Yuri Tashiro, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Shiro Ochi, Hiroshi Ishii, Masaru Hasegawa, Yoshimichi Kawauchi, Mitsuyuki Chiba
The impact of a school-based tooth-brushing program on dental caries: a cross-sectional study
Environmental health and preventive medicine
purpose aimed understand transgender nonbinary tnb young adults desire receive genderaffirming medical care gamc age 18 identify barriers facilitators receiving care adolescence methods crosssectional survey administered tnb young adults presenting care ages 18 20 2023 descriptive statistics characterized sample 2 tests post hoc pairwise comparisons identified differences desire genderaffirming medications outness parental consent gender identity sex assigned birth ttests evaluated differences barriers facilitators receiving care outness parents results total 230 tnb respondents complete data nearly 943 indicated desired gamc age 18 half 557 respondents reported gender identity parent age 18 outness discussing desire gamc asking consent receive gamc parent significantly common among participants identified men compared identified women among assigned female birth compared assigned male birth differences emerged comparing nonbinary individuals identified men women lack parental willingness consent gamc cited primary contributor received care adolescence conclusions many tnb young adults desire gamc adolescence however lack parental support key barrier receiving care suggesting need readily available resources parents support tnb adolescents