Healthcare and Social Services Providers Who Serve Sexual and Gender Minorities in a U.S.-Mexico Border City

Loza, Oralia; Alvarez, Carlos R.; Peralta-Torres, David

doi:10.1007/s10903-018-0688-7

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“…One barrier identified by transgender women in the TWIST Study was a lack of knowledge of resources for this population in El Paso. 10 To reduce barriers to healthcare and social services in the transgender community, local efforts have led to the first version of a referral list of self-identified LGBT-competent providers, including providers who are transgender friendly: “The Purple Pages of El Paso.” 37 This list is intended to be used by members of the LGBT community who seek services as well as by providers who need to refer their patients to other services. The referral list is hosted by the City of El Paso Department of Public Health website.…”

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“…Our referrals now come not only from the physicians but also from the community, including transgender support groups, friends, family members, and mental health providers. Recently, we have had self-referrals, as these individuals have heard about our services from The Purple Pages of El Paso 37 and via word of mouth. The increase in our referrals suggests that we are providing a service that is much needed in our underserved community.…”

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Developing Trans-Affirming Health Services in an Underserved Area: An Intersectional Approach

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Purpose: Gender-nonconforming patients are at higher risk for medical problems that require prompt medical and mental health intervention. Barriers to healthcare for transgender individuals have been well characterized in the literature, but not in low resource settings. The purpose of this paper is to present the barriers encountered when bringing healthcare to transgender children, adolescents, and adults in a medically underserved, predominantly Hispanic area of the United States.Methods: In this medically underserved area on the U.S.-Mexico border, there is a severe shortage of medical expertise for transgender individuals at both the primary- and specialty-care levels. Further, given the mainly Hispanic population, there is an additional culturally based barrier to obtaining medical care for transgender patients.Results: It is important for academic centers in these regions to collaborate to overcome these barriers through a multidisciplinary approach that includes providing education for medical students and physicians in training and identifying medical providers who are able and willing to provide transgender-competent care adapted to local culture and gender norms.Conclusion: In this manuscript, we will describe the efforts of various groups to address the needs of the transgender community in the region.

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“…Since data on SOGI are not collected in most health care or social services settings (Loza et al, 2018), there are no reliable estimates on the unique risk contexts, vulnerability, substance use trends, and barriers in utilization. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess substance use and sexual risk behaviors among sexual minority young adults in a predominately Hispanic setting in the U.S.-Mexico border city.…”

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Differences in Substance Use and Sexual Risk by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among University and Community Young Adults in a U.S.-Mexico Border City

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Ferreira-Pinto

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Ethnic and sexual minority young adults in El Paso, Texas, are at high risk for substance use, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). In 2014, a Hispanic-serving higher education institution partnered with two community-based organizations to implement integrated substance use interventions and HIV and HCV prevention among young adults on campus and in surrounding communities. Among the 95 young adults, aged 18–24 years, who responded to a needs assessment survey, 91.5% were Hispanic, 53.7% were female, and 27.4% were sexual or gender minorities (SGMs) as defined by behavior and identity. SGMs had significantly higher rates of current smoking, drinking when bored, and of being told they had a drinking problem. Compared with the other young adult survey respondents, SGMs had lower health risk perceptions for tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use and reported similar or higher rates of lifetime drug use during sex and higher rates of HIV risk behaviors. Study findings have implications for including measures for sexual orientation and gender identity in substance use studies, examining regional and cultural norms that may intersect to shape substance use among SGMs, and incorporating unique risk contexts for SGMs in interventions for substance use.

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Health disparities in access to health care for HIV infection, substance abuse, and mental health among Latino men who have sex with men in a U.S.–Mexico Border City

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Provencio-Vasquez

Mancera

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Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

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Healthcare and Social Services Providers Who Serve Sexual and Gender Minorities in a U.S.-Mexico Border City

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Developing Trans-Affirming Health Services in an Underserved Area: An Intersectional Approach

Developing Trans-Affirming Health Services in an Underserved Area: An Intersectional Approach

Differences in Substance Use and Sexual Risk by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among University and Community Young Adults in a U.S.-Mexico Border City

Health disparities in access to health care for HIV infection, substance abuse, and mental health among Latino men who have sex with men in a U.S.–Mexico Border City

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