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Descriptor English: Gender-Affirming Care
Descriptor Spanish: Atención de Afirmación de Género
Descriptor atención de afirmación de género
Entry term(s) asistencia sanitaria de afirmación de género
atención de confirmación de género
cuidados de afirmación de género
Scope note: Asistencia sanitaria de apoyo, que consta de servicios médicos, quirúrgicos, de salud mental y no médicos para PERSONAS TRANSGÉNERO y PERSONAS DE GÉNERO NO CONFORME. Las prácticas médicas y psicosociales de atención sanitaria de afirmación de género pueden reducir las tasas de resultados adversos de salud mental, desarrollar la AUTOESTIMA y mejorar la CALIDAD DE VIDA general para los jóvenes transgénero y de género diverso. (Traducción libre del original: https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022 -03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf).
Descriptor Portuguese: Assistência à Saúde Afirmativa de Gênero
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Care, Gender-Affirmative
Care, Gender-Affirming
Care, Gender-Confirming
Gender Affirmative Care
Gender Affirming Care
Gender Affirming Healthcare
Gender Confirming Care
Gender-Affirmative Care
Gender-Affirmative Cares
Gender-Affirming Cares
Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Gender-Affirming Healthcares
Gender-Confirming Care
Gender-Confirming Cares
Healthcare, Gender-Affirming
Tree number(s): N04.590.374.268
N05.300.361
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000097962
Scope note: A supportive healthcare, consisting of medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services for TRANSGENDER PERSONS and GENDER-NONCONFORMING PERSONS. Medical and psychosocial gender affirming healthcare practices may lower rates of adverse mental health outcomes, build SELF ESTEEM, and improve overall QUALITY OF LIFE for transgender and gender diverse youth (https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Transgender Persons (2016-2023)
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
DeCS ID: 60708
Unique ID: D000097962
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Gender-Affirming Care - Preferred
Concept UI M000764845
Scope note A supportive healthcare, consisting of medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services for TRANSGENDER PERSONS and GENDER-NONCONFORMING PERSONS. Medical and psychosocial gender affirming healthcare practices may lower rates of adverse mental health outcomes, build SELF ESTEEM, and improve overall QUALITY OF LIFE for transgender and gender diverse youth (https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf).
Preferred term Gender-Affirming Care
Entry term(s) Care, Gender-Affirmative
Care, Gender-Affirming
Care, Gender-Confirming
Gender Affirmative Care
Gender Affirming Care
Gender Affirming Healthcare
Gender Confirming Care
Gender-Affirmative Care
Gender-Affirmative Cares
Gender-Affirming Cares
Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Gender-Affirming Healthcares
Gender-Confirming Care
Gender-Confirming Cares
Healthcare, Gender-Affirming



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