TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain)
Transgender identities are still considered a psychiatric pathology in many countries according to the prevailing biomedical model. However, in recent years, this pathologizing vision has begun to shift towards a perspective that focuses on the diversity of transgender peoples’ experiences. However,...
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| author | Kevin Santander-Morillas Juan M. Leyva-Moral Marta Villar-Salgueiro Mariela Aguayo-González David Téllez-Velasco Nina Granel-Giménez Rebeca Gómez-Ibáñez |
| author_facet | Kevin Santander-Morillas Juan M. Leyva-Moral Marta Villar-Salgueiro Mariela Aguayo-González David Téllez-Velasco Nina Granel-Giménez Rebeca Gómez-Ibáñez |
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| description | Transgender identities are still considered a psychiatric pathology in many countries according to the prevailing biomedical model. However, in recent years, this pathologizing vision has begun to shift towards a perspective that focuses on the diversity of transgender peoples’ experiences. However, some transgender people still face denial of services, discrimination, harassment, and even violence by healthcare professionals, causing them to avoid seeking ongoing or preventive healthcare. This article describes the health experiences of transgender people in Barcelona regarding their access and use of non-specialized health services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using a descriptive phenomenological approach with sixteen transgender people between December 2018 and July 2019. The data were analyzed descriptively and thematically following the method proposed by Colaizzi with the help of the Atlas.ti8 software. Transgender people care experiences were divided into three categories: overcoming obstacles, training queries, and coping strategies. Participants identified negative experiences and difficulties with the health system due to healthcare providers’ lack of competence. Discriminatory, authoritarian, and paternalist behaviors are still present and hinder the therapeutic relationship, care, and access to healthcare services. There is a fundamental need for the depathologization of transgender reality and training for healthcare professionals in the field of sexual diversity. Training in sexual and gender diversity must be included in the curricula of university courses in the health sciences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0106aa7eddd45e0b41032c33897c3702022-12-22T02:48:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01178TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain)Kevin Santander-MorillasJuan M. Leyva-MoralMarta Villar-SalgueiroMariela Aguayo-GonzálezDavid Téllez-VelascoNina Granel-GiménezRebeca Gómez-IbáñezTransgender identities are still considered a psychiatric pathology in many countries according to the prevailing biomedical model. However, in recent years, this pathologizing vision has begun to shift towards a perspective that focuses on the diversity of transgender peoples’ experiences. However, some transgender people still face denial of services, discrimination, harassment, and even violence by healthcare professionals, causing them to avoid seeking ongoing or preventive healthcare. This article describes the health experiences of transgender people in Barcelona regarding their access and use of non-specialized health services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using a descriptive phenomenological approach with sixteen transgender people between December 2018 and July 2019. The data were analyzed descriptively and thematically following the method proposed by Colaizzi with the help of the Atlas.ti8 software. Transgender people care experiences were divided into three categories: overcoming obstacles, training queries, and coping strategies. Participants identified negative experiences and difficulties with the health system due to healthcare providers’ lack of competence. Discriminatory, authoritarian, and paternalist behaviors are still present and hinder the therapeutic relationship, care, and access to healthcare services. There is a fundamental need for the depathologization of transgender reality and training for healthcare professionals in the field of sexual diversity. Training in sexual and gender diversity must be included in the curricula of university courses in the health sciences.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348718/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Kevin Santander-Morillas Juan M. Leyva-Moral Marta Villar-Salgueiro Mariela Aguayo-González David Téllez-Velasco Nina Granel-Giménez Rebeca Gómez-Ibáñez TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) PLoS ONE |
| title | TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) |
| title_full | TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) |
| title_fullStr | TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) |
| title_full_unstemmed | TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) |
| title_short | TRANSALUD: A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in Barcelona (Spain) |
| title_sort | transalud a qualitative study of the healthcare experiences of transgender people in barcelona spain |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348718/?tool=EBI |
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