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Transgender Noninclusive Healthcare and Delaying Care Because of Fear: Connections to General Health and Mental Health Among Transgender Adults [PDF]

Transgender Health, 2017
Abstract Purpose: There are many barriers to reliable healthcare for transgender people that often contribute to delaying or avoiding needed medical care. Yet, few studies have examined whether noninclusive healthcare and delaying needed medical care because of fear of discrimination are ...
Leonardo Kattari, Kristie Seelman
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Dealing with gender-related and general stress: Substance use among Brazilian transgender youth

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
Introduction: Adolescent substance use is a major public health concern since it enhances adolescent morbidity and mortality, affecting adulthood health and well-being.
Anna Martha Vaitses Fontanari, Paola Fagundes Pase, Siobhan Churchill, Bianca Machado Borba Soll, Karine Schwarz, Maiko Abel Schneider, Angelo Brandelli Costa, Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato   +7 more
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The experiences of transgender and nonbinary individuals in general practice in Denmark, with a focus on ‘safer space’

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background In Denmark, transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals must consult their General Practitioner (GP) to access gender-affirming healthcare (GAHC).
Elliot Vexø Bennich, Ann Dorrit Guassora   +1 more
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Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S.

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background With the proliferation of anti-transgender policies in some U.S. jurisdictions, this study examines the general, mental, and physical health of transgender and cisgender populations.
Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling   +2 more
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Care of Transgender Patients: A General Practice Quality Improvement Approach [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Primary care must ensure high quality lifelong care is offered to trans and gender minority patients who are known to have poor health and adverse healthcare experiences. This quality improvement project aimed to interrogate and audit the data of trans and gender minority patients in one primary care population in England.
Boyd, Isabel, Hackett, Thomas, Bewley, Susan   +2 more
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“Generally, I live a lie”: Transgender consumer experiences and responses to symbolic violence [PDF]

Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2022
AbstractIn this article, our focus is on how trans consumers experience symbolic violence to draw attention to inequalities that may otherwise remain hidden. Unlike overt acts of physical violence, symbolic violence is subtle and occurs routinely throughout the course of everyday life. We address the following research questions: how do trans consumers
Duncan-Shepherd, Sophie, Hamilton, Kathy
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Perceived social support and its relationship with depression among Bangkok's trans women [PDF]

Journal of Health Research, 2022
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the prevalence of depression and to determine the association between social support and depression among transgender women in Bangkok, Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional study was
Pankaew Tantirattanakulchai, Nuchanad Hounnaklang   +1 more
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Transgender people’s reasons for primary care visits: a cross-sectional study in France

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Our main objective was to describe transgender people’s reasons for consulting a general practitioner (GP) outside of transition-related issues; the secondary objective was to study the qualitative aspects of the primary care visits for this ...
Maud Garnier, Sarah Ollivier, Marie Flori, Christine Maynié-François   +3 more
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Aspetti critici della disforia di genere come categoria diagnostica [Critical aspects of gender dysphoria as a diagnostic category]

Open Journal of Humanities, 2021
This paper provides a general critical overview of “gender dysphoria” as a DSM-5 diagnostic category. Gender dysphoria refers to persistent psychological distress associated with the incongruence between the assigned gender at birth and gender identity ...
Giovanni Tumminaro, Alessia Pasciuto, Lisa Compare, Carmen Berrocal Montiel   +3 more
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Healthcare discrimination and factors associated with gender-affirming healthcare avoidance by transgender women and transgender men in Thailand: findings from a cross-sectional online-survey study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Although discriminatory experiences of transgender people seeking healthcare services have been well-documented in several studies, differentiating those experiences based on gender identity/expression and related factors has been limited. The
Nachale Boonyapisomparn, Natthaporn Manojai, Pimwarat Srikummoon, Walaithip Bunyatisai, Patrinee Traisathit, Nontiya Homkham   +5 more
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