Transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) people experience innumerable health disparities that impact their physical, social, mental, and emotional health. Health disparities lead to increased rates of suicide, employment loss due to gender identity, poverty, and social isolation. The factors causing health disparities in the TGNC community are thought to be stigma; lack of health providers knowledgeable about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, and other marginalized gender- and sexual-identifying people’s health; and occupational barriers.
The Gender-Affirming Occupational Therapy program was constructed to educate and train occupational therapists and health providers to deliver inclusive and affirming services. It is based on the principles of three foundational theories—health stigma and discrimination framework, social learning theory, and diffusion of innovation—and informed by best practices in health care provider education and stigma mitigation. This 14-hour educational program includes guest panel speakers, group discussions, lectures, and clinical simulations. Although the Gender-Affirming Occupational Therapy program reflects the learning needs of occupational therapists and health professionals, the needs of the TGNC community were the central topics and focus areas chosen for this educational program. This doctoral project includes program evaluation, funding, and a dissemination plan.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46624 |
| Date | 25 August 2023 |
| Creators | Trupio, Antonia |
| Contributors | Gafni-Lachter, Liat, Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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