Adina J Smith, Rachel Hallum-Montes, Kyndra Nevin, Roberta Zenker, Bree Sutherland, Shawn Reagor, M Elizabeth Ortiz, Catherine Woods, Melissa Frost, Bryan Cochran, Kathryn Oost, Hillary Gleason, James Michael Brennan
This project utilized a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to conduct qualitative interviews with 30 transgender adults living in a rural state. Participants' identities spanned from trans women and men to non-binary and Two-Spirit. The aim of this study was to better understand the experiences, needs, and priorities of the participants as well as to examine possible determinants of mental health, well-being, and suicidality for transgender individuals in Montana. These factors were investigated at individual, interpersonal, community, and societal levels using an ecological framework...
April 2018: Rural Mental Health