Her Health, Her Voice: A Self-Advocacy Roadmap
The overview. What the Gender Pain Gap is, what the toolkit includes, and how the pieces fit together.
PDF · 2 pagesThe toolkit
This is the one place with every download. The guides, scripts, and reference charts are also on this site in full; the worksheets are made to be printed and written on, so each has a page that explains how to use it.
The words, charts, and guides, in full.
The overview. What the Gender Pain Gap is, what the toolkit includes, and how the pieces fit together.
PDF · 2 pagesRachel's story, in her own words. The personal introduction to the toolkit.
PDF · 1 page8 common moments, from "it's just anxiety" to a rushed visit, each with the exact words to say.
PDF · 3 pages5 exam-room scenarios with parent and guardian scripts, plus the phrases to avoid and what to say instead.
PDF · 2 pagesA side-by-side chart of triggers, heart rate patterns, physical signs, and recovery, with scripts for the clinic and the classroom.
PDF · 2 pagesTerms that counter provider bias, clinical words for each symptom, and a cheat sheet of conditions often dismissed in teen girls.
PDF · 8 pagesA menu of accommodations by symptom, a sample 504 plan, and a request letter ready for a doctor to sign.
PDF · 4 pagesThe sheets you write on and bring to appointments.
Diagnoses, ongoing struggles, a clinical timeline, and the whole care team on one sheet to hand to a new doctor.
PDF · 2 pagesQuestions written before the visit on the left, the doctor's answers and reasoning on the right, and a pivot log for when a test is declined.
PDF · 2 pagesTrack bloodwork across every doctor and network, spot trends hiding inside "normal," and skip repeat blood draws.
PDF · 2 pagesOne row per symptom: intensity, duration, what it stopped you doing, and what set it off.
PDF · 1 pageA trial-and-error log for food triggers, with a script for GI and dietitian visits.
PDF · 1 pageFor anyone running a session with the toolkit.
A 9-statement survey to measure what a workshop changes in medical literacy, preparedness, and confidence.
PDF · 2 pages