title: Comprehensive transgender healthcare: the gender affirming clinical and public health model of Fenway Health.
abstract: This report describes the evolution of a Boston community health center's multidisciplinary model of transgender healthcare, research, education, and dissemination of best practices. This process began with the development of a community-based approach to care that has been refined over almost 20 years where transgender patients have received tailored services through the Transgender Health Program. The program began as a response to unmet clinical needs and has grown through recognition that our local culturally responsive approach that links clinical care with biobehavioral and health services research, education, training, and advocacy promotes social justice and health equity for transgender people. Fenway Health's holistic public health efforts recognize the key role of gender affirmation in the care and well-being of transgender people worldwide.
authors.affiliation: The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA, 02215, USA, sreisner@fenwayhealth.org.
authors.forename: Sari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Reisner
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hopwood
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makadon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Todisco
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: VanDerwarker
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: Shayne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslow
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Boswell
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001900:Boston; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D063106:Transgender Persons