Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Nursing Sciences

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Trans Bireylerin Sağlığı ve Hemşirenin Rolü
The Health of Trans Individuals and the Role of Nurse
Güven SONERa, Birsen ALTAYa
aHemşirelik Bölümü, Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği ABD, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Samsun, TÜRKİYE
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2019;11(3):331-8
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2018-63864
Article Language: TR
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ÖZET
 Biyolojik cinsiyeti hissettiği cinsiyetinden farklı olan kişileri tanımlamak için ?trans? kavramı kullanılmaktadır. Trans bireyler, çocuk yaşlardan itibaren cinsiyetlerine yönelik bir huzursuzluk yaşarlar ve bu durumu çeşitli şekillerde gösterirler. Çoğu trans birey, ergenlik dönemiyle birlikte bedenlerinde gözle görülür değişimler yaşayarak trans kimliğini doğrudan yansıtır. Bu durum, toplumda bir norm olarak kabul edilen erkek ve kadın kalıplarına uymadığı için bu bireyler, sosyal yaşamlarında çeşitli sorun ve ayrımcılık (etiketlenme, sözlü ve fiziksel saldırıya maruz kalma, toplumdan dışlanma ve iş bulmakta zorluk çekme vb.) ile karşı karşıya kalırlar. Trans bireylere yönelik bu olumsuz tutum ?transfobi? olarak adlandırılmaktadır. Transfobi sadece toplumda görülmekle kalmayıp kurumlarda da bulunabilmektedir. Hukuk, eğitim, ordu ve sağlık gibi kurumlarda var olan transfobi, trans bireyler için birçok ayrımcılığı doğurmaktadır. Özellikle sağlık alanında var olan transfobik tutumlar, bu kişileri sağlık hizmetlerine erişimden mahrum bırakabilmektedir. Bu olumsuz tutumlardan dolayı bireyler çoğu zaman sağlık haklarını kullanmaktan kaçınmaktadırlar. Bazı trans bireyler, cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluklarına, cinsiyet değişim ameliyatı ile son vermek isterler. Cinsiyet geçiş süreci de trans bireylerde büyük bir yük oluşturur. Cinsiyet geçiş süreci, içinde psikoterapi, hormon desteği ve cerrahi girişimi bulunduran ve birçok disiplinin birlikte çalışmasını gerektiren zor bir dönemdir. Hemşirelik literatüründe bu bireylerin sorunlarına, sağlıklarının korunup geliştirilmesine ve cinsiyet geçiş sürecinin bu bireylerdeki yüklerine değinen çok az çalışma mevcuttur. Bu çalışmada, hemşirelerin trans bireyler hakkında farkındalık sahibi olmalarının, onların sorunlarını bilmelerinin önemini vurgulamak ve bu sorunlara yönelik hemşirelik müdahalelerini açıklamak amaçlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Hemşirelik bakımı; sağlık; transseksüalizm
ABSTRACT
 The term ?transgender? is used to identify those who have a difference between their gender and their gender. Transgender individuals experience a state of discomfort towards their gender from a child?s age and display this situation in a variety of ways. Most transgender individuals reflect the trans identity directly with their adolescence, with significant changes in their bodies. Since these conditions do not conform to the male and female patterns accepted as a norm in society, these individuals face various problems and discrimination in their social lives. These include labeling, exposure to verbal and physical assaults, exclusion from society and difficulty in finding a job. This negative attitude towards trans people is called ?transphobia?. Transphobia is not only seen in the society but can also be found in institutions. The transphobia that exists in institutions such as law, education, army and health raises many discrimination for trans individuals. In particular, transphobic attitudes in the field of health may deprive them of access to health rights. Because of these negative attitudes, transgender individuals often avoid using health rights. Some transgender individuals want to end their gender dysphoria with sex reassignment surgery. The surgery process creates a huge burden on transgender individuals. Gender transition is a difficult period involving many disciplines, including psychotherapy, hormone support and surgical intervention. There are very few studies in the nursing literature that address the problems of these individuals, the protection and development of their health, and the burden of gender transition on these individuals. In this review, it is aimed to emphasize the importance of nurses to have awareness about trans people, to know their problems and to explain nursing interventions for these problems.

Keywords: Transsexualism; health; nursing care
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We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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