Evidence Summaries

In Australia, trans and gender diverse young people encounter many barriers to accessing gender-affirming medical care, including long wait times for specialist clinics, geographical isolation, and financial cost. Health professionals in primary care settings are often a young person's first point of contact with the health system, and their understanding and support of evidence-based practice is important to improve the accessibility and quality of health care services for trans and gender diverse young people.

This literature review investigated the association between gender-related interventions in healthcare settings and mental health and wellbeing outcomes for trans and gender diverse young people.

Overall, the peer-reviewed evidence supports gender-affirming care as the best available approach to improve mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life outcomes for trans and gender diverse children and young people.