Barriers to Health Care and Mental Health Among Parents of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth

Alexa Martin-Storey; Roberto L. Abreu; Russell B. Toomey; Karina A. Gattamorta

doi:10.1089/trgh.2023.0177

Barriers to Health Care and Mental Health Among Parents of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth

Alexa Martin-Storey, Roberto L. Abreu, Russell B. Toomey, Karina A. Gattamorta

Family and Consumer Sciences (Instruction), School of

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Abstract

Health care barriers are linked to family-level stress. This study examined how barriers to gender-affirming health care were associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms among parents of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth (ages 9-18). Parents of TGD youth from across the United States completed a survey on barriers to accessing gender-affirming health care for their child, as well as on their own anxiety and depressive symptoms (n = 1197). Experiencing barriers to gender-affirming health care were associated with higher parent anxiety and depressive symptoms, suggesting that limiting service access is linked with negative outcomes among parents of TGD youth.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Transgender Health
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2023.0177
State	Accepted/In press - 2024

Keywords

barriers to gender-affirming healthcare
parent mental health
parent support
parents of transgender and gender diverse youth

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Gender Studies
Medicine (miscellaneous)

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