Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify evidence available in the literature on instruments and methodologies used to assess healthcare professionals’ knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population. Methods: a scoping review was conducted in seven databases, including studies that answered the...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Fachetti Xavier de Almeida, Cremilson de Paula Silva, Ricardo Souza Evangelista Sant’Ana, Ruan Nilton Rodrigues Melo
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2024-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Cremilson de Paula Silva
Ricardo Souza Evangelista Sant’Ana
Ruan Nilton Rodrigues Melo
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description ABSTRACT Objective: to identify evidence available in the literature on instruments and methodologies used to assess healthcare professionals’ knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population. Methods: a scoping review was conducted in seven databases, including studies that answered the question: what is the healthcare professionals’ level of knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population? Results: forty-one articles were selected that dealt specifically with healthcare professionals’knowledge in relation to care for the LGBTQIAPN+ population, especially the transgender population. Eighteen studies assessed patients’ perceptions of professionals’knowledge, whereas other studies used their own assessment tools, considering the global context of LGBTQIAPN+ health. Conclusions: there is no tested and validated instrument that assesses the knowledge about the transgender population’s oncological health, highlighting the need to construct and validate an instrument focused on this population’s needs.
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spelling doaj-art-20f01897e14d4d44b52a83b292885cf12025-08-20T02:38:45ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462024-11-0177suppl 310.1590/0034-7167-2023-0532Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping reviewFernanda Fachetti Xavier de Almeidahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8287-9773Cremilson de Paula Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3617-7468Ricardo Souza Evangelista Sant’Anahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-4362Ruan Nilton Rodrigues Melohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5534-3313ABSTRACT Objective: to identify evidence available in the literature on instruments and methodologies used to assess healthcare professionals’ knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population. Methods: a scoping review was conducted in seven databases, including studies that answered the question: what is the healthcare professionals’ level of knowledge about cancer care for the transgender population? Results: forty-one articles were selected that dealt specifically with healthcare professionals’knowledge in relation to care for the LGBTQIAPN+ population, especially the transgender population. Eighteen studies assessed patients’ perceptions of professionals’knowledge, whereas other studies used their own assessment tools, considering the global context of LGBTQIAPN+ health. Conclusions: there is no tested and validated instrument that assesses the knowledge about the transgender population’s oncological health, highlighting the need to construct and validate an instrument focused on this population’s needs.http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672024000400303&lng=en&tlng=enTransgender PeopleHealth Services for Transgender PeopleNeoplasmsOncologyProfessional Training
spellingShingle Fernanda Fachetti Xavier de Almeida
Cremilson de Paula Silva
Ricardo Souza Evangelista Sant’Ana
Ruan Nilton Rodrigues Melo
Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Transgender People
Health Services for Transgender People
Neoplasms
Oncology
Professional Training
title Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
title_full Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
title_fullStr Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
title_short Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review
title_sort assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people a scoping review
topic Transgender People
Health Services for Transgender People
Neoplasms
Oncology
Professional Training
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