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Trans and gender diverse individuals exhibit below-average general health literacy compared to the general population, although they perceive media-related health tasks as relatively easy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 30, 2024Open Access

Health literacy of trans and gender diverse individuals –a cross sectional survey in Germany

RWRieka von der WarthUniversity of Freiburg MKMirjam KörnerBern University of Applied Sciences EFErik Farin‐GlattackerUniversity of Freiburg

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INTRODUCTION: To date, there has been little research on the general health literacy of trans and gender diverse individuals, even though previous research undermines the importance of good health literacy in this sample. The aim of the article is therefore to describe the general health literacy of trans and gender diverse individuals based on a German survey. METHODS: - test and a univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS: Out of N = 223 participants, n = 129 individuals (57.8%) identified as non-binary; n = 49 (22.0%) identified themselves as male, while n = 45 (20.2%) identified as female. Mean age was 28.03 years. Overall, 26.4% of all the participants showed an inadequate health literacy, as proposed by the HLS-EU-16. In trend, health-related task related to media use were more often perceived as easy compared to the German general population. CONCLUSION: Individuals, who identify as trans and gender diverse may have a general health literacy below average compared to the German general population. However, tasks related to media use were perceived as easy, which might be a good starting point for health literacy related interventions. TRIAL REGISTRATION: DRKS00026249, Date of registration: 15/03/2022.

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