The Time Is Now: Attention Increases to Transgender Health in the United States but Scientific Knowledge Gaps Remain.
Sarah MacCarthy, Sari L Reisner, Amy Nunn, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Don Operario
Author Information
Sarah MacCarthy: 1 RAND Corporation , Santa Monica, California.
Sari L Reisner: 2 The Fenway Institute , Fenway Health and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Amy Nunn: 3 School of Public Health, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
Amaya Perez-Brumer: 4 Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University , New York, New York.
Don Operario: 3 School of Public Health, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
Attention to transgender health has dramatically increased in the U.S. Scientific knowledge gaps in empirical research, however, remain and act as barriers to achieving transgender-related health equity. We conducted a search using PubMed and PsycINFO to identify gaps in empirical, peer-reviewed publications related to adult transgender health in the U.S. between 1981 and 2013. We synthesized these findings and commented on opportunities for improving health research. Reducing health disparities and advancing transgender-related health equity requires greater investment in research that addresses current gaps to more comprehensively respond to the diverse health needs of transgender people.
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Biomedical Research
Health Status Disparities
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