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    Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences

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    Harner, Vern; Munion, Ascher K.; Shelton, Jama
    Abstract
    The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting marginalized communities, such as Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), disabled individuals, and transgender/nonbinary (i.e., trans) individuals. As trans individuals may be multiply marginalized, it is necessary to examine within group differences among trans individuals of different genders, races, socioeconomic statuses, and abilities. This study examines the following research questions: (1) What is the quality of life of trans adults during the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) How does the self-reported impact of the pandemic vary across groups within the trans community? (3) What preferences do trans adults have regarding receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? Survey data were collected in August/September of 2020. Among a sample of 449 trans adults, findings suggest that the profound impact of the pandemic was not consistent across all community members. Being a woman predicted a higher self-reported impact of the pandemic while being a masc(uline) white respondent tended to predict a lower impact of the pandemic. Higher income was associated with a higher quality of life and being a disabled white respondent predicted a lower quality of life. The majority (99%) of the sample reported wanting to receive a COVID-19 vaccine should one become available. Implications for practice include the importance of considering the holistic experiences of clients and community members, as opposed to having homogenized perspectives of even subsets of the trans community. Future research related to barriers faced when attempting to access a vaccine is needed to inform future public health responses to epidemics/pandemics impacting this community.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9695
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     Transgender; Nonbinary; COVID-19; quality of life; vaccines 
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    2021-11-28
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    Harner, Vern, & Munion, Ascher K., & Shelton, Jama. (November 2021). Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. Harner V, Munion AK, Shelton J. Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021, 18(23)(), - 19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(23):12536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312536. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9695

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    Harner, Vern, and Munion, Ascher K., and Shelton, Jama. "Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences". Harner V, Munion AK, Shelton J. Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021. . (), November 2021. January 31, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9695.
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    Harner, Vern and Munion, Ascher K. and Shelton, Jama, "Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences," Harner V, Munion AK, Shelton J. Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 18(23), no. (November 2021), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9695 (accessed January 31, 2023).
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    Harner, Vern, Munion, Ascher K., Shelton, Jama. Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. Harner V, Munion AK, Shelton J. Trans Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Life, Pandemic Impact, and Vaccine Preferences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021. November 2021; 18(23)(): . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9695. Accessed January 31, 2023.
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