Highlights & Findings
from Ibis Publications
Our team is actively working to illuminate the sexual and reproductive health community to understand the multitude of barriers trans and gender-expansive people face when seeking care. Below are key findings from our publications. To read more you can click to download the full articles.
FORTHCOMING
Key finding: Recognizing that body parts do not always align with assumptions about sex or gender, using a body part checklist for screening instead of sex or gender may reduce misclassification in research or clinical care
JUNE 2023
Key finding: Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex participants recommended changes to intake forms such as asking about body parts, allowing patients or participants to write in their gender identity, and asking about pronouns; such changes could alleviate the need for TGEI patients to self-advocate in clinic settings to receive the care they need.
MAY 2023
Key finding: Most TGE respondents (70%, n=1,180) reported at least one negative healthcare interaction with a healthcare provider in the past year, with those who pursued gender-affirming medical care being 8.1 times more likely to report a negative healthcare interaction and more than one.
DECEMBER 2021
Key finding: TGE and cisgender individuals use a diversity of words for their bodies and experiences. Asking individuals to provide the words they use for their bodies and experiences may ease discomfort and facilitate more affirming interactions in research and clinical care.
FEBRUARY 2021
Key finding: A high proportion of TGE individuals (n=40, 19% of those who’d ever been pregnant) reported attempting abortion without clinical supervision, naming influencing factors such as desire for privacy, lack of health insurance coverage, legal restrictions, denials of or mistreatment within clinical care, and cost.
AUGUST 2020
Key finding: Las personas TGE enfrentan barreras únicas y extensas a la investigación y al cuidado de la salud sexual y reproductiva, que solo se ven exacerbadas por calificar este tipo de atención e investigación como la “salud de la mujer”. Este comentario ofrece recomendaciones específicas para hacer que la investigación y el cuidado clínico sean más inclusivos y afirmativos.
DECEMBER 2020
Key finding: TGE people in the United States plan for and experience pregnancy and all of its outcomes and clinicians should avoid assumptions about TGE pregnancy capacity and intentions.
MAY 2020
Key finding: Sexual and reproductive health research to date has often excluded or inaccurately measured the experiences of transgender and gender nonbinary people. This paper outlines the process of developing a more inclusive, affirming, and accurate survey tool that included customized survey language and newly revised question stems and answer choices.
SEPTEMBER 2020
Key finding: Participants preferred medication abortion over procedural abortion (n=703 vs. n=217) because it was the least invasive method and they had a preference for privacy, though most who had had an abortion reported having had a procedural abortion (61%, n=41).
APRIL 2020
Key finding: TGE people face unique and pervasive barriers to sexual and reproductive health care and research, which are only exacerbated by the conflation of these kinds of care and research with “women’s health.” This commentary offers specific tips for making research and clinical care more affirming and inclusive.
MAY 2020
Key finding: TGE stakeholders reported numerous barriers and deterrents to sexual and reproductive healthcare including cost, insurance coverage, gendered healthcare environments, misgendering, and discrimination. Stakeholders provided recommendations for improving care for TGE patients including using gender-affirming educational materials and improving provider education on TGE needs.