Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 2016"

TL;DR: This review provides an update on the growing body of research related to the mental health of transgender youth that has emerged since the 2011 publication of the Institute of Medicine report on the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

TL;DR: Evidence from school-based interventions and digital platforms supports Internet-based prevention and treatment programs for anxiety and depression; however, more extensive and rigorous research is warranted to further establish the conditions.

TL;DR: The overview findings suggest that among smoking/tobacco interventions, school-based prevention programs and family-based intensive interventions typically addressing family functioning are effective in reducing smoking and Mass media campaigns are also effective given that these were of reasonable intensity over extensive periods of time.

TL;DR: This is the first study aimed at understanding perceived barriers to care among transgender youth and their caregivers and recommended mandatory training on gender-affirming health care and cultural humility for providers/staff.

TL;DR: Comparing developmental trajectories of psychological distress between three empirically derived social support cluster types indicated key differences between cluster types, underscore the importance of family support for LGBT youth.

TL;DR: The overall cross-national increases in STBs should be a call to action for public health practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers that interventions specifically focused on reducing STBs in youth are sorely needed.

TL;DR: Literature on CB in US middle and high school-aged students is robust in quantity but inconsistent in quality and reported prevalence, and consistent definitions and evidence-based measurement tools are needed.

TL;DR: Findings highlight the significant associations between e-cigarette marketing and e-cigarettes use among youth and the need for longitudinal research on these relationships.

TL;DR: Declines in receipt of formal sex education and low rates of parental communication may leave adolescents without instruction, particularly in nonmetropolitan areas.

TL;DR: There is wide range of high-quality, impactful interventions included in this review which can inform researchers, donors, and policy makers about where to make strategic investments to eradicate marriage, a current target of the Sustainable Development Goals.

TL;DR: There was limited and inconclusive evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence, and sexual and reproductive health education, counseling, and contraceptive provision are effective in increasing sexual knowledge, contraceptive use, and decreasing adolescent pregnancy.

TL;DR: The high prevalence of cyberbullying and the potential of cybervictimization as a risk factor for future depressive symptoms, social anxiety symptoms, and below average well-being among adolescents are emphasized.

TL;DR: Improvements in contraceptive use appear to be the primary proximal determinants of declines in adolescent pregnancy and birth rates in the United States from 2007 to 2012.

TL;DR: The study supports the contention that a core basis of the particularly damaging effects of polyvictimization is the experience of victimization across multiple domains of the child's life.

TL;DR: Targeting meningococcal vaccination to adolescents/young adults may reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with IMD and has the potential to impact the larger community through herd benefits.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the frequency and characteristics of gender dysphoria (GD) referrals in a pediatric endocrinology clinic and found that there was a sharp increase in referrals for GD during recent years.

TL;DR: Adolescents had better recognition of depression than social anxiety disorder and were more likely to recommend seeking help for it, however, <50% of youth recognized depression.

TL;DR: Today, despite great advancements in the science, implementation of a truly modern, equitable, evidence-based model of comprehensive sex education remains precluded by sociocultural, political, and systems barriers operating in profound ways across multiple levels of adolescents’ environments.

TL;DR: The authors' syntheses suggest that multicomponent school-based interventions, for example, including school policy changes, parent involvement, and work with local communities, are effective for promoting sexual health and preventing bullying and smoking.

TL;DR: The diversity of successful high-quality interventions, implemented in a range of venues, with a diversity of young people, suggests that there are multiple strategies that can work to prevent unintended pregnancy.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that poverty-targeted unconditional cash transfer programs, can improve the mental health of young people in low-income countries.

TL;DR: This national-level study found that most of the 15-25 year olds never received an STI test, and confidentiality concerns may deter youth from seeking STI testing.

TL;DR: This is the first study to provide support for the benefits of short-term mindfulness practice, specifically mindfulness meditation, in improving WMC in adolescents through a randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness meditation to hatha yoga and a waitlist control group.

TL;DR: N SSI content is popular on Instagram and often veiled by ambiguous hashtags, and Content Advisory warnings were not reliable; thus, parents and providers remain the cornerstone of prompting discussions about NSSI content on social media and providing resources for teens.

TL;DR: The review findings suggest that micronutrient supplementation among adolescents (predominantly females) can significantly decrease anemia prevalence and interventions to improve nutritional status among “pregnant adolescents” showed statistically significant improved birth weight.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that immigrant youth are more likely to experience bullying victimization than native-born youth and were morelikely to report interpersonal, socioemotional, health, and substance use problems.

TL;DR: Addressing school dropout as a public health problem has the potential to improve the lives of dropouts and reduce societal costs of dropping out.

TL;DR: Given the significant differences in adolescents' perceptions of risks and benefits of using different tobacco products and research showing the predictive relationship between perceptions and behavior, there is a need for comprehensive messaging that discusses risks of all tobacco products, particularly hookah and e-cigarettes.

TL;DR: By identifying naturally occurring configurations of tobacco product use in teens, these findings may be useful to practitioners and policymakers to identify the need for tobacco control interventions that address specific tobacco products and particular combinations of polytobacco use.

TL;DR: E-cigarette use in adolescence, and a pro-e-cigarette social environment, may put adolescents at risk for future use of cigarettes.