title: The Time Is Now: Attention Increases to Transgender Health in the United States but Scientific Knowledge Gaps Remain.
abstract: Attention to transgender health has dramatically increased in the U.S. Scientific knowledge gaps in empirical research, however, remain and act as barriers to achieving transgender-related health equity. We conducted a search using PubMed and PsycINFO to identify gaps in empirical, peer-reviewed publications related to adult transgender health in the U.S. between 1981 and 2013. We synthesized these findings and commented on opportunities for improving health research. Reducing health disparities and advancing transgender-related health equity requires greater investment in research that addresses current gaps to more comprehensively respond to the diverse health needs of transgender people.
authors.affiliation: 1 RAND Corporation , Santa Monica, California.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacCarthy
authors.affiliation: 2 The Fenway Institute , Fenway Health and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Sari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Reisner
authors.affiliation: 3 School of Public Health, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University , New York, New York.
authors.forename: Amaya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perez-Brumer
authors.affiliation: 3 School of Public Health, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Operario
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D019529:Sexuality; D063106:Transgender Persons; D014481:United States; D008297:Male; D005260:Female
keywords: gender minority health; peer-reviewed empirical research; research gaps; transgender