Kumanani ndi FOLX, TeleHealth Platform Yopangidwa ndi Queer People for Queer People

Zamkati

• FOLX ndi chiyani?
• Kodi Opereka Telehealth Ena Sapereka Izi?
• Opereka Thandizo la Zaumoyo la FOLX Sali Ngati Madokotala Ena
• Zomwe Zina Zimapangitsa FOLX Kukhala Yapadera?
• Kodi Mungalembetse Bwanji FOLX?
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Zoona zake: Ambiri mwa opereka chithandizo chamankhwala samalandira maphunziro a LGBTQ, choncho sangathe kupereka chisamaliro chophatikiza LGBTQ. Kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi magulu olimbikitsa akuwonetsa kuti 56 peresenti ya anthu a LGBTQ amasalidwa akamafuna chithandizo chamankhwala, ndipo choyipa kwambiri, opitilira 20% akuti akukumana ndi chilankhulo chankhanza kapena kukhudzana kosayenera m'malo azachipatala. Ziwerengerozi ndizokwera kwambiri kwa anthu wamba a BIPOC, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Center for American Progress.

Ziwerengero zachisonizi zili ndi tanthauzo lalikulu pa thanzi lathupi ndi m'maganizo komanso kukhala ndi moyo wautali kwa anthu ammudzi - ndipo sachita chilichonse kuti athetse chiopsezo chowonjezeka cha anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha zinthu monga kudzipha, kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, matenda opatsirana pogonana, nkhawa ndi kupsinjika maganizo, mtima matenda, ndi khansa.

Ichi ndichifukwa chake kukhazikitsidwa kwa omwe amapereka chithandizo chazaumoyo omwe amamangidwa ndi anthu osawoneka bwino, ndikofunikira kwambiri. Kuyambitsa: FOLX.

FOLX ndi chiyani?

"FOLX ndiye nsanja yoyamba ya digito ya LGBTQIA padziko lonse lapansi," akutero AG Breitenstein, woyambitsa ndi CEO wa FOLX, yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi. Ganizirani za FOLX ngati OneMedical pagulu lachifumu.

FOLX si wosamalira wamkulu. Chifukwa chake, si omwe mungapiteko ngati muli ndi zilonda zapakhosi kapena mukuganiza kuti mutha kukhala ndi COVID-19. M'malo mwake, amapereka chisamaliro pazipilala zitatu zofunika za thanzi: kudziwika, kugonana, ndi banja. "FOLX ndi omwe mungapiteko kuti mukalandire chithandizo chosinthira mahomoni, chisamaliro chaumoyo komanso thanzi, komanso kukuthandizani pakukhazikitsa mabanja," akufotokoza motero Breitenstein. (Zokhudzana: Glossary of All LGBTQ + Terms Allies Should Know)

FOLX imapereka kuyezetsa ndi chithandizo chamankhwala kunyumba chithandizo.

Ntchito zamakampanizi zimapezeka kwa aliyense wazaka zopitilira 18 yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi LGBTQ + ndipo akufuna kulandira chithandizo chazakugonana, kudziwika, komanso chisamaliro cham'banja ndi wovomereza wotsimikizira. (Breitenstein amanenanso kuti pamapeto pake, FOLX ikufuna kupereka chithandizo chothandizira ana ndi chitsogozo ndi chilolezo cha makolo.) Ntchito zimaperekedwa kudzera pa kanema kapena pa intaneti, kutengera komwe mukukhala komanso malamulo aboma lanu. Izi ndizodziwika chifukwa zimapatsa anthu a LGBTQ mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala cha LGBTQ, ngakhale atakhala kwinakwake ayi kotero kuvomereza.

Kodi Opereka Telehealth Ena Sapereka Izi?

Palibe mwazinthu zachipatala za FOLX zomwe zili zatsopano kudziko lamankhwala. Koma, chomwe chimasiyanitsa FOLX ndikuti odwala amatha chitsimikizo kuti adzasamaliridwa ndi omwe akutsimikizira, ndipo atha kukhulupirira kuti zithunzi zilizonse kapena zidziwitso zolembedwa (taganizirani: timapepala, zojambulajambula, ndi zida zotsatsa) zomwe amawona akamagwira ntchito ndi woperekayo akuphatikizira.

Kuphatikiza apo, momwe FOLX imaperekera chisamaliro chawo ndi yosiyana: Makampani azachipatala achikhalidwe, mwachitsanzo, akhala akupereka kwa ogula, zida zoyeserera za STD kunyumba kwazaka zingapo tsopano. Koma FOLX imakuthandizani kudziwa kuti ndi mtundu wanji woyezetsa womwe uli woyenera kwa inu potengera zomwe mumachita pogonana. / kapena kumatako swab - chopereka zina zambiri kunyumba STD zida amachita ayi kupereka. (Zokhudzana: Inde, Matenda Opatsirana Pakamwa Ndi Chinthu: Izi Ndi Zomwe Muyenera Kudziwa)

Mofananamo, ntchito za telehealth monga The Pill Club ndi Nurx zonse zathandizira kusintha njira zolerera popereka mwayi wapaintaneti ndi akatswiri azachipatala omwe amatha kulemba njira zolerera komanso kupereka njira zakulera pakhomo panu pomwe. Chomwe chimapangitsa FOLX kukhala chapadera ndichakuti odwala osagwiritsa ntchito mabakiteriya omwe amafuna kupewa kutenga mimba amatha kulandira chithandizo chimenecho, podziwa kuti sangakumane maso ndi maso ndi dokotala yemwe sakudziwa momwe angayankhire kapena chilankhulo chawo, kutsatsa, kapena zithunzi. (Nkhani yabwino kwambiri: Ngakhale kuti FOLX ndi nsanja yokhayo yomwe yadzipereka kwambiri kuti ithandize gulu la LGBTQ+, si okhawo omwe akugwira ntchito kuti apereke chithandizo chophatikizana. Wothandizira wina woletsa kubereka pa intaneti, SimpleHealth, tangoyambitsa njira zina zochiritsira pamodzi ndi zolondola za jenda. Magulu odziwika ndi matchulidwe aamuna a pre-HRT omwe akufuna kupitiliza kapena kuyambitsa kulera.)

Nurx, Plush Care, ndi The Prep Hub zimakulolani kugula PrEP pa intaneti. Ndipo pamene malo enawa amagwira ntchito yabwino kwambiri kuti PrEP ipezeke kwa amuna ndi akazi onse (osati amuna a cisgender okha!), FOLX imalola okonda zosangalatsa kupeza PrEP kudzera mwa wothandizira yemweyo kuti akupeza njira zolerera ndi matenda opatsirana pogonana, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta. kuti anthu akhale pamwamba pa thanzi lawo logonana.

Opereka Thandizo la Zaumoyo la FOLX Sali Ngati Madokotala Ena

FOLX yaganiziranso za ubale wa odwala ndi azachipatala. Mosiyana ndi othandizira ena omwe cholinga chawo chachikulu ndikuwunika odwala, "choyambirira pa FOLX ndikupereka chithandizo chamankhwala chomwe chimakuthandizani kuti mukhale ndani, kukondwerera kuti ndinu ndani, ndikuthandizani kukwaniritsa zomwe zili zofunika kwa inu pankhani zogonana, jenda, komanso banja, " akufotokoza Breitenstein. (Chidziwitso: FOLX pakadali pano sikupereka chithandizo chilichonse chokhudzana ndi thanzi. Kwa wothandizira wa LGBTQ onani National Queer and Trans Therapists of Colour Network, The Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists, and Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.)

Kodi FOLX imapereka bwanji chisamaliro "chokondwerera", chimodzimodzi? "Popereka njira zabwino zonse zachipatala (zabwino, zodziwika bwino, zodziwa zoopsa), koma m'malo opanda tsankho, opanda manyazi," iwo akutero. Ndipo chifukwa opereka FOLX onse amaphunzitsidwa zonse Kulowa m'malo ndi thanzi labwino, odwala akhoza kudalira kuti akupeza chisamaliro chokwanira. (Zachisoni, izi sizachizolowezi - kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti 53% yokha ya madokotala akuti amakhala ndi chidaliro pakudziwa zosowa zawo za odwala a LGB.)

Luntha la mawonekedwe a FOLX limawonekera kwambiri mukaganizira momwe zimawonekera kwa odwala omwe akufuna kupeza mahomoni ovomerezeka ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. FOLX amachita ayi gwirani ntchito ndi mlonda wa pachipata (momwe anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi HRT amafunikira kuti atumizidwe kalata kuchokera kwa othandizira azaumoyo) zomwe ndizofala m'malo ambiri, akufotokoza a Kate Steinle, NP, wamkulu wazachipatala ku FOLX komanso wamkulu wakale wa trans / non- chisamaliro chapadera pa Planned Parenthood. M'malo mwake, "FOLX imagwira ntchito potengera chilolezo chodziwitsidwa," akutero Steinle.

Izi ndi zomwe zimawoneka ngati: Ngati wodwala ali ndi chidwi ndi mahomoni omwe amatsimikizira kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, amawonetsa momwe amafunira odwala, komanso amagawana momwe angasinthire. "Wothandizira FOLX adzapatsa wodwalayo chidziwitso ndikumulangiza za kuchuluka kwa mahomoni oyambira kutengera izi," akutero Steinle. Woperekayo awonetsetsanso kuti wodwalayo amvetsetsa "chiwopsezo chokhudzana ndi mtunduwo wamankhwala, ndikuthandizira wodwalayo kuzindikira ngati akumva bwino kapena ayi," akutero. Akakhala patsamba lomwelo, wopereka FOLX ndiye amalembera mahomoni. Ndi FOLX, ndizowongoka kwenikweni.

"FOLX siwona HRT ngati chinthu chomwe chimakonza odwala kapena kuchiza matenda," akutero Steinle. "FOLX amaganiza kuti ndichinthu chomwe chimapatsa anthu mwayi wodziyimira pawokha, chisangalalo, komanso njira yakudziwira dziko lomwe mukufuna kukhalamo."

Zomwe Zina Zimapangitsa FOLX Kukhala Yapadera?

Mosiyana ndi nsanja zina zambiri za telemedicine, mukangofananizidwa ndi wothandizira, munthu ameneyo ndiye amene akukupatsani! Kutanthauza kuti, simukuyenera kuti muyambe nthawi iliyonse yomwe mwaikidwa kuti mufotokozere za Zinthu Zanu Zonse kwa wina watsopano. "Odwala amatha kupanga ubale wokhalitsa komanso wokhazikika ndi wodwala," akutero Breitenstein.

Kuphatikiza apo, FOLX amachita (!) Osati (!) Amafuna (!) Inshuwaransi. M'malo mwake, amasamalira dongosolo lolembetsa, lomwe limayamba pa $ 59 pamwezi. "Ndi dongosolo limenelo, mumapeza mwayi wopanda malire kwa wothandizira zaumoyo wanu mwanjira iliyonse yomwe mungakonde," akufotokoza motero. Mumalandiranso ma lab ndi zofunikira zilizonse zomwe mungatumize ku pharmacy yomwe mwasankha. Kuti muwonjezere ndalama, zomwe zimasiyana malinga ndi mankhwala ndi mlingo, mutha kutumizira mankhwala ndi ma lab kunyumba kwanu.

"FOLX imakhalanso ndi njira yotumizira opereka chithandizo chamankhwala omwe amaphatikizapo opereka opaleshoni omwe amapereka opaleshoni yapamwamba [njira ya opaleshoni yochotsa minofu ya m'mawere], kusintha mawu, ntchito zochotsa tsitsi, ndi zina zotero," akutero Steinle. Chifukwa chake ngati mukuyang'ana ntchito zina zazaumoyo ndipo mukufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti mukusankha omwe akuphatikiza LGBTQ, FOLX itha kuthandizira. Patapita masiku akuchoka pa Google ndikudutsa zala zanu! (Zokhudzana: Ndine Wakuda, Queer, ndi Polyamorous: Chifukwa Chiyani Izi Zili Zofunika kwa Madokotala Anga?)

Kodi Mungalembetse Bwanji FOLX?

Yambani ndikupita patsamba lawo. Kumeneko, mudzatha kudziwa zambiri zamankhwala omwe amaperekedwa. Ndipo ngati mwaganiza zopita patsogolo, ndipamene mudzapereke fomu yolandirira odwala.

Steinle akufotokoza kuti: "Mafunso omwe mudzafunsidwe pa fomu yolembera ndi mafunso okhawo omwe tikufunikira kudziwa mayankho ake kuti tithandizidwe bwino." "Timayambitsa funso lililonse lomwe tingafunse lokhudza thupi lanu, zizolowezi zogonana, komanso kudziwika kwanu ndikudziwitsa za chifukwa chomwe tikufunsira izi." Pankhani ya wodwala yemwe akufuna HRT, mwachitsanzo, FOLX ikhoza kukufunsani ngati muli ndi mazira, koma osati chifukwa chakuti wothandizira akungofuna kudziwa, ndi chifukwa chakuti wothandizira ayenera kudziwa chidziwitsocho kuti akhale ndi chithunzi chokwanira cha mahomoni omwe thupi limatulutsa. akupanga, akufotokoza. Momwemonso, ngati muli ndi chidwi choyezetsa matenda opatsirana pogonana mutha kufunsidwa ngati kugonana kumatako kumawonekera m'moyo wanu wogonana kotero kuti wopereka chithandizo atha kusankha ngati gulu la matenda opatsirana pogonana kunyumba likumveka kwa inu. Mukatumiza fomu yanu yodyera, mudzapeza mwayi wokumana ndi madokotala abwino. Kaya "msonkhano"wu umachitika kudzera pa kanema kapena mawu, zimatengera zomwe mumakonda komanso zomwe boma likufuna.

Kuchokera pamenepo, mupeza chisamaliro chodziwika bwino chomwe muyenera - ndizosavuta. Chomvetsa chisoni n'chakuti zikanakhala zosavuta nthawi zonse.

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