PMID- 29111876
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180730
LR  - 20180804
IS  - 2325-8306 (Electronic)
IS  - 2325-8292 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 6
DP  - 2017 Dec
TI  - Impact of Anticipated Bias from Healthcare Professionals on Perceived Successful 
      Aging Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults.
PG  - 427-433
LID - 10.1089/lgbt.2016.0165 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) persons have routinely 
      experienced high rates of violence and discrimination. Discrimination in 
      healthcare can affect the ability of TGNC persons to age successfully as it often 
      deters them from seeking care. The purpose of this study was to determine if 
      anticipation of bias from healthcare professionals, as well as other variables, 
      predicted perceived successful aging in a sample of TGNC adults. METHODS: A total 
      of 384 (of the original 1963) participants older than 50 years completed the 
      relevant parts of an 83-item online survey as part of the Trans MetLife Survey on 
      Later-Life Preparedness and Perceptions in Transgender-Identified Individuals. 
      RESULTS: Larger social support networks and higher levels of confidence that a 
      healthcare professional will treat them with dignity and respect as a TGNC person 
      at the end of their life were associated with increased odds of perceiving that 
      they were aging successfully. CONCLUSION: With high rates of discrimination and 
      prejudice toward TGNC persons in various contexts (e.g., healthcare, education, 
      and housing), it is imperative that practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and 
      institutions work together to eradicate healthcare disparities, promote social 
      change, and support an environment that encourages successful aging. This calls 
      for a coordinated, proactive outreach effort to put trust back into a system that 
      has historically let down an entire subset of the population.
FAU - Walker, Ruth V
AU  - Walker RV
AD  - 1 Department of Psychology, Missouri State University , Springfield, Missouri.
FAU - Powers, Sara M
AU  - Powers SM
AD  - 2 Department of Psychology, College of Saint Rose , Albany, New York.
FAU - Witten, Tarynn M
AU  - Witten TM
AD  - 3 Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University 
      , Richmond, Virginia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171107
PL  - United States
TA  - LGBT Health
JT  - LGBT health
JID - 101616707
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Anticipation, Psychological
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Personnel/*psychology
MH  - Healthy Aging/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Prejudice
MH  - Qualitative Research
MH  - Sexual and Gender Minorities/*psychology
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Social Stigma
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Terminal Care/psychology
MH  - Transsexualism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aging
OT  - discrimination
OT  - gender self-perception
OT  - health disparities
OT  - successful aging
OT  - transgender
EDAT- 2017/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/31 06:00
CRDT- 2017/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2017/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/31 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1089/lgbt.2016.0165 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - LGBT Health. 2017 Dec;4(6):427-433. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2016.0165. Epub 2017 Nov 7.