Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 2020"

TL;DR: Understanding adolescents’ motivations to engage in social distancing may inform strategies to increase social Distancing engagement, reduce pathogen transmission, and identify individual differences in mental and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: Preliminary evidence is provided that adolescent substance use, including that which occurs face to face with peers, thereby putting adolescents at risk for contracting COVID-19, may be of particular concern during the pandemic.

TL;DR: Intervention strategies with young adults need to address loneliness and feelings of reduced social support during this time, especially for those who may have had greater disruption in their social lives.

TL;DR: The rapid implementation of telemedicine within an adolescent and young adult (AYA) medicine clinic in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is described to be feasible and acceptable for clinic patients.

TL;DR: Given the potential for long-term physical distancing, concerted efforts are required to provide necessary resources and support for LGBTQ youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: Whether youth cigarette and electronic cigarette use are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms, testing, and diagnosis and cigarettes only, e-cigarettes only and dual use, sociodemographic factors, obesity, and complying with shelter-in-place is assessed.

TL;DR: There is a higher prevalence of mental health problems among adolescents with medium and low levels of social support in China during the outbreak of COVID-19, indicates this study indicates.

TL;DR: It is suggested that resilience and positive coping lead to better psychological and mental health status among students, in contrast to negative coping, which is a risk factor for mental health.

TL;DR: Examining the mental health needs of LGBT college students in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic concluded health-care providers, college and university administrators, and campus counseling centers should take swift action to ensure that LGBT students receive mental health support during the pandemic.

TL;DR: There is substantial opportunity for improved public health responses to COVID-19 among college students, including for testing and contact tracing.

TL;DR: Physical distancing and social restrictions had a contemporaneous impact on health and well-being outcomes associated with chronic disease among young people.

TL;DR: Initial findings of the nature and impact of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest it is imperative for schools and communities to provide the necessary supports to adolescents, particularly those with mental health and/or learning difficulties, and to their parents.

TL;DR: Adolescents reporting problematic SMU are particularly at risk of lower well-being, and in countries with a higher prevalence of intense SMU, intense users reported higher levels of family support and life satisfaction than nonintense users, and similar levels of psychological complaints.

TL;DR: The first 30 days of rapid adolescent telehealth scale-up in response to the coronavirus at a single academic medical center is described and disparities in visit completion rates by patient characteristics are assessed.

TL;DR: The time adolescents spend on social media, engage in problematic use, and talk to strangers online each relate to cyber-bullying and merit public health intervention.

TL;DR: The value in remaining socially connected with peers and maintaining role identities during the COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrated, as student-athletes who have supportive social connections with teammates during this pandemic may maintain their athletic identity to a greater extent and report better mental health.

TL;DR: Transgender and nonbinary youth were at increased risk of experiencing depressed mood, seriously considering suicide, and attempting suicide compared with cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and questioning youth.

TL;DR: This research examined the links between maternal, newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and gender equality, HIV and Health, UN Women, New York,New York Nutrition Division, World Food Programme, Rome, Italy

TL;DR: As COVID-19 impacts more countries, this institution’s experience can provide insight into challenges and possible adaptations to providing ongoing care for eating disorder patients in this environment.

TL;DR: Social media platforms represent hubs of community for transgender adolescents and should use the affordances of social media to identify approaches to addressing health disparities and improving the well-being of transgender adolescents.

TL;DR: The findings do not provide evidence for substantial declines in mental well-being among adolescents, but the small increase in mentalWell-being and increases in schoolwork pressure appear to be quite consistent across high-income countries.

TL;DR: The sleep patterns of adolescents vary across countries and sociodemographic groups, and older adolescents slept less and went to bed later on school days than younger adolescents in all countries.

TL;DR: Transgender adolescents show poorer psychological well-being before treatment but show similar or better psychological functioning compared with cisgender peers from the general population after the start of specialized transgender care involving puberty suppression.

TL;DR: Lower young adult medical vulnerability within nonsmokers versus the full sample underscores the importance of smoking prevention and mitigation.

TL;DR: Stepping Stones and Creating Futures is effective in reducing men's self-reported perpetration of IPV and strengthening women's livelihoods, but not women's experiences of IPv.

TL;DR: These findings provide a snapshot of the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among a convenience sample of U.S. ASMM and underscore the need to provide access to resources sensitive to their social, developmental, and sexual health needs during this crisis.