196. “It’d Be Great To Have The Options There”: Adolescent Impressions of Gender Identity Collection On Forms In A Primary Care Clinic

Transgender adolescents and young adults experience substantial barriers to health care, which may exacerbate existing health inequities. Adding questions about gender identity to clinic intake forms have been shown to improve access to and quality of care for adult transgender patients. However, there is a need to translate these efforts to adolescent health care settings. This quality improvement project sought to determine acceptability and feasibility of routine collection of gender identity from adolescent medicine patients using self-administered forms in the medical practice at the time of visit.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - Category: Child Development Authors: Source Type: research