Measuring Explicit Prejudice and Transphobia in Nursing Students and Professionals.
Jesús Manuel García-AcostaMaría Elisa Castro-PerazaLilisbeth Perestelo-PérezAmado Rivero-SantanaMaria de Los Angeles Arias RodríguezNieves Doria Lorenzo-RochaPublished in: Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) (2020)
All participants showed a low mean level of explicit transphobia. This result is not incompatible with unconscious prejudice, which may translate to discriminatory behaviors. Interventions to change negative attitudes are still needed, since even a small percentage of transphobic health professionals could exert a considerable negative impact on health care. In professionals without transphobic attitudes, the barriers identified by trans* people might be a problem due to the lack of specific training.