Racial/Ethnic Disparities in History of Incarceration, Experiences of Victimization, and Associated Health Indicators Among Transgender Women in the U.S

Women and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 750-767

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   Bailey, Zinzi ^a   Sevelius, Jae ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; incarceration; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CRIME VICTIM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRIME VICTIMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911973669     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2014.932891     Document Type: Article

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