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ArticleHealth & place2025

Structural drivers of health among transgender women in the United States: A nationwide study.

Tonia C Poteat, Sabriya L Linton, Andrea L Wirtz, Carmen Gutierrez, Darya Adams, Carter Brown, Marissa Miller, Denise N Mitchell, Reed DeAngelis, Wiley Kornbluh and 1 more

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Tonia C PoteatDivision of Healthcare in Adult Populations, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: tonia.poteat@duke.edu.
Sabriya L LintonDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: slinton1@jhu.edu.
Andrea L WirtzDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: awirtz1@jhu.edu.
Carmen GutierrezDepartment of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: carmen.gutierrez@unc.edu.
Darya AdamsDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: daryaj@umich.edu.
Carter BrownBlack Transgender Advocacy Coalition, Carrollton, TX, USA. Electronic address: cbrown@blacktrans.org.
Marissa MillerTrans Solutions Research and Resource Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: mmiller@transsolutionsrrc.org.
Denise N MitchellSociology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: dnmitche@live.unc.edu.
Reed DeAngelisInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: rdeangel@umich.edu.
Wiley KornbluhDivision of Healthcare in Adult Populations, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: wiley.kornbluh@duke.edu.
Sari L ReisnerDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: sreisner@umich.edu.

Funding

LITE CONNECT: Addressing testing gaps and epidemiologic disparities of COVID-19 amongtransgender people in the United StatesUH3AI133669 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI REISNER, SARI, WIRTZ, ANDREA L · 2019 to 2022
$6.9M
Connecting the Dots: HIV, COVID-19, and Structural Racism in Gender Minority WomenR01MD013498 · NIMHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PERREIRA, KRISTA M, POTEAT, TONIA C · 2018 to 2022
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS UH3 AI133669NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD013498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionResidential segregation and gentrification are associated with a variety of health outcomes. However, few studies in this area have included transgender women, who experience well-documented health inequities. This analysis sought to assess the effects of racialized economic segregation and gentrification on psychological distress and self-rated health (SRH).

methods398 transgender women in the United States completed a baseline survey between June 14, 2021 and May 1, 2022 and a follow-up survey 12 months later. Neighborhood-level racialized economic advantage and gentrification were measured at the ZIP code level and categorized into tertiles. The first tertile reflected the lowest levels of these measures. Multilevel modified Poisson regression models with individual-level random intercepts and robust variance estimation, were used to estimate unadjusted and adjusted associations of racialized economic residential advantage and gentrification with serious psychological distress (Kessler-6 ≥ 13) and SRH (poor/fair vs good/very good/excellent).

resultsEthnoracial identities included 57 % White, 19 % Black, and 9 % Latine (of any race). The highest tertile of racialized economic advantage (vs the lowest) was associated with increased risk of serious psychological distress (RR = 1.28; 95 %CI = 1.02, 1.61) and higher risk of poor-to-fair SRH (RR = 1.51; 95 % CI = 1.10,2.08) in multivariable models, while gentrification showed no significant association with either outcome. DISCUSSION: These findings are consistent with prior research indicating that minoritized populations may not derive health benefits from residing in more socially and economically advantaged neighborhoods. Future research is needed to better understand the experiences of transgender women who may be exposed to transphobia in both advantaged and disadvantaged neighborhoods.

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Health Status DisparitiesTransgender PersonsAdultFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeighborhood CharacteristicsPsychological DistressResidence CharacteristicsSocial SegregationStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesYoung Adult

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