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ArticleSSM - population health2020

Healthcare avoidance due to anticipated discrimination among transgender people: A call to create trans-affirmative environments.

Luisa Kcomt, Kevin M Gorey, Betty Jo Barrett, Sean Esteban McCabe

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Article in SSM - population health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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152citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
32.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

152 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 312 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Luisa KcomtCenter for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5482, USA.
Kevin M GoreySchool of Social Work, University of Windsor, 167 Ferry Street, Windsor, ON, N9A 0C5, Canada.
Betty Jo BarrettWomen's and Gender Studies, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada.
Sean Esteban McCabeCenter for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5482, USA.
University of Windsor · CAInstitute for Women's Policy Research · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transgender people encounter interpersonal and structural barriers to healthcare access that contribute to their postponement or avoidance of healthcare, which can lead to poor physical and mental health outcomes. Using the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, this study examined avoidance of healthcare due to anticipated discrimination among transgender adults aged 25 to 64 (

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CisgenderismCisnormativityHealthcare accessHealthcare avoidanceHealthcare discriminationTransgender

Identifiers

PMID32529022
PMCPMC7276492
OpenAlexW3031958667

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