New Hormones Findings Has Been Reported by Investigators at University of California (Structural Inequities and Social Networks Impact Hormone Use…

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New Hormones Findings Has Been Reported by Investigators at University of California (Structural Inequities and Social Networks Impact Hormone Use and Misuse Among Transgender Women in Los Angeles County)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- A new study on Drugs and Therapies - Hormones is now available. According to news originating from Los Angeles, California, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "In order to reduce gender dysphoria and combat stigma, transgender women often affirm their gender through social and medical transition, which may include cross-sex hormone therapy. This study examined associations between medically monitored hormone use and hormone misuse (non-prescribed hormone use including 'fillers'), structural inequities (access to housing, health insurance, and income), and social network dynamics among 271 transgender women in Los Angeles."

Financial support for this research came from National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "Hormone use status was coded trichotomously (hormone use, hormone misuse, no hormone use), and robust multinomial logistic regression as well as novel social network analysis was conducted to examine associations. Results demonstrated that younger, African-American/Black transgender women were most likely to engage in hormone misuse compared to transgender women who were older or non-African-American/Black. One-third of the sample reported sex work as a main source of income, and this group was more likely to misuse hormones than those with another primary source of income. Transgender women with access to stable housing and health insurance were most likely to engage in medically monitored hormone use. Social network analysis revealed that transgender women with a greater number of hormone-using network alters were most likely to misuse hormones, but that using the Internet to find transgender friends mitigated this association."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Results demonstrate the multifaceted risk profile of transgender women who use and misuse hormones, including that social networks play an important role in hormone usage among transgender women."

For more information on this research see: Structural Inequities and Social Networks Impact Hormone Use and Misuse Among Transgender Women in Los Angeles County. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2018;47(4):953-962. Archives of Sexual Behavior can be contacted at: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Archives of Sexual Behavior - www.springerlink.com/content/0004-0002/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from K. Clark, University of California, Fielding Sch Public Hlth, Dept. of Epidemiol, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States. Additional authors for this research include J.B. Fletcher, I.W. Holloway and C.J. Reback.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1143-x. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America, Health and Medicine, Drugs and Therapies, Gender and Health, Health Insurance, Women's Health, Gender Health, Hormones, University of California.