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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
卷 59, 期 2, 页码 247-259出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.01.030
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- Population Research Training grant by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [T32 HD007168]
- Population Research Infrastructure Program by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [P2C HD050924]
Introduction: The introduction and passing of restrictive and protective transgender-specific state policies have increased during the past decade. These policies are critical for the health of transgender and other gender diverse people; however, little is known about the relationship between these policies and healthcare use, and the role that race/ethnicity plays in this relationship. Methods: Analysis was conducted in 2018-2019 using multilevel modeling and data from the 2015 U.S. Trans Survey (conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality among nearly 28,000 transgender and other gender diverse people across the U.S.) to explore associations between transgender-specific state policies and healthcare avoidance because of fear of mistreatment. State policies included those related to experiences of discrimination, health insurance coverage, and changing legal documents. Restrictive and protective policies were measured individually and as a composite index. The relationship between race/ethnicity and healthcare use was also examined to determine whether there were differences in the association between race/ethnicity and healthcare avoidance by state. Results: None of the individual policies were associated with healthcare use, but the composite index was significant, such that living in states with more protective policies was associated with reduced odds of avoiding health care because of fear of mistreatment. The relationship between race/ethnicity and health care also varied across states. Conclusions: Findings suggest the importance of advocating for more protective transgender-specific policies to improve healthcare access for transgender and other gender diverse people in the U. S., particularly for transgender and other gender diverse people of color. (C) 2020 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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