| Literature DB >> 27804013 |
Angelo Brandelli Costa1, Heitor Tome da Rosa Filho2, Paola Fagundes Pase2, Anna Martha Vaitses Fontanari3, Ramiro Figueiredo Catelan4, Andressa Mueller3, Dhiordan Cardoso3, Bianca Soll3, Karine Schwarz3, Maiko Abel Schneider3, Daniel Augusto Mori Gagliotti5, Alexandre Saadeh5, Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato3, Henrique Caetano Nardi4, Silvia Helena Koller6.
Abstract
Transgender and gender diverse people (TGD) have specific healthcare needs and struggles with access barriers that should be addressed by public health systems. Our study aimed to address this topic in the Brazilian context. A hospital and web-based cross-sectional survey built with input from the medical and transgender communities was developed to assess TGD healthcare needs of and access barriers in two Brazilian states. Although services that assist this population have existed in Brazil since the 1990s, TGD have difficulty accessing these services due to discrimination, lack of information and a policy design that does not meet the needs of TGD. A history of discrimination was associated with a 6.72-fold increase in the frequency of health service avoidance [95% CI (4.5, 10.1)]. This article discusses the urgent necessity for adequate health policies and for the training of professionals regarding the needs of Brazilian TGD.Entities:
Keywords: Brazil; Discrimination; Gender affirmation procedures; Hormones; Transgender persons
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Year: 2018 PMID： 27804013 DOI： 10.1007/s10903-016-0527-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immigr Minor Health ISSN： 1557-1912