Miconi, Diana Ouimet, Sonia Kafi, Mohammed Abdullah Heel Dervishi, Eglantina Wiium, Nora Rousseau, Cécile
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Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction Egyptian and Roma communities represent two of the most deprived and stigmatized ethnic minorities in Albania. However, research investigating vulnerability and well-being in youth from these communities is scant. Even less is known among Egyptian and Roma adolescents who dropped-out of school. Within a Positive Youth Development frame...
Ruvalcaba, Yanet Mercer Kollar, Laura M Everett Jones, Sherry Mercado, Melissa C Leemis, Ruth W Ma, Zhen-Qiang
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The Journal of school health
Sexting is common among adolescents and is associated with numerous health risk behaviors and negative psychosocial constructs. This study examined the relationships between high school students' experiences with sexual violence victimization, dating violence victimization, and engagement in risky sexual behaviors with experiences of receiving sext...
Barrault, Alice Redon, Céline Hamonic, Samia
L’adolescence est une période propice à différentes mises en danger, et notamment celle de la fugue. En définissant la fugue et ses mécanismes, cet article vise à réfléchir à ce qui peut pousser un adolescent à partir, à « s’enfermer dehors ».En s’appuyant sur quelques vignettes cliniques, nous chercherons à comprendre ce phénomène, ses motifs et l...
Ahrens, Kym Udell, Wadiya Albertson, Katie Coatney, Alexis Golub, Sarah A Lowry, Sarah J
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Academic pediatrics
Foster youth are at increased risk for negative sexual health outcomes and rarely receive the information or social/familial support needed to reduce risks. Foster and kinship caregivers report lacking the information and skills needed to effectively talk to youth in their care about sexual health. In a sample of caregivers from 2 large urban juris...
Johansson, Catrin Kullgren, Carina Bador, Kourosh Kerekes, Nóra
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Frontiers in Psychology
Background Non-binary gender adolescents are particularly vulnerable and more likely to be exposed to several socio-psychological difficulties and disorders. It is vital to discover and act on the vulnerabilities they encounter. The present study aims to describe the somatic and mental health, affect state, frequency of risk behaviors, victimizatio...
Walsh, Sarah Jenner, Eric Qaragholi, Noor Henley, Catherine Demby, Hilary Leger, Rebekah Burgess, Kelly
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The Journal of school health
Although positive youth development (PYD) programs have demonstrated effectiveness in improving adolescent reproductive health outcomes, there is a lack of evidence on effective school-based interventions designed especially for high school settings. This study examined the efficacy of Peer Group Connection (PGC-HS), a school-based PYD program, in ...
Xia, Wanqiu Liu, Jing Wang, Jianping
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Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
In this study, the identity of our recently produced natural TetR protein was identified by using the LC-ESI-MS/MS technique, and its recognition mechanisms, including the binding pocket, contact amino acids, intermolecular forces, binding sites, binding energies, and affinities for 10 tetracycline drugs were studied. Then, it was evolved by site-m...
Huang, Gang Cheng, Wei Xu, Yun Yang, Jiezhe Jiang, Jun Pan, Xiaohong Zhou, Xin Jiang, Jianmin Chai, Chengliang
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International journal of environmental research and public health
People who use drugs (PWUD) are among those with the highest risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Highly effective direct-acting antiviral agents offer an opportunity to eliminate HCV. A simple tool for the prediction of HCV infection risk in PWUD is urgently needed. This study aimed to develop and validate a risk prediction tool to identify...
Coletro, Hillary Nascimento Mendonça, Raquel de Deus Meireles, Adriana Lúcia Machado-Coelho, George Luiz Lins Menezes, Mariana Carvalho de
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Background and aim The growing increase in diet- and behavior-related illnesses has drawn the attention of many epidemiologists who attribute such changes to the epidemiological and nutritional transition. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the association between the combined occurrence of health risk behaviors, such as sedentary lifestyles, high w...
Rezvan, Panteha Hayati Rezai, Roxana Comulada, W Scott Lee, Sung-Jae Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield Swendeman, Dallas Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane Fernández, M Isabel
Youth at-risk for HIV are also at-risk for mental health disorders and psychiatric hospitalization. Understanding the association between engagement in HIV prevention, concurrent risk behaviors, and psychiatric hospitalization may lead to improvements in integrated prevention and mental health treatment efforts. Youth at-risk for HIV, aged 14-24 ye...
