Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border.
Purpose: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face substantial barriers to health equity, which are magnified for TGD persons of color and those living in medically underserved areas. This article presents the development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program for TGD...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Transgender Health Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 1297 - 1311 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct-Dec2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189009420&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 189009420 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 26895269 MBE5 jtl: International Journal of Transgender Health issn: 26895269 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct-Dec2025 vid: 26 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 189009420 180948216 189009420 189009420 10.1080/26895269.2024.2429496 189009420 ppf: 1297 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border. aug: au: Merritt, Brooke Loza, Oralia Lara, Patricia Medlin, Christopher G. Tiscareno, Andi affil: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA sug: subj: Education, Interdisciplinary Health Education Transgender Persons Education Gender-Nonconforming Persons Education Medically Underserved Area Program Development Healthcare Disparities United States Healthcare Disparities Mexico Human United States Mexico Funding Source Male Female Adult Pilot Studies Students, Graduate Convenience Sample Snowball Sample Surveys Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Thematic Analysis Gender Affirming Care Socioeconomic Factors Communities Needs Assessment Health Inequities Health Services Accessibility Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Purpose: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face substantial barriers to health equity, which are magnified for TGD persons of color and those living in medically underserved areas. This article presents the development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program for TGD individuals in an underserved U.S./Mexico border community. Feasibility of the initiative and challenges of implementing such a program are discussed. Method: A health education program was developed and piloted through a collaboration between The University of Texas at El Paso and a community partner, Borderland Rainbow Center. The program trained graduate students from various health sciences to educate TGD community members, along with their friends, families, and allies, on gender-affirming care and resources. The program took place in El Paso, TX and southern NM, USA between March and October, 2023. Results: Examples of quantitative and qualitative data that were collected from this pilot program are provided. We present descriptive statistics of pre- versus post-survey data as a demonstration of feasibility and as an example of how such data may be structured in future studies that aim to incorporate more robust statistical analysis. Conclusion: The details of the program's conceptualization and implementation can serve as a model for developing targeted health education interventions for TGD populations in diverse geographic and sociocultural settings. These interventions are critical as they address both community needs and student education to combat health inequities faced by underrepresented or marginalized groups. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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