- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
- Doping in Sports
- American Sports and Literature
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Law, Rights, and Freedoms
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
Michigan State University
2022-2025
San Diego State University
2019-2022
More research is needed on the ways trans and nonbinary (TNB) people are resilient in face of oppression to develop empowering interventions that mitigate mental health disparities. Much TNB resilience thus far does not consider how group-level community-level factors, as well privilege oppression, influence resilience. The current study took a community-centered approach by understanding community members conceptualize gathering their perceptions new framework resilience, Multidimensional...
Introduction Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people experience various minority stressors, such as discrimination, which have significant effects on mental health. Even so, most of the existing literature about TNB people's experiences stress has utilized models that were developed for cisgender sexual minorities, resulting in a need measure development.
Background In recent years, legislation targeting transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people has proliferated in the United States, particularly focused on TGD youth athletic inclusion. One such law, Texas House Bill 25 (HB25), prohibiting from participating school sports Texas.
Introduction: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face disproportionate barriers to accessing affirming healthcare, ranging from individual practitioners' biases financial constraints societal-level cisnormativity.Method: This study identified suggestions for improving healthcare 420 TGD in the United States. Participants responded an open-ended question about their people. These responses were then coded using thematic analysis, resulting 22 specific codes under 6...
A recent implementation science stepped-wedge trial of motivational interviewing (MI) in adolescent HIV clinics indicated variable degrees success. The present mixed-methods study analyzed trajectories postimplementation MI competence scores and compared qualitative interviews among the with highest levels provider competency lowest to further understand mechanisms successful implementation.
Objective: We examined sadness/hopelessness and suicide among racial/ethnic sexual minority youth (SMY).Methods: 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data on were analyzed White, Black, Hispanic/Latino youth.Results: A main effect of (SM) identity emerged for sadness/hopelessness, suicidal ideation, plan, attempts, injurious attempts; SMY reported increased risk compared to their heterosexual peers. An interaction between Black race SM plan; White at greater than SMY. attempts was found;...