Open AccessApplication of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Sampling Weights to Transgender Health Measurement
Author(s) -
Ethan C. Cicero,
Sari L. Reisner,
Elizabeth Merwin,
Janice Humphreys,
Susan G. Silva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000428
Subject(s) - transgender , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , sampling frame , population , sampling (signal processing) , statistics , medicine , environmental health , psychology , computer science , mathematics , psychoanalysis , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
Obtaining representative data from the transgender population is fundamental to improving their health and well-being and advancing transgender health research. The addition of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) gender identity measure is a promising step toward better understanding transgender health. However, methodological concerns have emerged regarding the validity of data collected from transgender participants and its effect on the accuracy of population parameters derived from those data.