Gender Affirming Care

Gender Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People Experiencing Homelessness

Housing instability, employment, and other social determinants of health intersect to create barriers to achieving health equity for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. This session will address the needs of and considerations for TGD patients experiencing homelessness. Speakers: Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Education and Training, Fenway Institute Session Materials: […]

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Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Health Care and Homelessness: Terminology, Concepts, and Best Practices

This 90-minute webinar will provide participants with an introduction to foundational terminology and concepts related to LGBTQIA+ identity and experience of homelessness with a focus on LGBTQIA+ health care. Participants will learn about healthcare disparities and applicable clinical practices that participants can integrate into their own contexts. Take Online Course Now

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Collecting SOGI Data in a HCH Setting- a Multi-Pronged Approach

Collecting patients’ Sexual Orientation and Gender identity (SOGI) information is recognized as a key aspect of providing holistic, patient-centered health care. It is an intervention that fosters retention in care for gender and/or sexual minority patients who often feel unconnected and invisible to health care providers who have no knowledge of their patients’ gender identity

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Gender-Affirming Care and Homelessness: An Annotated Bibliography

Gender diversity is a social determinant of both health and housing. Trans homelessness has increased 113% since 20163 and trans individuals disproportionately experience unsheltered homelessness, further exacerbating health inequities that exist among this population. As such, gender-affirming care is an important component of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) services. This annotated bibliography provides a

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Falling Through the Cracks: LGBTQ+ Disparities in Homelessness

Staying up-to-date on the growing field of homelessness research presents a considerable challenge for the busy clinician or administrator. This workshop will present a plain-language summary of selected scientific studies on the health of homeless people that have been published since January 1, 2022. The presentation will focus on scientific contributions in the following domains

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Oral Presentation 9: Trauma-Informed Sex Safety

Speakers: Meghan Miller: Director of Health Education, The Floating Hospital; Karen Hudson: Program Leader, Homeless Health Initiative, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Erica Pugh: Temple University Location Session Materials:  Download PowerPoint Presentation “Creation and evaluation of an intensive health education camp intervention for adolescents living in temporary housing” Download PowerPoint Presentation “Addressing Social, Healthcare and Occupational Justice

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PCI: Gender-Affirming Care 101 – Clinical Competencies

Gender-affirming care is a life-saving intervention, especially for gender-diverse individuals experiencing homelessness. This full-day training is intended for clinical providers who are new to gender-affirming health care and are seeking to gain foundational clinical competencies in hormone therapy (i.e. estrogen therapy, antiandrogen and testosterone therapy), surgical referrals, and gender-affirming primary care. Speakers include leading experts

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