Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 2015"

TL;DR: This new report pulls together recommendations and guidance from across the World Health Organization relating to interventions directed to a range of priority health problems, including use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances, AIDS, injuries, mental health, nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, tobacco use, and violence, focusing on four core functions of the health sector.

TL;DR: Despite recent declines, teen pregnancy rates remain high in many countries and research on the planning status of these pregnancies and on factors that determine how teens resolve their pregnancies could further inform programs and policies.

TL;DR: Transgender youth were found to have a disparity in negative mental health outcomes compared with cisgender youth, with equally high burden in FTM and MTF patients.

TL;DR: It is recommended that young adults ages 18-26 years be treated as a distinct subpopulation in policy, planning, programming, and research, and action is taken in three priority areas to improve health care for young adults.

TL;DR: The overlap of traditional bullying (relational, verbal, and physical) with cyberbullying was examined to examine the extent to which these two forms overlap among adolescents.

TL;DR: More research is needed into cyberbullying, but available data suggest a serious problem whose consequences are real and should not be dismissed as a "virtual" by-product of an increasingly digitalized childhood and adolescence.

TL;DR: The logic of an "empowerment approach to CSE" that seeks to empower young people to see themselves and others as equal members in their relationships, able to protect their own health, and as individuals capable of engaging as active participants in society is discussed.

TL;DR: Evidence suggests that parenting interventions and interventions with children and adolescents subjected to maltreatment hold promise in preventing IPV or SV by addressing child maltreatment, which is a risk factor for later perpetration or experience of IPv or SV.

TL;DR: Transgender and cisgender SM young adults have elevated rates of compensatory behavior and SR-ED diagnosis and Appropriate interventions for these populations are urgently needed.

TL;DR: Packages of interventions that train health workers, improve facility adolescent friendliness, and endeavor to generate demand through multiple channels are ready for large-scale implementation, however, further evaluation of these initiatives is needed to clarify mechanisms and impact.

TL;DR: Prevalence of depression and suicidality demonstrates that youth may benefit from timely and appropriate intervention, and evaluation of these youth over time will help determine the impact of medical intervention and mental health therapy.

TL;DR: BB glasses may be useful in adolescents as a countermeasure for alerting effects induced by light exposure through LED screens and therefore potentially impede the negative effects modern lighting imposes on circadian physiology in the evening.

TL;DR: Analyses suggest that psychological distress might "get better" when adolescents encounter less victimization and adds to a growing literature indicating that early experiences of stress impact the mental health of LGBTQ youth.

TL;DR: An international consensus is reached to determine what key elements should be part of a transition program and what indicators could be used to assess its success to allow better assessing and comparing transition programs.

TL;DR: The key recommendations are to link the provision of sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services; build awareness, acceptance, and support for youth-friendly SRH education and services; address gender inequality in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and norms.

TL;DR: Scientific evidence supports more aggressive approaches to refeeding and the use of family-based therapy as a first-line psychological treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and an evidence-based method for determining degree of malnutrition is proposed.

TL;DR: An ecological framework is applied to organize the key elements of enabling environments for ASRH and strategies that are being implemented and seem promising are those that empower girls, build their individual assets, and create safe spaces.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that perceptions of parent and school support are relatively more important than peer support in understanding suicidal thoughts and history of suicidal behavior, and improving social support across these domains may be important in suicide prevention efforts.

TL;DR: A strong, graded relationship was shown between cumulative ACE and all suicide behaviors 1 year later, and among adolescents already exposed to adversities, effective mental health services may buffer against future suicidality.

TL;DR: Marijuana Twitter chatter sent by influential Twitter users tends to be pro-marijuana and popular among African-Americans and youth/young adults, and should be used to inform online and offline prevention efforts that work to target individuals who are most at risk for harms associated with marijuana use.

TL;DR: This study suggests that more training in transgender-related care, available qualified mental health providers, and insurance reimbursement for transgender- related care are needed.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that adolescents with a history of overweight or obesity represent a substantial portion of treatment-seeking adolescents with restrictive eating disorders, underscoring that extreme weight loss in adolescents is not healthy, regardless of whether the end weight is theoretically within a healthy range.

TL;DR: The role of the medical practitioner in the diagnosis and treatment ofeating disorders is reviewed, updating the reader on the changing epidemiology of eating disorders, revised diagnostic criteria, newer methods of assessing degree of malnutrition, more aggressive approaches to refeeding, and current approaches to managing low bone mass.

TL;DR: GBV is pervasive among adolescent and young adult women in low- and middle-income countries and the unique risk to youth varies across nations, suggesting an age-place interaction.

TL;DR: Results indicate targeting cultural stressors in interventions may have potential to improve well-being and decrease externalizing behaviors and substance use within this population of recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents.

TL;DR: Adolescents have learned from multiple sources about risks of using cigarettes, but they receive much less and often incorrect information regarding marijuana and e-cigarettes, likely resulting in their positive and often ambivalent perceptions of marijuana and E-cigarettes.

TL;DR: Youth with chronic health conditions had lower educational attainment, and students with cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy who had a high number of absences, had repeated a grade, orHad a high-depressive symptoms score were particularly impacted.

TL;DR: Quality improvement using the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition resulted in the development of a systematic clinical transition process in pediatric and adult academic primary care practices.

TL;DR: The prevalence of TDV was high in a sample of middle school students from high-risk urban communities and important sex differences in rates of perpetration and risk factors emerged, and comprehensive prevention programs that target TDV and related risk factors, such as bullying, seem warranted.

TL;DR: The increased prevalence of emotional problems in girls mirrors a trend found in other similar studies, and the results are discussed in the context of recent economic and societal changes.