Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: A respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bauer, Greta R ^a   Scheim, Ayden I ^a   Pyne, Jake ^b   Travers, Robb ^c   Hammond, Rebecca ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Sherbourne Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Social determinants of health; Social exclusion; Suicidal behaviour; Suicide; Transgender; Transphobia; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONTARIO; PARENT; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930080943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1867-2     Document Type: Article

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