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Topic of Article: This article is about transgendered people and the challenges of receiving healthcare.

Title: Transgender people face challenges for adequate healthcare study finds.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/17/transgender-people-face-challenges-for-adequate-health-care-study-finds.html

Healthcare is services that are provided to maintain, restore, or improve physical and mental health. To be denied these services because of one’s gender identity or lifestyle is baffling. Everyone should have access to healthcare. Healthcare is a right not a privilege. So one might ask these questions “Why are transgender people having such a hard time obtaining healthcare?” They are having such a hard time because of

It is also about how laws and policies denying gender recognition making healthcare even more challenging. The important facts from this article support how being denied healthcare effects the health of transgender people.

Fact 1 “Transgender people suffer from a higher rate of depression- up to 60% due to stigma, discrimination, and abuse.”(Lih Yi)

Fact 2 “Transgender people are drawn into promiscuous behaviors such as substance abuse, sex without protection, selling and abusing drugs to make money to care for themselves.”(Lih Yi)

Fact 3 “Transgender people are more likely to contract HIV and other STDs as a sex worker.”(Lih Yi)

Fact 4 Physical and mental health of the transgendered depends on the general population respecting that everyone including transgender people have a right to good

In this article there are a number of things a social worker can focus on to ensure that all the healthcare needs of the transgendered are met. It is the job of the social worker to provide support and resources. The social worker can work on changing the policies to include transgender people in healthcare coverage and including transgendered services such as hormonal therapy, operations, and wellness visits. Transgendered people have to pay for services out of pocket because there is no healthcare coverage for them. Counseling services, advocating for legislation to provide equal rights, and working on laws would ensure rights in receiving affordable adequate healthcare. A social worker providing intervention is very important when dealing with transgendered people. Interventions such as mental health services and family support services would be a great deal of help to individuals who feel they have nowhere to