ReviewBJPsych open2022
Lived experiences of transgender forced migrants and their mental health outcomes: systematic review and meta-ethnography.
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- Trauma-informed healthcare from the perspectives of women who have experienced sexual violence in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Mental Health Supports for SOGIE Asylum Seekers in Canada: A Community-Responsive Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Quality health services and health research tailored for sexual and gender minority forced migrants: perspectives of migrants with lived experience and health service providers.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- Voices from the margins: A qualitative study exploring components influencing psychosocial health and wellbeing among gender minority forced migrants.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2026Article
- HIV-1 Prevalence and Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Effectiveness and Prevalence of Use Among Key Populations in High-Income Economies (2017-2023): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Real-World Studies.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Rapid Review of Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Children and Adolescents: Evidence Synthesis (2021-2025) and Recommendations for South Africa.Research square · 2025Article
- Can using the Cochrane RCT classifier in EPPI-Reviewer help speed up study selection in qualitative evidence syntheses? A retrospective evaluation.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2025Article
- Developing a mobile application for gender-affirming voice training: A community-engaged approach.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2024Article
- Capturing the complexity of veterinarians' antibiotic prescribing practices in the livestock sector: a meta-ethnography across contexts: Veterinarians' antibiotic prescribing in different contexts.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Review
- Racialized Migrant Transgender Women Engaged in Sex Work: Double Binds and Identifications with the Community.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Intersectional stigma and the arc of intranational migration: experiences of transgender adolescents and women who migrate within Peru.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Lived experiences of transgender forced migrants and their mental health outcomes: systematic review and meta-ethnography.BJPsych open · 2022Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundOwing to multiple, complex and intersecting health inequities, systemic oppression and violence and discrimination in their home countries, some transgender people are forced to migrate to countries that offer them better legal protection and wider social acceptance.
aimsThis review sought to explore and understand the multiple factors that shape the mental health outcomes of transgender forced migrants (TFMs).
methodWe systematically searched nine electronic databases for multidisciplinary literature (PROSPERO ID: CRD42020183062). We used a meta-ethnographic approach to synthesise data. We completed a quality appraisal and developed a socio-ecological model to draw together our findings.
resultsWe retrieved 3399 records and screened titles, abstracts and full text to include 24 qualitative studies in this review. The synthesis identified individual survival strategies and factors in interpersonal, organisational and societal environments that contributed to profound deprivation and mental distress in TFMs. Pervasive and persistent violence and discrimination, economic exclusion, barriers to healthcare and a dependency on legal documentation were identified as key factors leading to poor mental health outcomes. Sources of resilience included community acceptance and support, being granted asylum, societal affirmation of gender, fulfilment of basic rights and healthcare access. Individual strategies for survival, such as hope and having purpose in life, were important in bringing relief from distress.
conclusionsImproved communication and knowledge about the unique needs and concerns of TFMs through interventions at the individual, interpersonal, organisational and societal levels are necessary to improve mental health outcomes.
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