Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review.

ABSTRACT: Transgender people are a diverse population affected by a range of negative health indicators across high-income, middle-income, and low-income settings. Studies consistently document a high prevalence of adverse health outcomes in this population, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, mental health distress, and substance use and abuse. However, many other health areas remain understudied, population-based representative samples and longitudinal studies are few, and routine surveillance efforts for transgender population health are scarce. The absence of survey items with which to identify transgender respondents in general surveys often restricts the availability of data with which to estimate the magnitude of health inequities and characterise the population-level hea

SUBMITTER: Reisner SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035595 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature