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The Cisnormative Blindspot Explained: Healthcare Experiences of Trans Men and Non-Binary Persons and the Accessibility to Inclusive Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare: An integrative literature review
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Background: Trans men and non-binary persons assigned female at birth (AFAB) often encounter resistance and reluctance when it comes to tending to their healthcare needs. As a result of patriarchal based decision making and cis-heteronormativity ideologies, this population is routinely left out of representation in research, education, and healthcare. Exclusive language, microaggressions, and structural violence have resulted in a barrier in accessing inclusive care for trans men and non-binary persons, resulting in ignored reproductive desires, enduring ongoing pains, mental discomforts, or potential cancers in favour of avoiding a negative experience with unsupportive healthcare professionals.Aim: This integrative literature review aims to describe the experiences of trans men and (AFAB) non-binary persons in healthcare interactions and their sexual and reproductive healthcare needs.Methodology: This integrative literature review analyzed, synthesized, and reconceptualized 32 research papers through joint inductive and deductive analysis through a transfeminism and intersectionality lens.Results: Two broader concepts emerged with five sub-concepts which portrayed underlying barriers to care (primed with fear, self-advocacy, and call for competence) and internalized ideologies (pregnancy incompatibility and presumptive care).Conclusions: A multidisciplinary approach is essential to employ in the implementation efforts involving improved standards of care and achieving desired family planning. As this is not as linear as addressing a knowledge gap, but one of deeper set intrinsic ideologies, instruction on the necessary impact of continued education and peer learning in the context of in-group dynamics can help the efficiency of designated change agents within the health care systems themselves.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021.
Keywords [en]
fertility preservation, gender incongruence, inclusive health care, integrative literature review, sexual and reproductive health
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Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-37686OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-37686DiVA, id: diva2:1578933
Subject / course
Sexual Reproductive Perinatal Health
Available from: 2021-07-07 Created: 2021-07-07 Last updated: 2022-03-07

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