Transgender: speaking out for better care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- City voices
- Author(s):
- Chantarat, Tongtan, author Freij, Maysoun, author Realmuto, Lindsey, author Abbott, Sharon A., author Green, Dona, author Weiss, Linda, author
- Contributor(s):
- New York Academy of Medicine, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, N.Y., : New York Academy of Medicine, October 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Services for Transgender Persons -- supply & distribution Health Services Needs and Demand Quality of Health Care Transgender Persons Health Promotion Health Services Accessibility HIV Infections Insurance Coverage Interviews as Topic Mental Health Services Needs Assessment Humans New York City United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2014, The New York Academy of Medicine and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation conducted an extensive community needs assessment (CNA) for several large hospital systems and their partners in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. The CNA findings will inform health care reform efforts and assist hospital systems, community organizations, and policymakers who are working to have a positive impact on the health and well-being of low and middle income New Yorkers. This data brief is part of a series--City Voices: New Yorkers on Health--developed by the Academy to give a voice to the health needs of people in the city who are oftentimes invisible or unheard. "Transgender: Speaking Out for Better Health" does this by highlighting informative personal experiences from key informant interviews with LGBT service providers and two focus groups with transgender New Yorkers about their health needs, access to health services, and resources that promote good health. Participants called for more physicians and other health care providers who were more sensitive and knowledgeable about transgender health care needs, better access and coverage for transgender care, more extensive health education efforts about HIV/AIDS, and better behavioral health services.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101671539 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101671539