Substance use to cope with stigma in healthcare among U.S. female-to-male trans masculine adults

LGBT Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 324-332

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   Pardo, Seth T ^c   Gamarel, Kristi E ^d   Hughto, Jaclyn M White ^b,e   Pardee, Dana J ^b   Keo Meier, Colton L ^f,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare; stigma; substance use; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MODEL; STIGMA; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; TRANSGENDER; ADOLESCENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969248554     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0001     Document Type: Article

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