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Study data from S.A. Wylie and colleagues update understanding of gender and health

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 16th, 2010

"Discrimination and violence targeting people perceived as gender nonconforming have been linked to a range of negative health outcomes, and large-scale representative data are needed to begin population surveillance of associated health disparities," scientists in the United States report.

"A brief self-report measure of gender expression as perceived by others was tested using cognitive interviewing methods in a diverse sample of 82 young adults aged 18-30 years, recruited from the New U.K. region in the U.S. identified themes related to item clarity, gender expression variation, undesirability of highest or lowest ends of item range, and tension between self and...

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