional Medicine clinic understand the importance of a safe space, what it means, and how to create it by offering dedicated care for the LGBTQ+ community by using gender-affirming language, not asking weird questions, and taking the awkwardness out of the visit.
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Valentine, S. E., & Shipherd, J. C. (2018). A systematic review of social stress and mental health among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States. Clinical psychology review, 66, 24–38. doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.03.003
James SE, Herman JL, Rankin S, Keisling M, Mottet L, & Anafi, M. The report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.
Brooker AS, Loshak H. Gender affirming therapy for gender dysphoria: a rapid qualitative review. Ottawa: CADTH; 2020 Jun.
Rafferty, J., COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH, COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE, & SECTION ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER HEALTH AND WELLNESS (2018). Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics, 142(4), e20182162. doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2162
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