2020
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0501.20
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Providing Transgender Patient Care: Athletic Trainers' Compassion and Lack of Preparedness

Abstract: Context: Previous research indicates athletic trainers have a favorable view of treating transgender patients, yet do not feel competent in their patient care knowledge or abilities. Objective: To gain more depth of information about athletic trainers' knowledge and experiences regarding the health care needs of transgender student-athletes. Design: Sequential, explanatory mixed methods. Setting: Individual, semi-structured follow-up interviews. … Show more

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“…64,65 professional athletic training program curricula expansion related to gender minority patients have been found in the literature involve asking for a patient's pronouns, fostering a safe environment in the health care facility, listening to the patient, making shared decisions, maintaining patient privacy, using inclusive language, avoid homonegativity and heteronormativity, awareness of mental health needs, and being knowledgeable about local resources for inclusive health care providers. 31,33,34,69,70 Specifically for transgender patients, it is essential that professional athletic training curricula additionally incorporate the definition of transgender, misconceptions about advantages in sport, sport participation policies, health care disparities, barriers to care, gender-affirming language, preventative health care needs, mental health needs including gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, and the long-term effects of various interventions. 31,34,39,69 When students are learning about health risks faced by the transgender population, they need to understand that an underlying cause of the health risks is not necessarily being transgender, but living as a transgender person in a homophobic society.…”
Section: Patient-centered Carementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…64,65 professional athletic training program curricula expansion related to gender minority patients have been found in the literature involve asking for a patient's pronouns, fostering a safe environment in the health care facility, listening to the patient, making shared decisions, maintaining patient privacy, using inclusive language, avoid homonegativity and heteronormativity, awareness of mental health needs, and being knowledgeable about local resources for inclusive health care providers. 31,33,34,69,70 Specifically for transgender patients, it is essential that professional athletic training curricula additionally incorporate the definition of transgender, misconceptions about advantages in sport, sport participation policies, health care disparities, barriers to care, gender-affirming language, preventative health care needs, mental health needs including gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, and the long-term effects of various interventions. 31,34,39,69 When students are learning about health risks faced by the transgender population, they need to understand that an underlying cause of the health risks is not necessarily being transgender, but living as a transgender person in a homophobic society.…”
Section: Patient-centered Carementioning
confidence: 99%
“…31,33,34,69,70 Specifically for transgender patients, it is essential that professional athletic training curricula additionally incorporate the definition of transgender, misconceptions about advantages in sport, sport participation policies, health care disparities, barriers to care, gender-affirming language, preventative health care needs, mental health needs including gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, and the long-term effects of various interventions. 31,34,39,69 When students are learning about health risks faced by the transgender population, they need to understand that an underlying cause of the health risks is not necessarily being transgender, but living as a transgender person in a homophobic society. 71 We suggest that PDs use the literature to guide how and what gender minority and transgender health care content to add to their curricula.…”
Section: Patient-centered Carementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The included research articles were classified into five mutually exclusive primary focus areas during the data extraction phase: (1) access to and participation in sports , (2) access to SEM care , (3) health-related outcomes in SEM , (4) study methodology and (5) provider representation in SEM (table 1, online supplemental table S4). Most included studies were related to access to and participation in sports (n=45, 44%),17–61 followed by access to SEM care (n=28, 27%),62–89 health-related outcomes in SEM (n=24, 23%),90–113 provider representation in SEM (n=5, 5%)114–118 and methodology (n=1, 1%) 119…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies demonstrate athletic trainers do not perceive themselves as competent in their patient care knowledge or abilities with transgender athletes (Eberman et al, 2021). Additionally, research suggests athletic trainers have a more challenging time providing patientcentered care for transgender student-athletes (Nye et al, 2019).…”
Section: Point Three (Safety): National Collegiate Athletic Associati...mentioning
confidence: 99%