Table 2.
Interview Questions
| Construct | Question and sample prompts |
|---|---|
| Gender exploration | Tell me about your (child's) gender journey? |
| Learning about gender care SCGC | Tell me about how you first got connected to the Seattle Children's Gender Clinic. |
| What was your first interaction with the clinic staff like? | |
| Overall experiences at SCGC | Overall, how satisfied are you with the care (you have/your child has) received at the gender clinic? |
| In what ways have you satisfied with the care? Tell me more about that. | |
| What aspects of your care have been the most challenging for you? | |
| What about your experience so far at Seattle Children's Gender Clinic do you wish had been different? | |
| What barriers to care, if any, did you run into? | |
| What do you wish the gender clinic would do differently in the future to help provide the best possible care for future patients? | |
| Experiences with specific SCGC services | |
| Care navigation | Tell me about (your/your child's) interactions with the gender clinic's Care Navigator, [NAME]. |
| How helpful (or not helpful) were they? | |
| Can you describe one way that they helped you navigate (your/your child's) care? | |
| Can you think of something you wish the Care Navigator had been more helpful with or done differently? | |
| Readiness and mental health | If (you/your child) had a readiness evaluation with a mental health provider (also known as a gender dysphoria evaluation), can you tell me about that experience? |
| Who did the evaluation with you? (At Children's, or with a someone outside Children's?) | |
| Would you say it was a positive or negative experience? Can you tell me about why you feel that way? | |
| If (you have/your child has) have received mental health therapy, or are interested in having ongoing therapy, can you tell me about that? | |
| Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone therapies | If (you have/your child has) received puberty blockers, or are interested in receiving puberty blockers, can you tell me about that? |
| What could the gender clinic do to improve patients' experience in the future? | |
| If (you have/your child has) have received cross-hormones (testosterone or estrogen), or are interested in receiving cross-hormones, can you tell me about that? | |
| What could the gender clinic do to improve patients' experience in the future? | |
| Gender-affirming surgery referrals | If (you have/your child has) have received gender-affirming surgery (outside of Seattle Children's), or are interested in getting surgery, can you tell me about that? |
SCGC, Seattle Children's Gender Clinic.