Technology Access and Perceptions of Telehealth Services Among Young Adults Involved in the Court System.

Purpose: This study examined access to technology and telehealth among young adults (ages 18-24) who were court-involved and were recruited from an alternative sentencing program in New York City.

Methods: Using sequential mixed methods design, we examined demographic factors linked with access to technology and perceived usefulness of the Internet among n = 321 young adults who were court-involved (75% male, 65% African American, 35% Latinx). We then conducted in-depth interviews with 27 young adults to elicit first-person account of their access to, interest in, and experience with technology and telehealth.

A community-based intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents: the Gonorrhea Community Action Project.

Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents.

Methods: Adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years, recruited from community-based organizations in 2 different communities, were randomized into either a 3-session intervention or a control condition. We estimated outcomes from 3-month follow-up data using logistic and ordinary least squares regression.

Factors influencing participation in weekly support groups among women completing an HIV/STD intervention program.

Over the past three decades, the influence and importance of social support has been well documented and the findings have suggested a beneficial effect on stress-related situations, mental and physical health, and social functioning. More recently, small group/skills training behavioral interventions have demonstrated success in changing behaviors which affect the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV among populations at risk for these diseases. Studies of support groups to date have been conducted exclusively in research settings where women are offered financial incentives for participation.

"Number One with a Bullet": Epidemiology and Prevention of Homicide among Adolescents and Young Adults.

Homicide has become the leading cause of untimely death among black adolescent males in the U.S. and the second leading cause of death for young people overall.