Helping Hands: Two lay health interventions to improve gender-affirming surgery outcomes for patients based in NL.

This session will teach about lay health professionals (a.k.a. community health workers) and their growing roles in care delivery. Participants are introduced to different models of integrating lay health professionals in pre- and post-surgical care and current evidence of the impact on patient health and wellbeing. Participants explore different applications of lay health professionals in providing support for gender-affirming surgery patients based in Newfoundland and Labrador