Paediatricians' attitudes and beliefs towards transgender people: a cross-sectional survey in Israel.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The number of transgender and gender non-conforming children is on the rise. For these children, the timing of medical intervention is crucial, yet transgender children report poorer overall physical and mental health outcomes compared with their cisgender peers. We aim to describe how paediatricians perceive transgender people.

Setting

The 'Transgender Attitudes and Beliefs Scale', which consists of 29 items in three domains-human value, interpersonal comfort and sex/gender beliefs-was administered to 391 senior and resident paediatricians in Israel. The responses on a 7-point Likert scale were collapsed into two categories: a mean score of ≥6 for each domain was a 'Favourable' perception and <6 'Unfavourable'.

Results

Of 355 respondents (91% response rate)

SUBMITTER: Landau N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204925 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature