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Smith MS, Sarno EL, Price C, Sajwani A, Mustanski B, Newcomb ME. Dyadic Moderators of the Minority Stress-HIV Risk Association in Male Couples. AIDS Behav 2024:10.1007/s10461-024-04303-4. [PMID: 38489139 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
Minority stressors have been linked to HIV risk behaviors among gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Committed partnerships are a key context for new HIV infections and coping with minority stress among MSM, but very little work has tested the minority stress-HIV risk link among male couples, and little is known about how processes within one's relationship may exacerbate or buffer this association. The present study examined links between minority stress (i.e., internalized stigma, microaggressions) and HIV transmission risk behaviors (i.e., condomless anal sex with outside partners, breaks in relationship agreements) among male couples, as well as relationship-based moderators (i.e., social support, dyadic coping) of these associations. An analytic sample of male couples from a large cohort study (analytic N = 410 individuals, 205 dyads) completed self-report measures of minority stress, relationship-based moderators, and HIV transmission risk behaviors which were submitted to moderated actor-partner interdependence models (APIMs). In many cases, coping with stress with one's partner buffered the minority stress-HIV transmission link risk. However, findings also suggested situations in which partners may overburden one another with coping, thus exacerbating HIV-related risk behaviors.
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- Madison Shea Smith
- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Le Quesne WJF, Fernand L, Ali TS, Andres O, Antonpoulou M, Burt JA, Dougherty WW, Edson PJ, El Kharraz J, Glavan J, Mamiit RJ, Reid KD, Sajwani A, Sheahan D. Is the development of desalination compatible with sustainable development of the Arabian Gulf? Mar Pollut Bull 2021; 173:112940. [PMID: 34537571 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The development of desalination has been essential to the rapid economic development of the countries bordering the Arabian Gulf. The current production capacity of sea water desalination plants drawing water from Gulf is over 20 million m3 day-1, which may rise to 80 million m3 day-1 by 2050. Whilst supporting aspects of sustainable development related to water and sanitation, desalination impacts the marine environment through impingement and entrainment of organisms in intakes, and through thermal, brine and chemical discharges. This may compromise other objectives for sustainable development related to sustainable use of the oceans. Under business as usual scenarios, by 2050, the impact of individual desalination plants will combine causing a regional scale impact. Without mitigating actions to avoid the business as usual scenario, by 2050, desalination in combination with climate change, will elevate coastal water temperatures across more than 50% of the Gulf by at least 3 °C, and a volume of water equivalent to more than a third of the total volume of water between 0 and 10 m deep will pass through desalination plants each year. This will adversely impact the coastal ecosystem of the Gulf, with impacts on biodiversity, fisheries and coastal communities and may cause potential loss of species and habitats from the Gulf. Given the significant implications of these preliminary findings, and in light of the precautionary approach to management, it is recommended that mitigating options addressing behavioural, regulatory and technological change are rapidly evaluated and implemented to avoid the development of desalination in the region along a business as usual pathway, and multidisciplinary research studies should be conducted to reduce uncertainty in predictions of future impacts.
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- W J F Le Quesne
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK.
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK
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- Emirates Nature - WWF, Sustainable City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Water Research Center & Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Climate Change Research Group, United States of America
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- Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC), P.O. Box 21, P.C. 133 Al Khuwair, Oman
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- Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI), Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, Al Moura Building, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Masdar City, Abu Dhabi 135075, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK
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Quain KM, Kyweluk MA, Sajwani A, Gruschow S, Finlayson C, Gordon EJ, Johnson EK, Persky R, Dowshen N, Chen D. Timing and Delivery of Fertility Preservation Information to Transgender Adolescents, Young Adults, and Their Parents. J Adolesc Health 2021; 68:619-622. [PMID: 32826153 PMCID: PMC8522212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to examine transgender adolescents and young adults' (AYA) and their parents' preferences regarding fertility preservation (FP) information provision and discussion timing. METHODS Data were derived from two separate studies: an online survey and semistructured qualitative interviews. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and interview data using conventional content analysis. RESULTS Survey participants (AYA: 88% and parents: 93%) preferred gender clinic physicians provide FP information, and nearly one-third endorsed mental health professionals (AYA: 28% and parents: 26%) or fertility specialists (AYA: 23% and parents: 30%). Interview participants' FP discussion timing preferences ranged from the initial clinic visit, follow-up visits, before medical intervention, to mentioning FP early but deferring in-depth discussion to follow-up visits. CONCLUSIONS Gender clinic physicians, mental health professionals, and fertility specialists should be prepared to discuss FP with transgender AYA and their parents. Opinions varied regarding when to provide FP information; therefore, discussion timing may need to be individualized.
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- Kit M Quain
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Urology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Kolbuck VD, Sajwani A, Kyweluk MA, Finlayson C, Gordon EJ, Chen D. Formative development of a fertility decision aid for transgender adolescents and young adults: a multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study. J Assist Reprod Genet 2020; 37:2805-2816. [PMID: 32995972 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-020-01947-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE No educational and decision support tools exist to aid transgender and non-binary (TNB) adolescents and young adults (AYA) in making decisions about fertility preservation in the context of initiating gender-affirming medical care that can impair fertility. This study identified critical content areas and learning objectives to include in a decision aid about fertility preservation targeted for TNB AYA. METHODS Delphi methodology was leveraged to engage 80 multidisciplinary experts in reproductive medicine and pediatric transgender health care in a two round consensus building procedure. Proposed content areas rated as "probably keep" or "definitely keep" by 75% of experts were retained. Proposed learning objectives reaching 75% agreement on ratings of importance and priority were also identified. RESULTS The Delphi procedure identified five priority content areas (Basic Reproduction; Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions: Impacts on Fertility; Established Fertility Preservation Options; Benefits and Risks of Established Fertility Preservation Procedures; Alternative Pathways to Parenting) and 25 learning objectives to prioritize in a fertility-related decision aid for TNB AYA. CONCLUSION A multidisciplinary panel of experts achieved agreement around content areas and learning objectives to incorporate into a decision aid about fertility preservation for TNB AYA.
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- Victoria D Kolbuck
- Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 161B, Chicago, IL, 60611-2605, USA
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- Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 161B, Chicago, IL, 60611-2605, USA
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- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.,Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research and Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 161B, Chicago, IL, 60611-2605, USA. .,Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research and Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. .,Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. .,Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Chen D, Kyweluk MA, Sajwani A, Gordon EJ, Johnson EK, Finlayson CA, Woodruff TK. Factors Affecting Fertility Decision-Making Among Transgender Adolescents and Young Adults. LGBT Health 2020; 6:107-115. [PMID: 30985275 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2018.0250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to identify factors affecting transgender adolescents' and young adults' (AYA) decisions to pursue fertility preservation (FP). METHODS Participants completed a semistructured interview between December 2016 and June 2017 to inform improvements in fertility counseling and the development of a fertility decision aid targeted to transgender youth. Interviews included open-ended questions within the following domains: (1) gender-affirming medical care received, (2) knowledge of gender-affirming hormone effects on fertility and FP options, (3) FP decision-making, and (4) how, when, and what information AYA prefer to receive regarding FP. The interviews were analyzed thematically. RESULTS Eighteen transgender AYA (ages 15-24) participated (60% participation rate). The majority was White (61%) and assigned female at birth (67%). Half received specialized FP counseling (50%). Few of the transgender AYA pursued FP (33%). Five key themes reflecting factors affecting transgender AYA's FP decision-making were identified: (1) future parenthood desires, (2) individual experiences of gender dysphoria, (3) family values around biological parenthood, (4) financial considerations, and (5) fertility information provision. CONCLUSIONS Transgender AYA consider numerous factors in deciding whether to pursue FP. Although individual desires for and family values around biological parenthood influenced whether AYA pursued specialized FP counseling, individual experiences of gender dysphoria and costs of FP were barriers. AYA also identified shortcomings in fertility counseling with providers, highlighting the need to establish standardized counseling protocols and develop patient decision aids.
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- Diane Chen
- 1 The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,2 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,3 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,4 Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- 5 Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.,6 Program in Public Health, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- 1 The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- 7 Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,8 Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,9 Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- 8 Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,10 Division of Urology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,11 Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- 4 Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,12 Division of Endocrinology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- 13 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,14 Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Ernst MM, Chen D, Kennedy K, Jewell T, Sajwani A, Foley C, Sandberg DE. Disorders of sex development (DSD) web-based information: quality survey of DSD team websites. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol 2019; 2019:1. [PMID: 31149017 PMCID: PMC6537388 DOI: 10.1186/s13633-019-0065-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Objectives Consumers rely on online health information, particularly for unusual conditions. Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) are complex with some aspects of care controversial. Accurate web-based DSD information is essential for decision-making, but the quality has not been rigorously evaluated. The purpose of the present study was to assess the quality of online health information related to DSD presented by 12 pediatric institutions comprising the NIH-sponsored DSD-Translational Research Network (DSD-TRN). Methods DSD-TRN sites identified team webpages, then we identified linked webpages. We also used each institution search engine to search common DSD terms. We assessed webpages using validated tools: the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) determined reading level, the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) evaluated content for understandability and actionability, and the DISCERN tool assessed treatment decision-making information (for hormone replacement and surgery). We developed a “Completeness” measure which assessed the presence of information on 25 DSD topics. Results The SMOG reading level of webpages was at or above high-school grade level. Mean (SD) PEMAT understandability score for Team Pages and Team Links was 68% (6%); on average these pages met less than 70% of the understandability criteria. Mean (SD) PEMAT actionability score was 23% (20%); few patient actions were identified. The DISCERN tool determined that the quality of information related to hormone treatment and to surgery was poor. Sites’ webpages covered 12–56% of the items on our Completeness measure. Conclusions Quality of DSD online content was poor, and would be improved by using a variety of strategies, such as simplifying word choice, using visual aids, highlighting actions patients can take and acknowledging areas of uncertainty. For complex conditions such as DSD, high-quality web-based information is essential to empower patients (and caregiver proxies), particularly when aspects of care are controversial.
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- Michelle M Ernst
- 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 USA.,2Disorders of Sex Development Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., ML 3015, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 3Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 161B, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.,4Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 161B, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.,5Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- 2Disorders of Sex Development Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., ML 3015, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 6Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074 USA
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- 4Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 161B, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- 7Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, 420 Lakeville Rd, Suite 110, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA
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- 8Department of Pediatrics and Susan B Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center, University of Michigan Medical School, 300 North Ingalls St., Rm 6C23, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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Affiliation(s)
- Moira A. Kyweluk
- Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA
- Program in Public Health, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL USA
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- Division of Adolescent Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Adolescent Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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