This is a Call To Action for All Primary Care Providers: Do Better for Your Transgender Patients

Abstract

Background: Patients of all ages benefit from primary care. However, not everyone has equal access to primary care. Transgender patients often face a multitude of barriers to receiving basic healthcare. Purpose: Improve health outcomes for transgender patients, enlighten providers on significant disparities, and offer solutions to these disparities faced by transgender community in the healthcare setting and when receiving cancer screening. Methods: Literature review comprising results from Augsburg University Lindell Library databases, American Journal of Medicine, and Google Scholar. Conclusions: Everyone can do better for their transgender patients, but primary care providers should take extra care cultivating relationships with these patients. More research needs to be conducted collecting patient data, specifically sexual orientation and gender identity. Guidelines are not specific or not clear for cancer screening recommendations for transgender patients