Baseline assessment of noticing e-cigarette health warnings among youth and young adults in the United States, Canada and England, and associations with harm perceptions, nicotine awareness and warning recall

BACKGROUND In the United States, disparities in the rates of HIV care among youth and young adults result from the intersections of factors that include stigma, substance use, homelessness or marginal housing, institutional neglect, and mental health issues. Novel interventions are needed that are geared to youth and young adults. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we aim to describe the interventions used by participating sites for Using Social Media initiative, the process for classifying the intervention components, and the methods for conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the interventions. METHODS In 2015, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau, Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) funded the Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) at the University of California, Los Angeles and 10 demonstration projects at sites across the United States that incorporated innovative approaches using a variety of social media and mobile technology strategies designed specifically for youth and young adults living with HIV. The ETAC developed a typology, or a classification system, that systematically summarizes the principal components of the interventions into broader groups and developed a multisite, mixed-methods approach to evaluate them based on the Department of Health and Human Services HIV health outcomes along the HIV care continuum. The mixed-methods approach is key to remove potential biases in assessing the effectiveness of demonstration projects. RESULTS This SPNS project was funded in September 2015, and enrollment was completed on May 31, 2018. A total of 984 participants have been enrolled in the multisite evaluation. Data collection will continue until August 2019. However, data analysis is currently underway, and the first results are expected to be submitted for publication in 2019. CONCLUSIONS This HRSA-funded initiative seeks to increase engagement in HIV medical care, improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related health disparities and health inequities that affect HIV-positive youth and young adults. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR1-10.2196/10681

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Attenuated Psychosis Syndromes Among Latino-American Youth and Young Adults in the United States: Early Identification and Intervention

Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-17336-4_12 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 237-256

Author(s):

Tracy Alderman ◽

Isabel Domingues

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Adults ◽

Early Identification ◽

The United States ◽

Youth And Young Adults ◽

Latino American

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Editors’ introduction: Latino youth and struggles for inclusion in the 21st century

Ethnicities ◽

10.1177/1468796817752494 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 165-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer Bickham Mendez ◽

Leah Schmalzbauer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Adults ◽

21St Century ◽

Latino Youth ◽

The United States ◽

Special Issue ◽

1.5 Generation ◽

Deferred Action ◽

The Us ◽

Youth And Young Adults

This special issue features carefully selected case studies that document and analyze the experiences of Latino youth and young adults as they struggle for inclusion in the United States. Articles draw from qualitative research with Latinos/as who reside in different regions of the United States, hail from or trace their origins to various countries, and embody distinct experiences of incorporation and inclusion. Special emphasis is placed on the 1.5 generation, young people who immigrated to the US as young children but have spent the majority of their lives there—some of whom hold temporary protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This introduction presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the experiences of Latino youth and young adults. We argue for an approach that centers intersecting social locations of youth and the specificity of place for understanding the dynamics and implications of Latino youth’s struggles for inclusion in the 21st century.

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