Martin, Lauren Rider, G Nic Johnston-Goodstar, Katie Menanteau, Beatriz Palmer, Caroline McMorris, Barbara J
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The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Youth who trade sex for something of value experience enduring harm and risk of being trafficked. This study provides empirically-based prevalence estimates to guide policy and practice. This secondary analysis of 2019 population-level surveillance data from high school students in Minnesota (N = 71,007) uses descriptive statistics and chi-square t...
Sampasa-Kanyinga, Hugues Colman, Ian Goldfield, Gary S Janssen, Ian Wang, JianLi Tremblay, Mark S Barnes, Joel D Walsh, Jeremy J Chaput, Jean-Philippe
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The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (≥60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, ≤2 hours of recreational screen time per day, and 9-11 hours of sleep per night for 5-13 years old) are associated with better physical health, but less is known about how these behaviors are related to mental health. This...
Pérez-Martínez, Vanesa Sanz-Barbero, Belén Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario Bowes, Nicola Ayala, Alba Sánchez-SanSegundo, Miriam Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia Rosati, Nicoletta Neves, Sofia Pereira Vieira, Cristina
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To analyze the potential association between social support, experiences of violence, and sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents and the likelihood of acceptance of violence and machismo in different European countries. Cross-sectional design. We recruited 1,555 participants ages 13-16 from secondary schools in Alicante (Spain), Rome (Ital...
Lynch, Katie M Mirabelli, Maria C
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This study aimed to assess U.S. adolescents' perceptions and knowledge about air quality and their behaviors aimed to reduce air pollution exposure and whether they vary by demographic characteristics. We analyzed data from the Porter Novelli Public Services YouthStyles survey, a nationally representative survey of U.S. adolescents aged 12-17 years...
Swendiman, Robert A Luks, Valerie L Hatchimonji, Justin S Nayyar, Megha G Goldshore, Matthew A Nace, Gary W Jr Nance, Michael L Allukian, Myron 3rd
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To determine the incidence and outcomes of firearm injuries in adolescents and the effect of trauma center (TC) designation on their mortality. The National Trauma Data Bank (2010-2016) was queried for all encounters involving adolescents aged 13-16 years with firearm injuries. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to determine the associa...
Ma, Ming Brooks-Russell, Ashley Orejobi, Sadé Johnson, Renee M
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The prevalence of adolescent risk behaviors varies by age and grade level in school, both of which are proxies for physical and social development. Adjusting for both age and grade would be ideal but is ill advised because of collinearity. We developed a variable to assess "relative age" (i.e., old for grade vs. age normative) and estimated grade a...
Zamudio-Haas, Sophia Auerswald, Colette Miller, Lara Amboka, Sayo Agot, Irene Kadede, Kevin Otieno, Beatrice Odhiambo, Hannington Odeny, Damaris Onyango, John
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Intergenerational transactional sex (ITS) occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa within the context of widespread poverty and limited employment opportunities. We examined how adolescents describe these relationships, why their peers engage in ITS, and what repercussions adolescents shoulder as a result. We conducted 14 focus group discussions with boys and ...
Levy, Sharon Tennermann, Nicole Marin, Alexandra C Wiseblatt, Aria Shrier, Lydia A Garvey, Katharine Dedeoglu, Fatma Fishman, Laurie N Weitzman, Elissa R
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Research involving adolescent risk behaviors must balance data confidentiality with participant safety when risky behaviors are revealed. This report details a safety protocol and reports the experience of two contemporaneous studies that used it with variant safety thresholds. We developed a safety protocol for research with adolescent patients an...
Garnett, Chelsea Pollack, Lance Rodriguez, Felicia Renteria, Robert Puffer, Maryjane Tebb, Kathleen P
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This study aimed to determine the association between use of highly effective methods of nonbarrier contraception and condom use in a sample of Latina adolescents and whether the change to a more effective method of nonbarrier contraception is associated with a change in condom use. As part of a larger study, 442 sexually active Latina adolescents ...
Cardoso, Jodi Berger Brabeck, Kalina Capps, Randy Chen, Tzuan Giraldo-Santiago, Natalia Huertas, Anjely Mayorga, Nubia A
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Immigration enforcement policies and negative rhetoric about immigrants harm the psychological well-being of Latinx youth in immigrant families, particularly those who are most vulnerable because of their own or their loved ones' legal status. According to the Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies among Minority Children, di...
