"A quality of heart, of presence, and of really caring": toward affirmative intersex health communication in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This qualitative research study aimed to better understand and help improve the Canadian context for health communication with intersex adults by centering the voices of those directly involved and impacted.

Methods

We conducted 22 semi-structured interviews with intersex individuals (14) and healthcare practitioners (HCPs, 8) from diverse areas of care. Interviews were analyzed via template thematic analysis and filtered through a conceptual lens that brought together agency-based and social-ecological models of health communication.

Results

Findings produced three interlocking axes for change: HCP skills and approaches, structural access to care, and norms and discourses. Participant accounts depict a landscape for intersex health communication where pr

SUBMITTER: Knoppers T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743699 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature