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Deirdre Shires

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Verified email at msu.edu
Cited by 1529

Factors associated with health care discrimination experiences among a national sample of female-to-male transgender individuals

DA Shires, K Jaffee - Health & social work, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Transgender individuals experience harassment, violence, and discrimination in a number
of settings. Although health care discrimination against transgender people has been …

Discrimination and delayed health care among transgender women and men: implications for improving medical education and health care delivery

KD Jaffee, DA Shires, D Stroumsa - Medical care, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: The transgender community experiences health care discrimination and
approximately 1 in 4 transgender people were denied equal treatment in health care settings. …

Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care

D Stroumsa, DA Shires, CR Richardson… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Transgender and gender diverse ( TGD ) patients face significant hurdles in
accessing affirming, knowledgeable care. Lack of provider knowledge presents a substantial …

Primary care clinicians' willingness to care for transgender patients

DA Shires, D Stroumsa, KD Jaffee… - The Annals of Family …, 2018 - Annals Family Med
Transgender patients report negative experiences in health care settings, but little is known
about clinicians’ willingness to see transgender patients. We surveyed 308 primary care …

Structural discrimination is associated with smoking status among a national sample of transgender individuals

DA Shires, KD Jaffee - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Limited evidence suggests that transgender individuals smoke at significantly
higher rates than the general population. We aimed to determine whether structural or …

Suicide attempts among a cohort of transgender and gender diverse people

J Mak, DA Shires, Q Zhang, LR Prieto… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Transgender and gender diverse people often face discrimination and may
experience disproportionate emotional distress that leads to suicide attempts. Therefore, it is …

Prioritization of evidence-based preventive health services during periodic health examinations

DA Shires, KC Stange, G Divine, S Ratliff… - American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Delivery of preventive services sometimes falls short of guideline
recommendations. PURPOSE: To evaluate the multilevel factors associated with evidence-based …

Primary care providers' willingness to continue gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients

DA Shires, D Stroumsa, KD Jaffee… - Family …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Most transgender individuals either use or are interested in using gender-affirming
hormone therapy (HT). Making gender-affirming HT available in primary care is critical …

[HTML][HTML] Patients' adoption of and feature access within electronic patient portals

JE Lafata, CA Miller, DA Shires, K Dyer… - The American journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES: We describe online portal account adoption and feature access among
subgroups of patients who traditionally have been disadvantaged or represent those with high …

Financial hardship, unmet medical need, and health self-efficacy among African American men

…, JA Mitchell, DA Shires… - Health Education & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Health self-efficacy (the confidence to take care of one’s health) is a key
component in ensuring that individuals are active partners in their health and health care. The …