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Using focus groups to inform a peer health navigator service for people who are transgender and gender diverse in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Source :
- Health Expectations; Apr2024, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p1-10, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: This study investigated healthcare access and quality for people who are transgender and gender‐diverse (PTGD) in Saskatchewan (SK), Canada, to inform a larger project that was piloting two peer health navigators for PTGD. Methods: Two online focus groups were held. Nineteen participants were recruited to represent a broad range in age, gender and location in SK. Transcripts of the focus groups were analyzed using a thematic approach. Results: The core theme that was identified was participants' desire for culturally safe healthcare. This core theme had two component themes: (1) systemic healthcare factors and (2) individual healthcare provider (HCP) factors. The healthcare system primarily acted as a barrier to culturally safe healthcare. HCPs could be either barriers or facilitators of culturally safe care; however, negative experiences outweighed positive ones. Conclusions: PTGD in SK face discrimination, with delays and barriers to care at all levels of the healthcare system. Peer health navigators can address some of these discrepancies; however, greater support is required for PTGD to be able to access culturally safe healthcare. Patient or Public Contribution: People with lived experience/PTGD were involved in all stages of this project. They were included on the team as community researchers and co‐developed the research project, conducted the focus groups, participated in the analyses and are co‐authors. As well, both navigators and all the participants in the focus groups were also PTGD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENDER-nonconforming people
HEALTH services accessibility
CULTURAL identity
MEDICAL quality control
QUALITATIVE research
FOCUS groups
RESEARCH funding
TRANSGENDER people
MEDICAL care
LGBTQ+ people
INTERVIEWING
GENDER affirming care
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PATIENT-centered care
EXPERIENCE
THEMATIC analysis
RESEARCH methodology
COMPARATIVE studies
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
QUALITY assurance
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
TRANSCULTURAL medical care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13696513
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Expectations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176869858
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14022