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New brief from The Fenway Institute describes the science behind gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth

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Martedì, Aprile 30, 2024
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BOSTON, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twenty-four states have barred access to gender-affirming care (GAC) for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, while countless discriminatory bills targeting TGD communities have been introduced across the country. In the wake of this assault on the rights and safety of TGD youth, The Fenway Institute has released a policy brief titled "Gender-affirming care for adolescents: Understanding the fundamental components and scientific support for lifesaving gender affirmation" which outlines the importance of gender-affirming care for TGD youth and outlines the medical and scientific evidence that supports it.

Key Points: 
  • It outlines the changes involved in social affirmation, gender-affirming medical care, and gender-affirming surgical care.
  • BOSTON, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twenty-four states have barred access to gender-affirming care (GAC) for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, while countless discriminatory bills targeting TGD communities have been introduced across the country.
  • It's critical that we promote a common understanding for those who might not be familiar with the basics of Gender Affirming Care.
  • The government should not interfere by restricting and criminalizing health care practitioners and overruling parents when it comes to getting transgender and gender diverse youth the care they need."

NEW STUDY REVEALS GENDER INEQUITY CONTINUES TO PERSIST FOR EMPLOYEES AROUND THE WORLD

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Mercoledì, Luglio 12, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Are corporations prepared for a gender revolution? Today, Coqual, a leading global think tank, released its new report, "Challenging Norms: A Global Analysis of Gender at Work," that examines gender equity at work in eight markets: Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The report finds that while there has been notable progress, achieving gender equity is still a challenge globally. Through an intersectional lens, the new research considers how race, class, caste, sexuality, and other identity characteristics complicate how gender is seen, experienced, and understood in employees' daily lives. 

Key Points: 
  • The report finds that while there has been notable progress, achieving gender equity is still a challenge globally.
  • and addresses the challenges that women face regarding pay, career mobility, prejudice in the workplace, and outdated cultural gender norms.
  • The report also highlights the unique experiences of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) professionals and unveils a major generational shift in how respondents understand gender identity and expression.
  • "Women, transgender, and gender diverse professionals all face different challenges, and Coqual's new report provides actionable ways for companies to navigate the complexities of gender around the world."

The Fenway Institute Paper Shows National Tele-Education Program Expands Access to Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care

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Lunedì, Marzo 27, 2023
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BOSTON, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A paper published in LGBT Health reports on the outcomes of TransECHO, a professional development and training program for primary care teams on the provision of gender-affirming integrated medical and behavioral health for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients. The paper suggests that TransECHO has helped fill gaps in training on TGD primary medical and behavioral health care.

Key Points: 
  • The paper suggests that TransECHO has helped fill gaps in training on TGD primary medical and behavioral health care.
  • "To minimize these disparities, medical and behavioral health providers need access to robust continuing professional development on gender-affirming health care."
  • TransECHO is based on Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a tele-education program for health care providers designed to reduce health disparities and increase access to specialty care in underserved areas.
  • "Given the persistent inequities in health outcomes experienced by transgender and gender diverse patients, access to high-quality professional development and training in gender-affirming health care is a necessity for medical and behavioral health providers," said study author Hilary Goldhammer, SM.

New Study from The Fenway Institute Undercuts the Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria Hypothesis

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Lunedì, Marzo 20, 2023
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BOSTON, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that a substantial proportion of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults realized that their gender identity is different from their sex assigned at birth during adolescence or later. It also found that TGD people typically waited many years before sharing this realization with another person. The study adds important new knowledge to clinical and popular understanding of the timing of TGD people's awareness, understanding, and sharing of their gender identity. It also undercuts a core component of the "rapid onset gender dysphoria" (ROGD) hypothesis, which posits that TGD identities realized in adolescence are transient and will not continue into adulthood.

Key Points: 
  • The study adds important new knowledge to clinical and popular understanding of the timing of TGD people's awareness, understanding, and sharing of their gender identity.
  • It also undercuts a core component of the "rapid onset gender dysphoria" (ROGD) hypothesis, which posits that TGD identities realized in adolescence are transient and will not continue into adulthood.
  • Participants were also asked how old they were when they first shared their gender identity with another person.
  • Published in Pediatrics, that study provided evidence undercutting the "social contagion" component of the ROGD hypothesis.

Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care. Edition No. 7 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Venerdì, Novembre 4, 2022
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The "Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care.

Key Points: 
  • The "Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care.
  • Take the next step in health assessment by building your skills in diagnostic and clinical reasoning!
  • Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition goes beyond the basic physical examination to help you learn to accurately evaluate common conditions.
  • - Clear, consistent diagnostic reasoning process takes you to the next step of health assessment - beyond basic history and physical examination to diagnostic reasoning and clinical diagnosis.

RMA of New York Presents Ground-Breaking Research at ASRM 2022

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Lunedì, Ottobre 24, 2022
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ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians and scientists at RMA of New York (Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York proudly presented 21 original scientific abstracts at the 78th annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) congress in Anaheim, California. Research topics included live birth outcomes after COVID-19 vaccination, reproductive outcomes following transfer of embryos created from frozen eggs, and access to fertility care for trans- and gender-diverse patients.

Key Points: 
  • This study complements Dr. Aharon's previous research, which demonstrated no correlation between the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and the implantation rate of euploid embryos.
  • RMA of New York is at the forefront of groundbreaking research in infertility and reproductive medicine, and is committed to advancing science for the treatment of infertility.
  • For the past 20+ years, the physicians of RMA of New York have consistently been distinguished as Top Doctors and Super Doctors by Castle Connolly and New York Magazine.
  • Headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, RMA of New York has fertility clinic locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, Long Island, and abroad in Mexico City.

Fenway & Callen-Lorde editorial published in Annals of Internal Medicine calls for greater engagement of trans & gender diverse people in health care decision-making

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Martedì, Ottobre 4, 2022
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BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine asserts that all aspects of gender-affirming care must be informed by and led with the voices of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. The editorial draws on information from a new history of the closure, in 1979, of the Gender Identity Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital that was also published today by the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Key Points: 
  • All aspects of gender-affirming care must be informed by and led with the voices of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people.
  • BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine asserts that all aspects of gender-affirming care must be informed by and led with the voices of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people.
  • The editorial draws on information from a new history of the closure, in 1979, of the Gender Identity Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital that was also published today by the Annals of Internal Medicine.
  • "All health care organizations should adopt well-established practices to train their staff in mitigating anti-transgender bias and creating culturally inclusive health care settings."

The Fenway Institute Offers Ways To Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Medical Students

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Martedì, Settembre 20, 2022
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BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An "Art of Medicine" perspective published in The Lancet outlines the need for physician-educators, faculty, and medical education systems to support transgender and gender diverse (TGD) medical students and offers actionable and meaningful ways to do so. The essay adds to the growing body of literature on how to improve the quality of care for TGD people and their families.

Key Points: 
  • "A key factor for improving and expanding the field of transgender health is the presence of transgender and gender diverse physicians in the medical workforce.
  • Everyone who plays a role in medical education has a responsibility to support transgender and gender diverse medical students."
  • The "Art of Medicine" perspective titled, "Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Medical Students," suggests that cisgender physician-educators and teaching faculty can support TGD students by:
    Learning the basics of gender identity and expression, which begins with understanding that the two are different.
  • "Although medical education systems were not designed with transgender and gender diverse medical students in mind, these students have shown great resilience," said lead author Nicolas Freeman (they/them), a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School.

Research from The Fenway Institute Shows That Bans on Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Youth Have Far-Reaching Repercussions for Clinicians

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Giovedì, Settembre 15, 2022
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BOSTON, September 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A Viewpoint published in JAMA Pediatrics asserts that the numerous bills filed in 2021 and 2022 seeking to block access to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents have far-reaching repercussions for clinicians who work in gender-affirming care and for the broader medical community. The potential effects on clinicians include decline in personal health and well-being in addition to professional implications ranging from loss of licensure and income to criminal prosecution. The broader medical community faces the prospect of seeing fewer clinicians enter the field of transgender health as well as a sharp reduction in the current workforce dedicated to providing gender-affirming care.

Key Points: 
  • The broader medical community faces the prospect of seeing fewer clinicians enter the field of transgender health as well as a sharp reduction in the current workforce dedicated to providing gender-affirming care.
  • "In addition, the potential for personal and professional harm to clinicians is significant and should also be a part of this conversation."
  • The professional implications of these bans, and the hostile climate they foster, includes harassment and threats of violence.
  • "Clinician-Level Implications of Bans on Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Youth in the US" was published online by JAMA Pediatrics on August 8, 2022.

New Study from The Fenway Institute Finds Significant Barriers to Gender-Affirming Primary Care among Transgender People Living in Rural Areas

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Giovedì, Agosto 18, 2022
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BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A study published in LGBT Health found a high prevalence of barriers to gender-affirming primary care among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people living in rural areas across five Northeastern states. Findings from the study also suggest that TGD people in rural areas receive suboptimal levels of preventive sexual health screening. The study contributes important new knowledge to the primary care needs of rural-dwelling TGD people, as nearly all of the existing literature on the primary care needs of TGD people focuses on those who live in urban areas.

Key Points: 
  • "These findings point to a real need for more comprehensive training in gender-affirming health care for all primary care clinicians."
  • Participants were asked questions about where they received primary care and if they experienced any barriers to care.
  • "This study suggests that there are plenty of opportunities to make system-level improvements in primary care for transgender and gender diverse adults living in rural areas," Keuroghlian added.
  • "Gender-Affirming Primary Care Access Among Rural Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in Five Northeastern U.S. States" is available here .