Measuring anti-transgender stigma in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, transgender and other gender diverse (trans) people face pervasive stigma, which contributes to health inequities across multiple health outcomes. Stigma is a fundamental cause of health inequities because it simultaneously limits access to resources, contributes to systemic vulnerability and generates chronic stress. Anti-trans stigma occurs across multiple socioecological levels, resulting in multiple possible definitions and measurements of trans stigma. Understanding how trans stigma has been measured in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is critical to health promotion efforts for trans communities. Accordingly, this scoping review will identify and examine how anti-trans stigma has been measured in existing LMIC-specific research to inform b

SUBMITTER: Tanner AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature