Access to transition-related health care among transmasculine people in India: A mixed-methods investigation.

ABSTRACT: Little research has examined the health care experiences of transmasculine people in India, where government initiatives to improve access to transition-related (also called gender-affirmative) care have recently been announced. We draw on data from 'Our Health Matters', a mixed-methods community-based participatory research project, to characterize the transition-related care experiences of transmasculine people in India. Peer researchers conducted 40 virtual qualitative interviews in Hindi or Marathi from July to September 2021. Between November 2022 and January 2023, 377 transmasculine people participated in a multi-mode survey available in five languages. Qualitative data were analysed with a combination of framework analysis and grounded theory techniques. Data were mixed using a conv

SUBMITTER: Chakrapani V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521280 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature