Date of Award
1-1-2018
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Medical Doctor (MD)
Department
Medicine
First Advisor
Amanda Kallen
Second Advisor
Julia Cron
Abstract
The goal of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of transgender adolescents regarding fertility and future parenthood. We developed and administered a cross-sectional questionnaire to a convenience sample of 23 transgender and gender non-conforming adolescents (mean age 16.2 ± 2.6) who attended the Yale Pediatric Gender Program between October 2016 and August 2017. Our results indicate that transgender adolescents have a basic understanding of reproductive health and fertility (mean total knowledge score of 3.78 ± 0.80 out of 5). Knowledge scores were significantly higher in participants with previous information about gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAH; p
Recommended Citation
Alphonso, Aimee, "Reproductive Health And Fertility Among Transgender Adolescents: A Knowledge And Attitudes Survey" (2018). Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library. 3367.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ymtdl/3367
