Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

This CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant proposal seeks to support the development and dissemination of community-focused knowledge translation for the research project PROGRESS (Patient-Reported Outcomes of Genital Reconstruction and Experiences of Surgical Satisfaction) for phalloplasty and metoidioplasty. This project is an international, cross-sectional study of trans and non-binary people that is comprehensive, patient-oriented and driven by lived experience. The ultimate goal is to support the well-being of trans and non-binary people who undergo the gender-affirming genital surgeries of phalloplasty and/or metoidioplasty. To date, we have collected novel, much-needed data on experiences of gender-affirming surgeries using a community-based and patient-oriented approach. The goal of our knowledge mobilization plan is to ensure our results are accessible to and gain the attention of stakeholders who will benefit from them, especially trans community members. This community-based, patient-oriented knowledge translation plan will disseminate important research findings to the trans community and other stakeholders who will gain valuable knowledge which can influence practice and the well-being of trans and non-binary people.