Non-Stop Parenting and Generational Reciprocity Gap: Exploring Elderly Poverty in South Korea Through an Intergenerational Sustainability Lens.

Later-life poverty is a complex issue, particularly in South Korea. This study investigates this puzzling phenomenon, focusing on continuing parental investment and its impact on economic hardship facing older people in the contemporary Korean context. Data were derived from critical document analysis and interviews with 26 participants, including older people experiencing poverty and professional experts.

Resilience of young adults in Korea: Navigating the impact of collective trauma and anxiety.

Background: Amidst increasing occurrences of disasters and traumatic events, there is growing concern about the declining mental health of young adults, who are facing rising societal pressures and uncertainty about their futures.

Aims: This study investigates the interplay between collective trauma, anxiety, and resilience among young adults in the Korean context. Based on survey data collected in 2023 from 323 Korean young adults aged 18 to 34 years, a multiple linear regression and independent -tests were used to examine their experiences of collective trauma, collective anxiety, and resilience, taking gender differences into account.

Advancing digital sensing in mental health research.

Digital sensing tools, like smartphones and wearables, offer transformative potential for mental health research by enabling scalable, longitudinal data collection. Realizing this promise requires overcoming significant challenges including limited data standards, underpowered studies, and a disconnect between research aims and community needs. This report, based on the 2023 Workshop on Advancing Digital Sensing Tools for Mental Health, articulates strategies to address these challenges to ensure rigorous, equitable, and impactful research.

Caregiving for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults: Religious Exemptions and Cultural Discord in Long-Term Care.

Religious and moral exemptions have burgeoned since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed marriage equality in 2015.

Unincorporation in counties as a political determinant of health: An exploration of five states.

Local government policies and practices shape the context of the places that can alter a population's life chances through socioeconomic factors, built environments, and healthcare access. County governments, one of the most ubiquitous U.S.

Acceptability of an organ inventory for cancer screening across gender identity and intersex status.

Objectives: To evaluate the acceptability and performance of an organ inventory as an alternative to asking about gender and/or sex assigned at birth in cancer screening.

Methods: We fielded an online, self-administered survey to a convenience sample of English- or Spanish-speaking transgender and gender-diverse (TGD), intersex, and cisgender people (>/=15 years) in the US. The survey contained an organ inventory developed with community input and questions regarding acceptability.

Sustainability of California's Whole Person Care pilots integrating medical and social services for Medicaid enrollees via newly developed Medicaid benefits.

Objective: To assess multi-level factors influencing the sustainability of 26 social care pilots integrating medical and social services for Medicaid enrollees across California in newly developed Medicaid benefits.

Study Setting And Design: This qualitative study assessed the sustainability of Whole Person Care (WPC) pilots implemented between 2016 and 2021. Pilots (n = 26) represented a majority of counties in California.

Racial/Ethnic Variations in the Intergenerational Transmission of Adolescent Depression.

Depression tends to be experienced across generations and among racial/ethnic groups through various pathways. However, little is known about racial/ethnic variations in the transmission of adolescent depression among different racial/ethnic groups. This study aims to investigate the intergenerational transmission of adolescent depression across three generations among White, Black, and Hispanic groups.

Esports Physical Exercise/Performance Matrix 1.0 Country Factsheets: a protocol for national, regional, and global annual assessment study protocol.

This protocol helps evaluators gather current data and prepare annual assessments based on specific indicators to provide insights into physical activity among esports players and identify the challenges they face. This manuscript aims to develop a methodology for creating a standardized monitoring system to assess physical exercise and performance in esports players at national, regional, and global levels. This study protocol proposes 20 online sociodemographic indicators to help characterize participating countries and outline each country's demographic profile.

Collaboration strategies for bridging health, behavioral health, and social services in California's Medi-Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program.

Objective: To identify collaboration strategies used to integrate health, behavioral health, and social services for Medicaid members in California's Medi-Cal Whole Person Care Pilot program (WPC).

Data Sources And Study Setting: WPC was a social care intervention implemented to identify and address eligible members' health, behavioral health, and social needs. Data included semi-structured key informant interviews conducted in 2018-2019 (n = 221) and 2021 (n = 167); pilot-level surveys; whole-network surveys of 507 organizations in all 25 pilots participating in WPC; and documents submitted by pilots to the state.

Psychometric Properties of Measuring Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Young Latino Sexual Minority Men With HIV: Ecological Momentary Assessment and Electronic Pill Dispenser Study.

Background: Increasing HIV rates among young Latino sexual minority men (YLSMM) warrant innovative and rigorous studies to assess prevention and treatment strategies. Ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) and electronic pill dispensers (EPDs) have been used to measure antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence repeatedly in real time and in participants' natural environments, but their psychometric properties among YLSMM are unknown.

Objective: The study's objective was to assess the concurrent validity, acceptability, compliance, and behavioral reactivity of EMAs and EPDs among YLSMM with HIV.

Perceived usefulness of digital memory book among family caregivers of persons with dementia with and without communication deficits.

The Memory Book approach to dementia care effectively fosters daily communication with individuals with dementia. With technological advancements, the traditional memory book intervention has evolved into digital forms. However, it remains unclear whether family caregivers (FCGs) perceive this transition as beneficial or not, especially when their loved ones with dementia demonstrate communicative deficits.

Violence as an obstacle to HIV medication adherence and viral suppression: A daily diary investigation among adolescent boys.

For the 1.6 million adolescents currently living with HIV, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is vitally important for reducing HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, and for preventing onward HIV transmission. Unfortunately, ART adherence is particularly low among adolescents.

The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Life Satisfaction in Older Adults: Examining the Double Mediating Roles of Neighborhood Satisfaction and Social Participation.

The environment plays an integral role in the lives of individuals with cognitive decline. This study analyzed data from the National Survey of Older Koreans (2020) (9,885 older Koreans). The results showed that cognitively impaired group had lower community environment satisfaction than the cognitively healthy group, which led to lower social participation and lower life satisfaction, and the double mediation effect was significant (B = -.

Choice Matters: The Moderating Effect of Choice on the Relationship Between Mental Health Personal Recovery and Symptomatology.

Purpose: Limited research examines how choice surrounding treatment impacts mental health recovery among young adults with serious mental illness (SMI) who are navigating symptom management, complex mental health systems, and developmental expectations of increased independence. This study examines whether perceived choice related to mental health treatment impacts the relationship between symptomatology and personal recovery among Black, Latino/e, and multiracial young adults with SMI.

Methods: Surveys were conducted with 121 young adults with SMI attending a community-based personal recovery-oriented program.

Postpartum anger among low-income women with high rates of trauma exposure.

Few studies have examined anger concerns among postpartum women despite their risk of mood dysregulation. This study examined the performance of the Dimensions of Anger Reactions-5 (DAR-5) scale, a brief screen for problematic anger, in a sample of 1,383 postpartum women in Wisconsin who received perinatal home visiting services. We aimed to analyze the discriminant validity and measurement invariance of the DAR-5, the occurrence of problematic anger symptoms and their co-occurrence with mental health concerns, and the association between elevated anger levels and exposure to potentially traumatic events in childhood and adulthood.

Use of Preferred Source of Contraception Among Users of the Pill, Patch, and Ring in the US.

Importance: Individuals who use contraceptive pills, patches, and rings must frequently interact with the health care system for continued and consistent use. As options for obtaining these methods expand, better understanding contraceptive users' preferences for source of contraception can help facilitate access.

Objective: To describe use of preferred source of contraception and to understand associations between prior reproductive health care experiences and preference for traditional in-person sources vs alternative sources.

Patterns of Health Behaviors and Trajectories of Stress among People with Disabilities in Korea.

Background: As a health vulnerable group, people with disabilities require more health-promoting behavior than non-disabled people. We aimed to identify the types of health behavior of disabled people and to track the trajectories of stress by the type of health behaviors.

Methods: Data came from the Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled Second Wave by the Employment Development Institute (EDI) in Korea.

Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study.

Background: Patients with diabetes experience worse health outcomes and greater health care expenditure. Improving diabetes outcomes requires involved self-management. Peer coaching programs can help patients engage in self-management while addressing individual and structural barriers.