Dibana ne-FOLX, i-TeleHealth Platform eyenziwe ngabantu be-Queer for Queer People

Umxholo

• Yintoni i-FOLX?
• Ngaba abanye ababoneleli ngeTelehealth ababoneleli ngale nto?
• Ababoneleli bezeMpilo be-FOLX abafani nabanye ooGqirha
• Yintoni Enye Eyenza I-FOLX Yahluke?
• Ungabhalisela njani i-FOLX?
• Uphengululo lwe

Inyani: Uninzi lwababoneleli ngezempilo abalufumani uqeqesho lobuchule lwe-LGBTQ, kwaye ngenxa yoko abakwazi ukubonelela ngononophelo olubandakanya i-LGBTQ. Uphando olwenziwe ngamaqela abhengezayo lubonisa ukuba iipesenti ezingama-56 zabantu abakwi-LGBTQ bacalucalulwe ngelixa befuna unyango, kwaye okungaphezulu koko, ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-20 baxela ukujongana nolwimi oluqatha okanye ukunxibelelana okungafunekiyo kwezempilo. Ezi pesenti ziphakamileyo kubantu be-BIPOC, ngokutsho kovavanyo olwenziwe liZiko leNkqubela phambili yaseMelika.

Ezi zibalo zibuhlungu zinefuthe elibalulekileyo kwimpilo yomzimba nengqondo kunye nokuphila ixesha elide kwabantu ekuhlaleni-kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo abenzi nto ukulungisa umngcipheko wobuzaza ukwanda kwezinto kubandakanya ukuzibulala, ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweziyobisi, izifo ezosulela ngokwabelana ngesondo, uxinzelelo noxinzelelo, intliziyo isifo, kunye nomhlaza.

Yiyo loo nto ukumiliselwa komnikezeli weenkonzo zezempilo owakhelwe abantu abangamampunge, kubaluleke kakhulu. Ukwazisa: FOLX.

Yintoni i-FOLX?

"I-FOLX yiplatifti yokuqala ejolise kwezempilo yedijithali ye-LGBTQIA," utshilo u-A.G.Breitenstein, umseki kunye ne-CEO ye-FOLX, echonga njengobungqingili (yena / bona). Cinga nge-FOLX njenge-OneMedical kuluntu lwaseburhulumenteni.

I-FOLX ayisiyeyona nkathalelo iphambili. Ke, ayinguye oza kuya kubo ukuba unomqala obuhlungu okanye ucinga ukuba une-COVID-19. Endaweni yoko, banikezela ngenkathalo malunga neentsika ezintathu ezibalulekileyo zempilo: isazisi, isini, kunye nosapho. "I-FOLX ngumntu onokuya kuye ukuze ufumane unyango lokubuyisela ihomoni, impilo yezesondo kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo, kunye nokunceda ekudaleni usapho," kuchaza uBreitenstein. (Idibeneyo: Iglosari yazo zonke ii-LGBTQ + zeMigaqo yamaLungu ekufuneka eyazi)

I-FOLX ibonelela ngovavanyo kunye nonyango lwe-STI ekhaya, iihomoni eziqinisekisa isini (i-hormone replacement therapy okanye i-HRT), ukufikelela kwi-PrEP (iyeza lemihla ngemihla elinokunciphisa umngcipheko wokufumana i-HIV ukuba uchanabeke kwintsholongwane), kunye nokhathalelo lwe-erectile dysfunction kunye inkxaso.

Iinkonzo zenkampani ziyafumaneka kuye nakubani na oneminyaka engaphezulu kwe-18 ochonga njenge-LGBTQ + kwaye ujonge ukufumana impilo yezesondo, isazisi, kunye nokhathalelo losapho ngumboneleli oqinisekisayo. (UBreitenstein uphawula ukuba ekugqibeleni, i-FOLX ijolise ekunikezeleni ngononophelo lwabantwana ngesikhokelo sabazali kunye nemvume.) Iinkonzo zinikezelwa ngevidiyo okanye ngencoko ye-Intanethi, kuxhomekeke kwindawo ohlala kuyo kunye nemimiselo yelizwe lakho. Oku kuyaphawuleka kuba kunika abantu be-LGBTQ ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo lwe-LGBTQ, nokuba bahlala kwenye indawo hayi ukwamkela ke oko.

Ngaba abanye ababoneleli ngeTelehealth ababoneleli ngale nto?

Akukho nanye iminikelo yezonyango ye-FOLX intsha kwihlabathi lamayeza. Kodwa, yintoni ebeka i-FOLX ngaphandle kukuba abaguli banako isiqinisekiso ukuba baya kuba phantsi kokhathalelo lomnikezeli oqinisekisayo, kwaye bangathemba ukuba naziphi na iifoto okanye ulwazi olubhaliweyo (cinga: iiphamflethi, umsebenzi wobugcisa, kunye nezinto zokuthengisa) abazibonayo xa besebenza nalo mboneleli zibandakanya.

Ukongeza, indlela i-FOLX ehambisa ngayo ukhathalelo lwabo yahlukile: Iinkampani zokhathalelo lwempilo yemveli, umzekelo, bezinikezela ngokuthe ngqo kumthengi, ezilungele ukuvavanywa ekhaya kweekiti zovavanyo lwe-STD kwiminyaka embalwa ngoku. Kodwa i-FOLX ikunceda ubone ukuba loluphi uhlobo lovavanyo olukufaneleyo ngokusekelwe kwizenzo zesondo owenzayo. / okanye i-swab anal hayi umnikelo. (Eyeleleneyo: Ewe, ii-STIs zoMlomo ziyinto: Nantsi into ekufuneka uyazi)

Ngokunjalo, iinkonzo zetelehealth ezinje ngeKlabhu yePilisi kunye neNurx zonke zidlale indima ekuvuseleleni ufikelelo kulawulo lokuzalwa ngokunikezela ngokuqeshwa kwi-Intanethi ngoncedo lwezonyango olunokubhala imigqaliselo yokuthintela inzalo kwanokuhambisa ulawulo lokuzalwa kanye emnyango wakho. Yintoni eyenza ukuba i-FOLX ikhetheke kukuba abaguli abagqithisileyo nabangengabo ababhinqileyo abanomdla wokuthintela ukukhulelwa banokufikelela kulolokhathalelo, besazi ukuba abayi kuza ubuso ngobuso nogqirha ongaziyo ukuphatha isazisi sabo okanye ulwimi olunesini, ukuthengisa, okanye umfanekiso. (Iindaba ezimnandi: Ngelixa i-FOLX kuphela kweqonga elinikezelwe ngokukodwa ukukhonza uluntu lwe-LGBTQ +, ayingabo bodwa abasebenza ukubonelela ngenkonzo ebandakanya wonke umntu. Isazisi kunye neendidi zezimelabizo zamadoda angaphambi kwe-HRT ajonge ukuqhubeka okanye ukuqala ulawulo lokuzalwa.)

I-Nurx, iPlush Care, kunye ne-Prep Hub nazo zikuvumela ukuba uthenge i-PrEP kwi-intanethi. Ngelixa ezinye iihabhu zenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokwenza ukuba i-PrEP ifumaneke kubo bonke abantu besini (hayi nje amadoda e-cisgender!), I-FOLX ivumela abafuna ukonwaba ukuba bafikelele kwi-PrEP ngomboneleli ofanayo abafikelela kuthintelo lokuthintela ukukhulelwa kunye novavanyo lwe-STI, okwenza kube lula kakhulu ukuba abantu bahlale phezulu kwimpilo yabo yezesondo.

Ababoneleli bezeMpilo be-FOLX abafani nabanye ooGqirha

I-FOLX iye yacinga ngokupheleleyo ubudlelwane besigulana kunye nonyango. Ngokungafaniyo nabanye ababoneleli abaphambili ekuxilongeni izigulana, "i-FOLX ephambili kukubonelela ngeenkonzo zonyango ezixhasa ukuba ungubani, zibhiyozele ukuba ungubani, kwaye zikuncede ufezekise oko kubalulekile kuwe ngokwesondo, isini kunye nosapho, "Uchaza uBreitenstein. (Qaphela: i-FOLX okwangoku ayiboneleli ngononophelo olunxulumene nempilo yengqondo. I-LGBTQ-eqinisekisa ukuba ingcali ye-National Queer kunye neTrans Therapists ye-Colour Network, Umbutho wee-LGBTQ Psychiatrists, kunye ne-Gay kunye ne-Lesbian Medical Association.)

I-FOLX ibonelela njani ngenkathalo "yokubhiyozela", ngokuchanekileyo? “Ngokunikela ngazo zonke ezona ndlela zilungileyo zokhathalelo lwezonyango (umgangatho, ukwaziwa, ukwazi umngcipheko), kodwa ngaphakathi kwendawo engenabala, engenazintloni,” batsho. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba bonke ababoneleli be-FOLX bafundisiwe konke Ukungena nokuphuma kwempilo engathandekiyo kunye ne-trans, izigulane zinokuthemba ukuba zifumana ukhathalelo oluchanekileyo, olupheleleyo. (Okulusizi kukuba, ayisiyonto iqhelekileyo leyo - uphando lubonisa ukuba ngama-53 eepesenti kuphela oogqirha abanika ingxelo yokuziva beqinisekile kulwazi lwabo lweemfuno zezempilo zezigulana ze-LGB.)

Ukuqaqamba kwesakhelo se-FOLX kucace gca xa ujonga indlela ejongeka ngayo kwizigulana ezifuna ukufikelela kwizihormone eziqinisekisa isini. I-FOLX iyenza hayi sebenza ngemodeli yokugcinwa kwamasango (apho abantu abanomdla kwi-HRT kufuneka bafumane ileta yokuthunyelwa evela kumboneleli wezempilo yengqondo) eseyinto eqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezininzi, uyachaza uKate Steinle, NP, igosa eliyintloko leklinikhi ye-FOLX kunye nomlawuli wangaphambili we-trans / non- ukhathalelo lwebhanari kuBazali obuCwangcisiweyo. Endaweni yoko, "i-FOLX isebenza kuphela ngokusekwe kwimvume enolwazi," utshilo uSteinle.

Nantsi into ejongeka ngathi: Ukuba isigulana sinomdla kwiihomoni eziqinisekisa isini, ziyakubonisa kakhulu kwifomu yokuthatha isigulana, kunye nokwabelana ngezinga lotshintsho abanethemba lokulubona. "Umboneleli we-FOLX uya kunika isigulana ulwazi kunye nesikhokelo malunga nokuba yeyiphi idosi yokuqala yehomoni eya kusekelwa kulolo lwazi, utshilo uSteinle. Umboneleli uya kuqinisekisa ukuba isigulana siyawuqonda "umngcipheko onxulumene nolo hlobo lonyango, kwaye sinceda isigulana ukuba sazi ukuba siziva sikhululekile na kule mingcipheko," utshilo. Nje ukuba bakwiphepha elinye, umboneleli we-FOLX uya kuthi emva koko amisele iihormoni. Nge-FOLX, inene iqonde phambili.

“I-FOLX ayiboni i-HRT njengento elungisa izigulana okanye enyanga imeko yesifo,” utshilo uSteinle. "I-FOLX icinga njengento enika abantu ithuba lokuzixhobisa, uvuyo, kunye nendlela yokufumana ihlabathi ofuna ukuhlala kulo."

Yintoni Enye Eyenza I-FOLX Yahluke?

Ngokungafaniyo namanye amaqonga e-telemedicine, xa sele ufaniswe nomnikezeli, loo mntu ungumboneleli wakho! Intsingiselo, awuzukuchitha ixesha lonke lokuqeshwa uchaze yonke into yakho kumntu omtsha. "Izigulana ziyakwazi ukwenza ubudlelwane bexesha elide, obungaguquguqukiyo nonyango lwabo," utsho uBreitenstein.

Ngaphezu koko, i-FOLX (!) ayifuni (!) ifuna (!) i-inshurensi. Endaweni yoko, banikezela ngononophelo kwisicwangciso esisekwe kubhaliso, eqala kwi-59 yeedola ngenyanga. "Ngeso sicwangciso, ufumana ukufikelela okungenamkhawulo kumboneleli wakho wezempilo nangaluphi na uhlobo oluthandayo," bachaza. Ukwafumana naziphi na iilabhoratri ezifunekayo kunye nemigqaliselo ethunyelwe kwikhemesti oyikhethileyo. Ngentlawulo eyongezelelweyo, eyahlukileyo ngokusekwe kunyango kunye nedosi, unokuba nee-meds kunye neelebhu ezithunyelwe ekhayeni lakho.

"I-FOLX ikwanayo nenkqubo yokuthunyelwa kwabanikezeli bezempilo endaweni ebandakanya ababoneleli abanikezela ngotyando oluphezulu [inkqubo yotyando yokususa izicubu zamabele], ukuguqulwa kwelizwi, iinkonzo zokususa iinwele, nezinto ezinjalo," utshilo uSteinle. Ke ukuba ufuna ezinye iinkonzo zempilo kwaye ufuna ukuqiniseka ukuba ukhetha umboneleli obandakanya i-LGBTQ, i-FOLX inokunceda. Zimkile iintsuku zokuphuma kuGoogle kunye nokuwela iminwe yakho! (Eyeleleneyo: Ndimnyama, ndiQueer, kunye nePolyamorous: Kutheni le nto ibalulekile kooGqirha bam?)

Ungabhalisela njani i-FOLX?

Qala ngokuhamba kwiwebhusayithi yabo. Apho uya kuba nakho ukufunda okungakumbi malunga neenkonzo ezithile ezibonelelweyo. Kwaye ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuya phambili, kulapho uya kungenisa khona ifom yokungenisa isigulana.

“Imibuzo oya kuyibuzwa kwifomu yokwamkelwa yimibuzo kuphela ekufuneka sazi iimpendulo zayo ukuze sinikezele ngokhathalelo olusemgangathweni,” ucacise watsho uSteinle. "Sitshayelela nawuphi na umbuzo esinokuwubuza malunga nomzimba wakho, imikhwa yesini, kunye nesazisi ngolwazi malunga nokuba kutheni sibuza olo lwazi." Kwimeko yesigulana esifuna i-HRT, umzekelo, i-FOLX inokubuza ukuba unayo ii-ovari, kodwa ayisiyiyo nje kuba umboneleli enomdla nje, kungenxa yokuba umboneleli kufuneka ayazi loo nkcukacha ukuze abe nomfanekiso opheleleyo weehomoni zomzimba uyayenza, uyachaza. Kwangokunjalo, ukuba unomdla kuvavanyo lwe-STI usenokubuzwa ukuba ingaba ukwabelana ngesondo ezimpundwini kwenza ukubonakala ebomini bakho ngokwesondo ukuze umboneleli agqibe ukuba ngaba iphaneli yasekhaya ye-anal STI iyavakala kuwe. Nje ukuba uthumele ifomu yakho yokuthatha, uya kufumana ithuba lokudibana noogqirha abamangalisayo. Nokuba le "ntlanganiso" yenzeka ngevidiyo okanye isicatshulwa yehla indibanisela yokhetho lomntu kunye neemfuno zikarhulumente.

Ukusuka apho, uya kufumana ulwazi kunye nokhathalelo olubandakanyayo olufaneleyo-ilula ngolo hlobo. Inyaniso ebuhlungu kukuba bekufanele ukuba isoloko ilula ngolu hlobo.

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