Talking, gawking, or getting it done: Provider trainings to increase cultural and clinical competence for transgender and gender-nonconforming patients and clients

Working with transgendered sex offenders: prison staff experiences

“…The present research also relates to previous research with staff working in a health-care setting and in some cases extends on earlier recommendations. The staff who participated in the research conducted by Lurie (2005) found that insight from transgendered individuals themselves would be invaluable to improving services and this was also recommended by Hanssmann et al (2008) in their evaluation of staff training. The present study found that staff were not only happy to gain insight from the transgendered offenders themselves, but would also turn to them to seek advice in times of uncertainty.…”

Development, Risk, and Resilience of Transgender Youth

“…Other issues such as gender fluidity, being intersex (see later in the text), or having intersecting identities testify to the complexity of gender identity; however, these concepts have received much less empirical attention and are poorly understood. Intersecting identities refers to gender in the context of race, class, religion, or geographical location (Hannsmann, Morrison, & Russian, 2008).…”

Exploring Staff Clinical Knowledge and Practice with LGBT Residents in Long-Term Care: A Grounded Theory of Cultural Competency and Training Needs

“…Transphobia refers to feelings of fear, aversion, or hostility directed toward transgender or gender-nonconforming individuals, typically by cisgender (non-transgender) individuals (Hanssmann, Morrison, & Russian, 2008). Fear of transphobic reactions from health care providers remains a significant barrier to transgender patients of all ages.…”

“…Follow-up on one such project revealed that two-thirds of participants took steps to educate themselves about older LGBT adults and take actions to improve the quality of care in health care and social services facilities (Anetzberger et al, 2004). In another program that focused on educating health care providers about transgender issues and health needs, participants proactively created their own action plans within their agencies to move toward a more culturally competent model of care that better served the needs of transgender and gendernonconforming people (Hanssmann et al, 2008). Although each of these studies has made a contribution toward understanding methods for increasing providers' ability to effectively work with LGBT residents, none of them has specifically focused on the LTC context.…”