Transgender Youth Referred to Clinics for Gender-Affirming Medical Care in Canada

Transgender Youth Referred to Clinics for Gender-Affirming Medical Care in Canada

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Referrals of transgender and gender-diverse (trans) youth to medical clinics for gender-affirming care have increased. We described characteristics of trans youth in Canada at first referral visit. METHODS Baseline clinical and survey data (2017–2019) were collected for Tra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2021-11, Vol.148 (5), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Bauer, Greta R., Pacaud, Danièle, Couch, Robert, Metzger, Daniel L., Gale, Lorraine, Gotovac, Sandra, Mokashi, Arati, Feder, Stephen, Raiche, Joe, Speechley, Kathy Nixon, Temple Newhook, Julia, Ghosh, Shuvo, Sansfaçon, Annie Pullen, Susset, Françoise, Lawson, Margaret L.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acetic acid
Anxiety
Demography
Endocrine therapy
Gender
Gender dysphoria
Gender-affirming care
Hormones
Pediatrics
Transgender persons
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Zusammenfassung:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Referrals of transgender and gender-diverse (trans) youth to medical clinics for gender-affirming care have increased. We described characteristics of trans youth in Canada at first referral visit. METHODS Baseline clinical and survey data (2017–2019) were collected for Trans Youth CAN!, a 10-clinic prospective cohort of n = 174 pubertal and postpubertal youth
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2020-047266