"I would have preferred more options": accounting for non-binary youth in health research
"I would have preferred more options": accounting for non-binary youth in health research
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DOI：
10.1111/nin.12150
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Saewyc, Elizabeth M.
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作者：
Frohard-Dourlent, Helene;Dobson, Sarah;Saewyc, Elizabeth M.
作为一个专注于弱势青年的研究团队，我们越来越需要找到在健康研究中承认非二元性别的方法。青年人越来越强烈地要求将性别观念扩大到传统的男孩/男子和女孩/妇女类别之外。将非二元身份整合到既定的研究过程中是一项复杂的任务，在一种通常认为性别是二元变量的文化中。在这篇文章中，我们提出了研究过程中每个阶段的挑战，以及我们在工作中要求自己考虑非二元性别的问题。作为研究人员，我们如何质疑那些使非二元生活隐形的假设？在试图改变研究实践以纳入非二元性别时会出现什么挑战？为什么研究人员在研究过程的每一步都要考虑这些问题？我们利用自己的研究经验来突出紧张局势和变化的可能性。改善非二元人群，特别是非二元青年获得包容性医疗保健的机会，是建立更公平的医疗保健系统的一部分。我们认为，增加和改善获得包容性医疗保健的机会可以通过承认和包括所有性别的人的研究来支持。
As a research team focused on vulnerable youth, we increasingly need to find ways to acknowledge non-binary genders in health research. Youth have become more vocal about expanding notions of gender beyond traditional categories of boy/man and girl/woman. Integrating non-binary identities into established research processes is a complex undertaking in a culture that often assumes gender is a binary variable. In this article, we present the challenges at every stage of the research process and questions we have asked ourselves to consider non-binary genders in our work. As researchers, how do we interrogate the assumptions that have made non-binary lives invisible? What challenges arise when attempting to transform research practices to incorporate non-binary genders? Why is it crucial that researchers consider these questions at each step of the research process? We draw on our own research experiences to highlight points of tensions and possibilities for change. Improving access to inclusive health-care for non-binary people, and non-binary youth in particular, is part of creating a more equitable healthcare system. We argue that increased and improved access to inclusive health-care can be supported by research that acknowledges and includes people of all genders.