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- Title
Comfort Providing Gender-Affirming Care and Preferences for Consultative Support Among Rural Pediatric Primary Care Providers.
- Authors
Sequeira, Gina M.; Kidd, Kacie M.; Slekar, Alana; Kahn, Nicole F.; Costello, Lisa M.; Negrin, Isabela; Huzurbazar, Snehalata; Narumanchi, Janani
- Abstract
Objective: To examine how specialist-to-pediatric primary care provider (PPCP) consultative support may impact PPCP comfort in providing gender-affirming care. Methods: PPCPs in West Virginia completed an electronic survey. T-tests compared comfort providing gender-affirming care and rank-sum tests compared the practicality of four consultative support modalities by time in practice and specialty. Results: Of 51 participants, 47.1% had been in practice for <10 years and 59.6% were trained in pediatrics. PPCPs with <10 years in practice and those trained in pediatrics were more comfortable providing gender-affirming care than those in practice >10 years and those trained in family medicine. PPCPs felt that telemedicine was more practical than tele-education, although they reported all consultative support modalities would increase comfort providing this care. Conclusions: Access to consultative support can increase PPCP comfort providing gender-affirming care, although certain modalities may be more effective for PPCPs with varying levels of experience and specialty training.
- Subjects
WEST Virginia; GENDER affirming care; PRIMARY care; PEDIATRIC therapy; FAMILY medicine; TELEMEDICINE
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 6, pe1798
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2023.0537