Online learning modules improve confidence in providing gender affirming care for youth.

Purpose: Healthcare providers often lack training and education in caring for gender diverse youth. We aimed to explore changes in provider confidence and behaviors following the implementation of an online learning course focused on gender affirming care for youth.

Methods: An asynchronous, online training consisting of 2 modules was made available in October 2021.

Desire for Gender-Affirming Medical Care Before Age 18 in Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults.

We aimed to understand transgender and nonbinary (TNB) young adults' desire to receive gender-affirming medical care (GAMC) before age 18 and identify barriers and facilitators to receiving this care in adolescence. A cross-sectional survey was administered to TNB young adults presenting for care between ages 18 and 20 in 2023. Descriptive statistics characterized the sample, χ tests with pairwise comparisons identified differences in desire for gender-affirming medications, outness, and parental consent by gender identity and sex assigned at birth, and -tests evaluated differences in barriers and facilitators to receiving care by outness to parents.

Caregiver perspectives on receiving gender-affirming care with their transgender and gender diverse adolescents via telemedicine.

Telemedicine may help improve access to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents. Parents or guardians (i.e.

Adolescent and Caregiver Perspectives on Receiving Gender-Affirming Care in Primary Care.

Background: Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) adolescents experience barriers to receiving gender-affirming care. Delivering services in the pediatric primary care setting may help facilitate improved access. With this study, we aimed to explore TGD adolescents' and caregivers' experiences receiving primary care services and their perspectives regarding gender-affirming care delivery in pediatric primary care.

Evaluating an Electronic Consultation Platform to Support Pediatric Primary Care Providers in Caring for Transgender and Nonbinary Adolescents.

An electronic consultation (e-consult) platform was implemented to support pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) in providing gender-affirming care to transgender and nonbinary (TNB) adolescents. Following implementation, a study was conducted to (1) explore how access to this e-consult platform impacts PCP confidence and referral patterns, (2) describe the content of questions, and (3) evaluate PCP's perspectives regarding platform usability. Following each submission, providers completed a 17-item survey.