The Time Is Now: Attention Increases to Transgender Health in the United States but Scientific Knowledge Gaps Remain
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Attention to transgender health has dramatically increased in the U.S. Scientific knowledge gaps in empirical research, however, remain and act as barriers to achieving transgender-related health equity. We conducted a search using PubMed and PsycINFO to identify gaps in empirical, peer-reviewed publications related to adult transgender health in the U.S. between 1981 and 2013. We synthesized these findings and commented on opportunities for improving health research. Reducing health disparities and advancing transgender-related health equity requires greater investment in research that addresses current gaps to more comprehensively respond to the diverse health needs of transgender people.
Source: LGBT Health
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Institutes of Health, Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1144367652, G1276500078, G2141470476, G3158058477, Exploring Patterns of Concurrency Among Urban African Americans, The UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program, G6368237906, Minority Populations Prevention Researcher Training, Developing an HIV Prevention Program for High Risk Couples, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), HIV and Other Infectious Consequences of Substance Use, Brown University Community and Clinical Research Training Program
OpenAlex ID: W1599005028