"Navigating Risk and Responsibility?": A Mixed-Methods Study Addressing Stigma and Well-Being Among Men Who Have 'Sex on Chems' with Other Men in the English Midlands.

Background: Most research on 'Chemsex' has been conducted with gay, bi-sexual, and men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in large cities with well-established infrastructures. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the 'Chemsex' risks and responsibilities of GBMSM who lived outside of the queer metropolis. This study also aimed to understand how stigma and mental health present in the absence of a well-established community infrastructure.

Can Expressing Feelings About Violence be a Protective Buffer in the Linkage Between Bullying Victimization and Delinquent Activities?

The current study explores whether expressing feelings about violence through journal or notebook and/or school assignment might be associated with a decrease in delinquent activities, such as substance use, theft of property, and assaultive behaviors. A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling was conducted. The participants were comprised of African American adolescents in four Chicago's Southside neighborhoods.

Beyond Housing First: rethinking neoliberal policies impacting homelessness.

This article critically examines the Housing First model within the broader context of neoliberal policies impacting homelessness, particularly at the intersection of mental illness, poverty, and addiction. While Housing First is celebrated for its effectiveness in providing immediate housing to chronically homeless individuals, this model's alignment with neoliberal principles prioritizes cost effectiveness and visible outcomes over comprehensive care. As a harm reduction approach, Housing First often overlooks the underlying mental health and addiction issues that maintain homelessness, resulting in a cycle of dependency rather than long-term recovery.

Do Boys Empathize Less than Girls? Exploring the Links Among Empathy, Gender and Sexist Attitudes in Adolescents.

(1) Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pervasive issue, particularly among adolescents. Its prevalence is still high despite intervention efforts, especially for younger generations. Empathy and sexism are factors linked with IPV that have shown gender differences.

Research on Religion and Aging among Black Americans and Mexican Americans: The Impact of the National Institute on Aging.

For 50 years, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has supported and promoted research on religious involvement among older adult populations. This article discusses the ways that NIA funding has 1) broadened our understanding of how religious involvement is conceptualized and measured; 2) explored the important role of social networks and interactions within religious communities in relation to congregants' health; 3) supported research on national samples of the U.S.

Risk prediction of advanced colorectal neoplasia varies by race and neighbourhood socioeconomic status.

Objective: Neighbourhood deprivation increases the risk of colorectal neoplasia and contributes to racial disparities observed in this disease. Developing race-specific advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) prediction models that include neighbourhood socioeconomic status has the potential to improve the accuracy of prediction.

Methods: The study includes 1457 European Americans (EAs) and 936 African Americans (AAs) aged 50-80 years undergoing screening colonoscopy.

Sexual and Gender Diverse Healthcare Navigation Model: A Community-Participatory Delphi Adaptation of the Transitional Care Model for Sexual and Gender Diverse Individuals.

Health care transitions, movements between providers or settings, can lead to poor outcomes, higher resource utilization, and even higher costs. Health care transitions can be complex experiences for sexual and gender diverse (SGD) individuals, especially when there is a need for ongoing health care (e.g.

Exploring past research to move forward: a scoping review of aims, outcomes, and recommendations in parental mental illness qualitative research.

Introduction: As parental mental illness is a global public health concern, rigorous qualitative research is central to understanding families' experiences, needs and outcomes to inform optimal service provision in adult mental health and children's social services.

Methods: The current review identified, appraised and synthesized international qualitative research exploring Families and Parent Mental Illness (FaPMI) research to determine the focus, findings and outcomes and to summarize the recommendations made about the direction of future research. Findings are classified according to outcomes for children, parents, and families.

Psychosocial Aspects of the Lived Experience of Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

Background: Despite increasing recognition of long COVID, the psychosocial impacts of the lived experience on individuals remain underexplored. This systematic review sought to fill this gap by identifying key themes that describe the psychosocial dimensions of long COVID.

Objective: The aim of this study is to identify key themes illustrating the psychosocial aspects of individuals' lived experience of long COVID.

A clinical trial evaluation of handwashing products and educational resources to improve hand hygiene in paediatric patients and school children.

Introduction: It is widely acknowledged that good hand hygiene (HH) is an important non-pharmaceutical method for reducing the transmission of infectious diseases. Children are at high risk of infection due to their immature immune systems. Hospital transmitted infections are a cause for concern worldwide, with poor HH suggested to be responsible for up to 20% of cases.

Discrimination and sleep disturbance among older Black Americans: A longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study.

Objectives: Black and older adults have higher risk for sleep problems than their White and younger counterparts. Yet, our understanding of the determinants of sleep problems specifically among older Black adults is severely limited. The aim of this study was to determine whether everyday and major discrimination are longitudinally associated with sleep disturbance in a nationally representative sample of older Black adults.

Neighborhood social cohesion and physical disorder in relation to social isolation in older adults: racial and ethnic differences.

Background: Neighborhood factors of social isolation have been understudied, hindering efforts to reduce social isolation at the neighborhood level. This study aims to investigate the longitudinal effects of neighborhood social cohesion and physical disorder on social isolation in community-dwelling older adults, as well as to examine whether race/ethnicity moderates the neighborhood-isolation relationship.

Methods: We used 11-year data from the National Health and Aging Trend Study, a longitudinal national study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older.

Mouse cursor trajectories capture the flexible adaptivity of predictive sentence processing.

Recent psycholinguistic findings raise fundamental questions about comprehenders' ability to rationally adapt their predictions during sentence processing. Two mouse cursor tracking experiments (each = 85) assessed this adaptivity by manipulating the reliability of verb-based semantic cues. In Experiment 1, predictive mouse cursor movements to targets (e.

African American Family Caregivers' Experiences and Mental Health: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Caregiving in the African American community is informed by strong cultural expectations but may be associated with negative experiences and poor mental health outcomes.

Objective: The purpose of this convergent mixed-methods study is to understand the relationship between caregiving experiences and mental health and explore stress management strategies in African American family caregivers of adults with chronic or disabling conditions.

Methods: African American family caregivers (N = 100) were recruited using community-engaged methods and completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Caregiver Reaction Assessment scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D-10) Scale.

Economic Fragility of Older Adults: Factors Contributing to a Continuing Crisis.

With rapid population aging in the U.S. a greater number of older adults now experience economic insecurity, a situation disproportionately affecting older people of color.

Current Status of Barriers to mHealth Access Among Patients With Stroke and Steps Toward the Digital Health Era: Systematic Review.

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) offers significant benefits for patients with stroke, facilitating remote monitoring and personalized health care solutions beyond traditional settings. However, there is a dearth of comprehensive data, particularly qualitative insights, on the barriers to mHealth access. Understanding these barriers is crucial for devising strategies to enhance mHealth use among patients with stroke.

A thematic analysis of the perceptions of reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance as a potential family planning method in the United Kingdom.

Background: This exploratory study aimed to look into public perceptions of Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance (RISUG) as a family planning method in the United Kingdom (UK). It also aimed to discover if there were any sex differences in perceptions between males and females.

Design: Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted, six with males and six with females, all residents of the UK.

Elevating Black fathers' experiences in the National Fatherhood Initiative: Strengths and areas for improvement of 24/7 Dad® curriculum and case management services.

The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant program is one of the most robust mechanisms supporting fatherhood programming in the United States, with the gold standard of care including fatherhood curriculum (e.g., 24/7 Dad®) and case management services.