@article{ref1,
title="Concordance of adolescent gender, race, and ethnicity: self-report versus medical record data",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2024",
author="Cruz, Andrea T. and Palmer, Chella A. and Augustine, Erin M. and Casper, T. Charles and Dowshen, Nadia and Elsholz, Cara L. and Mollen, Cynthia J. and Pickett, Michelle L. and Schmidt, Sarah K. and Stukus, Kristin S. and Goyal, Monika K. and Reed, Jennifer L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<p>Adolescents and young adults (AYA) frequently use emergency departments (EDs) for care; utilization is even higher for transgender and nonbinary patients.1 Failure to accurately document demographics may result in delivery of non–patient-centered care and render certain minoritized populations invisible, making it more challenging to uncover and address health inequities.2 We compared concordance between self-reported confidential survey and electronic health record (EHR)-recorded demographic data in AYA who completed a tablet-based sexual health survey (SHS) in the ED.  Medically stable, neurologically intact, English-speaking 15- to 21-year-old patients presenting to 6 pediatric EDs in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network between March 2021 and May 2022 were offered a tablet-based SHS.3 Adolescents being assessed for sexual assault were excluded. In addition to questions related to sexual health, adolescents were asked about their current gender identity (female, male, trans-feminine, trans-masculine, queer/gender-nonconforming, other), sex assigned at birth, and patient-identified race/ethnicity. Sex,...</p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2023-063161",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-063161"
}