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Sampling bias in Brazilian studies on transgender and gender diverse population...
Costa,Angelo Brandelli; Rosa,Letícia de Oliveira; Fontanari,Anna Martha VaitsesAbstract: Correctly recognizing gender identity in population-based surveys is essential to develop effective public health strategies to improve the living conditions of transgender and gender-diverse populations, as well as to adequately collect data on cisgender individuals. This study aims to present the two-step measure as the best strategy for assessing gender identity in Brazilian surveys, thus we perfor...
Tobacco use among transgender and gender non-binary youth in Brazil
Fontanari,Anna Martha Vaitses; Churchill,Siobhan; Schneider,Maiko Abel; Soll,Bianca; Costa,Angelo Brandelli; Lobato,Maria Inês RodriguesAbstract Transgender and gender non-binary youth are particularly vulnerable to tobacco smoking and susceptible to smoking adverse health outcomes. That is, they are in special risk to start smoking and, after starting, they may face worse outcomes when comparing to their cisgender peers. Therefore, the present study aims to evaluate factors associated with tobacco use among transgender and gender non-binary yo...
Gender dysphoria: prejudice from childhood to adulthood, but no impact on infla...
Real,André Gonzales; Fontanari,Anna Martha Vaitses; Costa,Angelo Brandelli; Soll,Bianca Machado Borba; Bristot,Giovana; de Oliveira,Larissa FagundesAbstract Introduction Gender dysphoria (GD) is characterized by a marked incongruence between experienced gender and one’s gender assigned at birth. Transsexual individuals present a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders when compared to non-transsexual populations, and it has been proposed that minority stress, i.e., discrimination or prejudice, has a relevant impact on these outcomes. Transsexuals also s...
Pervasive development disorder explained by the theory of executive dysfunction...
Fontanari,Anna Martha Vaitses; Vaitses,Vivian Denise CazertaA case of a hyperactive child with impaired speech, perceptual-motor capacity and interpersonal skills is presented. Presumptive diagnoses are discussed according to the international classifications most often used. The nature of pervasive developmental disorders is examined based on the concepts of theory of mind and theory of executive dysfunction.