Project Summary
The goal of this study is to build a comprehensive understanding of the specific health outcomes, healthcare utilization patterns, experiences accessing the healthcare system, and health needs among transgender adolescents and youth (12-24 years) in Ontario, by utilizing administrative health data and in-depth one-on-one interviews. We will identify and assemble a cohort of transgender youth (n=3,000) in Ontario by collecting individual-level data and linking it to administrative health data held at ICES, which covers all publicly-funded healthcare encounters in Ontario’s universal health coverage system. This study will be the first in Canada to identify transgender adolescents and youth within population-based administrative health data and investigate their health outcomes and healthcare utilization patterns.
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Filling the Gap: Providing supportive and inclusive medical services to transgender youth
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
