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Examining Associations Between State-Level Transgender Policies and Transgender Health

Compared with their cisgender counterparts, transgender individuals face both structural-level discrimination and health disparities across health domains. We used recent population-level data to examine associations between state-level policy ratings regarding transgender people and transgender hea...

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Autores principales: Du Bois, Steve N., Yoder, Wren, Guy, Arryn A., Manser, Kelly, Ramos, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6308272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30596149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2018.0031
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description Compared with their cisgender counterparts, transgender individuals face both structural-level discrimination and health disparities across health domains. We used recent population-level data to examine associations between state-level policy ratings regarding transgender people and transgender health (poor physical and mental health days, health behaviors, and health care utilization). We hypothesized more inclusive and protective state-level policies would predict better health of transgender individuals. The sample (N=1116) was approximately half white (n=572, 51.2%) and half transgender women (n=551, 49.3%). More transgender-inclusive and protective state-level policies predicted better health in three of four health domains. Policy and research implications are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-63082722018-12-28 Examining Associations Between State-Level Transgender Policies and Transgender Health Du Bois, Steve N. Yoder, Wren Guy, Arryn A. Manser, Kelly Ramos, Stephen Transgend Health Short Report Compared with their cisgender counterparts, transgender individuals face both structural-level discrimination and health disparities across health domains. We used recent population-level data to examine associations between state-level policy ratings regarding transgender people and transgender health (poor physical and mental health days, health behaviors, and health care utilization). We hypothesized more inclusive and protective state-level policies would predict better health of transgender individuals. The sample (N=1116) was approximately half white (n=572, 51.2%) and half transgender women (n=551, 49.3%). More transgender-inclusive and protective state-level policies predicted better health in three of four health domains. Policy and research implications are discussed. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2018-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6308272/ /pubmed/30596149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2018.0031 Text en © Steve N. Du Bois et al. 2018; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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