Explaining Racial and Ethnic Inequities in SARS-CoV-2-Related Outcomes: Results from a Serosurvey in Chicago.

Background: Several studies have documented racial and ethnic disparities related to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 prevalence and associated health outcomes, but the proximal determinants underpinning these disparities remain unclear. Here, we test whether demographics, household composition, occupation type, chronic conditions, health insurance coverage, and neighborhood disadvantage account for racial and ethnic inequities in COVID-19 outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a serosurvey of adults in Chicago, IL (n = 5991) before emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020.

Prospective Effects of Resilience on Mental Health among Sexual and Gender Minority Young People.

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals who are assigned-female-at-birth (i.e., sexual minority women, transgender men, and gender diverse individuals [SMWTGD]) experience an increased risk for negative mental health outcomes due to minority stress related to their minoritized identity.

How molting of laying hens influences body composition and blood parameters.

The physiological and metabolic changes laying hens undergo during molt are poorly understood, but could aid in understanding why hens stop egg production during the first cycle of lay. We therefore induced a molt and studied how this influenced body composition, blood parameters and production performance. Additionally, four diets postmolt were fed in a 2 × 2 factorial design with two levels of metabolisable energy lay (ME Lay; low = 11.

Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and HIV Risk-Related Behaviors among Young Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Male at Birth: the Moderating Effects of Teenage Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Young sexual and gender minorities assigned male at birth (SGM-AMAB) experience significant sexual health disparities. Teenage childhood sexual abuse (CSA) may have lasting effects on adulthood trauma response, including engagement in HIV-related risk behaviors (HRB). This study examined the moderating effects of teenage CSA on the longitudinal associations between posttraumatic symptom clusters and HRB among young SGM-AMAB.

Effectiveness of the smart program: Stepped-care HIV prevention for gay and bisexual adolescent boys.

Objective: Adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM) have high HIV incidence and low rates of HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use. There are few evidence-based HIV prevention programs that meet the unique needs of AMSM. The sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART) program is a stepped care package of increasingly intensive eHealth interventions that were developed specifically for English- and Spanish-speaking AMSM.