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Invited: Jennifer Shields

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Plenary Room
Sunday, September 8, 2024
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Plenary Room Auditorium

Overview

Making your physio practice accessible for gender diversity


Speaker

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Jennifer Shields
Qtopia | PATHA

Making your physio practice accessible for gender diversity

Presentation Abstract

Aotearoa's trans and non-binary communities face additional barriers to accessing healthcare, and have additional physical and mental health needs that often aren't equitably met by the healthcare system. In this workshop, learn about these barriers to accessing care, what they might mean for physiotherapy, and ways we can reduce those barriers to care and contribute to trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa living excellent lives. This session will briefly cover background and context, touch on language and terminology, and look at practical tools and tips we can put into practice to improve the quality of the lives our clients live.

Biography

Jennifer Shields (she/they) is Healthcare Lead at Qtopia and President of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa. She has been involved in community and transgender health advocacy for the last decade, was an author on Aotearoa's Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Guidelines, and is currently leading national training programme for Aotearoa's primary care workforce around gender diversity and gender affirming care. Jen is thrilled to be doing this mahi, because she's seen what a difference accessible care can make in people's lives.
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