Grant: Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Research and literature in the area of transgender health consistently reports that this population experiences numerous barriers in accessing health care generally, and cancer care specifically, resulting in treatment avoidance. In order to address population health disparities, effective health care provision needs to be informed by research that directly concerns transgender people's health care knowledge and decision-making. This research project will address a growing gap in health literature regarding transgender people's cancer screening experiences by directly assessing a diverse group of transgender people's knowledge of cancer health and how gender identity impacts decision-making regarding health care generally, and specifically, screening for breast, gynecological, and prostate cancers. Results of this study will be of benefit to understanding the impacts of gender identity on cancer health, as well as yielding transferable knowledge that will contribute to the provision of culturally competent and effective cancer screening protocols for transgender people and the quality of cancer care for all Canadians.