APTN’s Towards Transformative Healthcare: Asia Pacific Trans Health and Rights Module is an introductory resource on trans competent and gender-affirming healthcare for medical professionals and other healthcare workers in Asia and the Pacific, particularly those in primary care including community-based health services.
Through a self-paced and interactive course, the Toward Transformative Healthcare Module (TTHM) will increase healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills on providing trans clinical and culturally competent care. There are 12 topics, covering everything from gender diversity across the region, to tips on how to create an affirming and welcoming environment for trans patients, to specific healthcare considerations for trans individuals related to mental health, sexual and reproductive health, gender-affirming care, and more.
In creating a module that specifically addresses the Asia and Pacific region, we are able to highlight important nuances and create a resource that provides culturally sensitive and thoughtful healthcare that can be applied throughout the region. This Module departs from pathologising healthcare models, and moves towards transformative, community-centered, rights-based healthcare, while recognising the diverse range of laws, medicine, and resources that are available in the region.
Course Curriculum
Topic 1: Terminology
Topic 2: Minority stress and mental health and wellbeing
Topic 3: Depathologization, Informed Consent and Gender-affirming Healthcare Models
Topic 4: Creating an affirming and inclusive environment
Topic 5: General Prevention and Screening
Topic 6: Sexual and reproductive health
Topic 7: HIV prevention, care, and treatment
Topic 8: Gender-affirming hormones
Topic 9: Other non-surgical forms of gender-affirming healthcare
Topic 10: Gender-affirming healthcare using surgery
Topic 11: Supporting gender diverse children and young people
Topic 12: Advocating for the health and human rights of trans people
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