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Lauren Catlett1, Crystal Chu1, Jennifer Goldman2
1University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA.
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With increasing barriers to conducting transgender health research in the US, recruiting transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive (TNGE) people for research studies has grown in complexity and criticality. The purpose of this study was to explore methods used to recruit TNGE adults in qualitative research studies and to identify participant motivations for joining these studies. Researchers used a qualitative descriptive approach to conduct a secondary analysis of qualitative data from two distinct nurse-led studies related to transgender health. Using data from interviews with 59 TNGE participants, a framework for effective recruitment activities was generated, and three themes describing participant motivations for enrolling were developed: (1) benefit to self and others, (2) advocacy for self and others, and (3) support for research and education. Analysis of recruitment methods and outcomes in these qualitative studies may aid researchers in conducting transgender health research in a challenging sociopolitical climate.
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