@article{ref1,
title=""Focus more on what's right instead of what's wrong:" research priorities identified by a sample of transgender and gender diverse community health center patients",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2022",
author="LeBlanc, Merrily and Radix, Asa and Sava, Lauren and Harris, Alexander B. and Asquith, Andrew and Pardee, Dana J. and Reisner, Sari L.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="e1741-e1741",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals disproportionately experience disparate health outcomes compared to their cisgender peers. This study aimed to collect qualitative data from a sample of TGD community health center patients on health research priorities to inform future TGD-centered research in the field of TGD health. <br><br>METHODS: Between September-November of 2018, four focus groups (two groups in Boston MA, two in New York NY; n = 28 individuals) were held to evaluate community-identified TGD health research priorities with a sample of patients from two community health centers. Thematic analyses were conducted and restricted to social factors impacting health. <br><br>FINDINGS were incorporated into the development of The LEGACY Project, a longitudinal cohort of TGD patients, assessing the impact of gender-affirming care on health outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS: Cross-cutting themes about TGD research priorities pertaining to social factors and health included: (1) Embodiment: understanding and investigating the complex and intersectional lived experiences of TGD individuals; (2) Social determinants of health: the impact of structural and interpersonal stigma on TGD health; and (3) Resiliency and health promoting factors: the need to expand public health research beyond disparities to assess resiliency and health promotion in TGD communities. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Participants identified investigating the impact of social influences on health as a research priority for TGD patients. Recalibrating field norms from individual researcher priorities to TGD population-driven research will help ensure investigators address topics that may otherwise be missed or overlooked and may optimize the reach and impact of research in TGD health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-022-14139-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14139-z"
}