Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children’s Health Care Experiences With Parents

Abstract

We conducted a qualitative metasummary of studies with qualitative findings from transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) child participants. We created this report as a resource that health care providers can use to improve and enhance the health care–related services that they offer to TGD children and the children’s accompanying parents. We used the qualitative metasummary method to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles with qualitative data collected from TGD children that address the topic of parental involvement in children’s health care experiences. Data collection resulted in 20 articles. Our data analysis resulted in three primary themes, three subthemes, and 18 total summary findings. The findings within this report offer useful information for health care providers to keep in consideration when serving TGD children and their accompanying parents.