Sexual orientation discrimination and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Sexual orientation discrimination increases the risks of negative health outcomes for sexual minorities. Previous studies have found increased rates of eating disorder symptoms in sexual minority individuals, which is attributable to minority stress and discrimination that they experience. Emerging research suggests relationships between sexual orientation discrimination and eating disorder symptoms.

Prospective association between screen use modalities and substance use experimentation in early adolescents.

Background: There are limited large-scale, prospective analyses examining contemporary screen use and substance use experimentation in early adolescents. The current study aimed to determine associations between eight forms of contemporary screen modalities and substance use experimentation one year later in a national cohort of 11-12-year-olds in the United States.

Methods: The sample consisted of 8006 early adolescents (47.

Water First School Water Promotion and Access Intervention: A Cost Analysis Study.

Background: Adequate water intake is associated with improved cognitive and physical performance, prevention of dental caries, and overweight and obesity. However, access to free drinking water in schools remains inadequate. Water First, a school-based intervention promoting water consumption, was shown effective in preventing overweight, yet its costs have not been quantified.

Sexual Identity Is Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences in US Early Adolescents.

Objective: To determine disparities in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by sexual identity in a national cohort of early adolescents.

Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data from year 2 of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (N = 10,934, 2018-20, ages 10-14 years). Disparities in ACE scores across lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), not sure, and heterosexual adolescents were assessed using multinomial logistic regression analyses.

Societal implications of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization marked the removal of the constitutional right to abortion in the USA, introducing a complex ethical and legal landscape for patients and providers. This shift has had immediate health and equity repercussions, but it is also crucial to examine the broader impacts on states, health-care systems, and society as a whole. Restrictions on abortion access extend beyond immediate reproductive care concerns, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of the ruling's consequences across micro and macro levels.

Health-care workforce implications of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

The Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which revoked the constitutional right to abortion in the USA, has impacted the national medical workforce. Impacts vary across states, but providers in states with restrictive abortion laws now must contend with evolving legal and ethical challenges that have the potential to affect workforce safety, mental health, education, and training opportunities, in addition to having serious impacts on patient health and far-reaching societal consequences. Moreover, Dobbs has consequences on almost every facet of the medical workforce, including on physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others who work within the health-care system.

A race to net zero-early lessons from healthcare's decarbonization marathon.

Climate change poses a threat to healthcare systems; at the same time, healthcare systems contribute to a worsening climate. Climate-induced disasters are predicted to increase both the demand for healthcare services while also posing a threat to the integrity of healthcare systems' infrastructures and supply chains. Many healthcare organizations have taken initiatives to prepare for such disasters through implementing carbon emission-reduction practices and infrastructure reinforcement, through globally recognized frameworks and strategies known as Scopes 1, 2, and 3, and decarbonization.

Mental Well-Being Among Adversity-Exposed Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Importance: Further research is needed to understand factors associated with well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

Objective: To explore factors associated with improved mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents who have experienced ACEs.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study used data from the baseline (2016-2018) and sixth (March 2021) COVID Rapid Response Research (RRR) surveys of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, which includes 21 sites across the US.

Is team science valued in the academic promotions process? A mixed-methods case study.

Introduction: Traditionally, research institutions have valued individual achievements such as principal investigator and lead authorship status as primary indicators in the academic promotions process. However, the scientific process increasingly requires collaboration by teams of researchers across multiple disciplines, sometimes including experts outside academia, often referred to as "team science." We sought to determine whether there is agreement about what constitutes team science at our academic institution and whether current promotion processes sufficiently incentivize faculty participation in team science.

Addressing anti-black racism in an academic preterm birth initiative: perspectives from a mixed methods case study.

Background: Growing recognition of racism perpetuated within academic institutions has given rise to anti-racism efforts in these settings. In June 2020, the university-based California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) committed to an Anti-Racism Action Plan outlining an approach to address anti-Blackness. This case study assessed perspectives on PTBi's anti-racism efforts to support continued growth toward racial equity within the initiative.

Effectiveness of a School Drinking Water Promotion and Access Program for Overweight Prevention.

Background And Objective: Drinking water promotion and access shows promise for preventing weight gain. This study evaluated the impact of Water First, a school-based water promotion and access intervention on changes in overweight.

Methods: Low-income, ethnically diverse elementary schools in California's Bay Area were cluster-randomized to intervention and control groups.

Pursuing Research Justice Through Community-Academic Partnership to Address Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth.

Background: The California Preterm Birth Initiative is a community-engaged research effort focused on addressing racial disparities in birth outcomes.

Objectives: To highlight three community-academic partnership strategies and identify partners' lessons learned and recommendations.

Methods: We conducted interviews (n = 38), four focus groups (n = 23), a document review (n = 174), and meeting/event observations (n = 36).

Adolescents' Receipt of Care in a Medical Home: Results From a National Survey.

Purpose: Despite long-term emphasis on the medical home for children, little research focuses on adolescents. This study examines adolescent past-year attainment of medical home, its components, and subgroup differences among demographic and mental/physical health condition categories.

Methods: Utilizing the 2020-21 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), ages 10-17 (N = 42,930), we determined medical home attainment and its 5 components and subgroup differences utilizing multivariable logistic regression: sex; race/ethnicity; income; caregiver education; insurance; language spoken at home; region; and health conditions: physical, mental, both, or none.

Contraceptive access experiences and perspectives of Mexican-origin youth: a binational qualitative study.

Access to comprehensive contraceptive services for youth is essential to improving sexual and reproductive health. However, youth in many countries still face substantial obstacles to contraceptive access and use. The purpose of this study is to compare the contraceptive access experiences and perspectives of pregnant and parenting Mexican-origin youth in Guanajuato, Mexico, and Fresno County, California.

Postpartum Family Planning in Pediatrics: A Survey of Parental Contraceptive Needs and Health Services Preferences.

Objective: Infant well-child visits are increasingly being explored as opportunities to address parental postpartum health needs, including those related to reproductive health. To inform potential pediatric clinic-based interventions, this study assessed postpartum contraceptive needs and health services preferences.

Methods: We surveyed postpartum individuals attending 2 to 6-month well-child visits at three Northern California pediatric clinics (2019-20).

Educational Intervention Among Adolescents and Young Adults on Emergency Contraception Options.

Purpose: Emergency contraception (EC), the 'last chance' contraceptive method, has gained significance post-Roe, but most young people do not know their options.

Methods: We conducted an educational intervention on EC among 1,053 students aged 18-25 years. We assessed changes in knowledge of key aspects of EC using generalized estimating equations.

The Perfect Storm: Perceptions of Influencing Adults Regarding Latino Teen Pregnancy in Rural Communities.

Introduction: Recognition of the importance of adolescents' environments in influencing their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) decision-making necessitates a deeper understanding of the role that community stakeholders play in shaping Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) access to SRH education and care. We describe community stakeholders' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about AYA's SRH needs in three rural Latino communities in Kansas.

Methods: Key stakeholders completed a written survey incorporating the theory of Planned Behavior to assess attitudes, norms, and intentions to support AYA's SRH education and access to care.

Using Collective Impact to Advance Birth Equity: A Comparison of Two Cross-Sector Efforts in California.

Background: Preterm birth, defined as birth at gestational age before 37 weeks, is a major public health concern with marked racial disparities driven by underlying structural and social determinants of health. To achieve population-level reductions in preterm birth and to reduce racial inequities, the University of California, San Francisco's California Preterm Birth Initiative catalyzed two cross-sector coalitions in San Francisco and Fresno using the Collective Impact (CI) approach.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare two preterm birth-focused CI efforts and identify common themes and lessons learned.

Integrated Theory-Based Health and Development Interventions for Young People: A Global Scoping Review.

Background: Most health and developmental issues affecting young people are interrelated. However, few interventions address multiple behavioral domains simultaneously or are based on theories that encompass a holistic perspective of youth development.

Aim: The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and describe the range of theory-based, multibehavioral health interventions aimed at improving two or more of the following behavioral youth outcomes: (1) sexual and reproductive health; (2) education and employment; (3) violence; and (4) substance use.

Adolescent and Young Adult Perspectives on Quality and Value in Health Care.

Objective: To describe adolescent and young adult (AYA) perspectives on defining quality and value in health care and to gain understanding of their knowledge of value-based payment.

Methods: A text message-based survey was sent to a convenience sample of AYAs aged 14 to 24 in 2019. Participants were asked 4 open-ended questions: 1) how they would define "good health care," 2) what factors to consider in rating doctors, 3) whose opinions should matter most when rating doctors, and 4) the best ways to collect AYA opinions on doctors, and one yes/no question on their awareness of value-based payment.

Indirect COVID-19 health effects and potential mitigating interventions: Cost-effectiveness framework.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to important indirect health and social harms in addition to deaths and morbidity due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. These indirect impacts, such as increased depression and substance abuse, can have persistent effects over the life course. Estimated health and cost outcomes of such conditions and mitigation strategies may guide public health responses.

Youth perceptions and concerns about sexually transmissible infections versus pregnancy: a qualitative comparative study in California.

Background: Although rates of adolescent pregnancy have been declining for decades, rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) continue to increase among youth. Little is known about youth's comparative concern regarding pregnancy and STIs, particularly among marginalised populations. Therefore, this study compares concerns toward unplanned pregnancy and STIs and identifies underlying reasons for these differing concerns in youth populations with elevated rates of STIs.

Contraceptive use and consistency and the role of deferred action for childhood arrivals: A cross-sectional survey of undocumented young adults.

Objective: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program grants young, undocumented immigrants work authorization and protections from deportation, with about 1.3 million eligible for the program. This exploratory study examines the association between DACA status and contraceptive use among undocumented young adults.