Ramirez Sheryl H, Berdida Daniel Joseph E
School of Nursing, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Manila, Philippines.
School of Nursing, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Manila, Philippines; Department of Nursing, North Private College of Nursing, Arar City, Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia.
Nurs Outlook. 2025 May-Jun;73(3):102404. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102404. Epub 2025 Apr 18.
Nursing and allied health students' transgender and gender-diverse (TDG) perspectives are essential to creating relevant educational programs and a more inclusive healthcare system for all genders.
To investigate the associations of TGD knowledge and attitudes, gender sensitivity, gender role ideology towards patients, and gender role ideology towards health professions.
Cross-sectional, correlational design study participated by nursing and allied health students (n=610). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
TGD knowledge and attitudes were positively associated with gender sensitivity, gender role ideology towards patients, and health professions. Gender sensitivity mediated the indirect effects of TGD knowledge and attitudes on gender role ideology towards patients and health professions.
This study underscores the critical role of nursing and allied health students, their institutions, and instructors in fostering a positive knowledge, attitudes, sensitivity, and ideology towards people who are TGD to sustain gender equity.
护理及相关健康专业学生对跨性别和性别多样化(TDG)的看法对于创建相关教育项目以及为所有性别打造更具包容性的医疗保健系统至关重要。
调查跨性别和性别多样化知识与态度、性别敏感度、对患者的性别角色观念以及对健康职业的性别角色观念之间的关联。
护理及相关健康专业学生(n = 610)参与的横断面相关性设计研究。采用描述性和推断性统计分析数据。
跨性别和性别多样化知识与态度与性别敏感度、对患者的性别角色观念以及健康职业呈正相关。性别敏感度介导了跨性别和性别多样化知识与态度对患者和健康职业的性别角色观念的间接影响。
本研究强调了护理及相关健康专业学生、其所在机构和教师在培养对跨性别和性别多样化人群的积极知识、态度、敏感度和观念以维持性别平等方面的关键作用。