Provider quality and barriers to care for transgender people: An analysis of data from the Wisconsin transgender community health assessment. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salkas, Shor; Conniff, James; Budge, Stephanie L.
• Is Part Of: International journal of transgenderism. Volume 19:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Barriers to care -- community-based participatory research -- provider quality -- survey -- transgender; Gender identity -- Periodicals; Gender identity disorders -- Periodicals; Sex change -- Periodicals; Transgenderism -- Periodicals; Transvestism -- Periodicals; Gender Identity -- Periodicals; Transsexualism -- Periodicals; Transvestism -- Periodicals; 306.768
• DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2017.1369484
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1553-2739

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Background : Transgender people in the United States often lack access to high-quality health care. Methods : A group of researchers and transgender people came together in a community-based participatory research process to survey transgender Wisconsinites about their health care experiences. A multiple regression analysis of survey data was used to evaluate the association between barriers to health care, gender identity, and quality of medical and mental health care provider. Results : Seventy-seven respondents were included in this analysis. Transmasculine respondents were more likely than transfeminine respondents to report barriers to high-quality health care, but having a high-quality medical or mental health care provider was associated with reporting fewer barriers to care across the entire sample. Discussion : This community-based study suggests that health care providers play a key role in facilitating access to care for transgender Wisconsinites in the USA.