scholarly journals What Do Adolescents and Young Adults Think a Cigarillo Is? Implications for Health Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3311
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cornacchione Ross ◽  
David M. Reboussin ◽  
Seth M. Noar ◽  
Kimberly D. Wiseman ◽  
Erin L. Sutfin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Common Response ◽  
Nationally Representative

Cigarillo use has increased among adolescents and young adults and has remained high. Public education efforts are needed to communicate with these populations about cigarillo use risks, but little is known about the implications of using the term “cigarillo” in such efforts. The study goal was to assess adolescent and young adult perceptions of the term “cigarillo”. We conducted a nationally representative online survey of 3517 adolescents and young adults (ages 13–25). We asked participants “what is a cigarillo?” with several response options. Participants were 49.6% female, 69.8% white, 5.2% reported past 30-day cigarillo use, and 11.6% reported lifetime cigarillo use. The most common response to the question “what is a cigarillo” was “I don’t know” (51% of participants), followed by “a thinner and smaller version of a traditional cigar” (30.1% of participants), which was chosen by 19.4% of adolescents and 36.8% of young adults. Among past 30-day cigarillo users, the most common response was “I don’t know” (54.9%) followed by “a thinner and smaller version of a traditional cigar” (45.1%). Cigarillo users were more likely to select the “a thinner and smaller version of a traditional cigar” response than nonusers. Findings suggest that many adolescents and young adults have varied understandings of the term “cigarillo”. Researchers and practitioners need to ensure that terminology used in health communication campaigns is clearly understood by the target audience to maximize effectiveness.

scholarly journals Behind the Reasons: The Relationship Between Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Risk Factors and Exposure to Season One of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jabari Miles Evans ◽  
Alexis R. Lauricella ◽  
Drew P. Cingel ◽  
Davide Cino ◽  
Ellen Ann Wartella
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Health Related

With increasing media choice, particularly through the rise of streaming services, it has become more important for empirical research to examine how youth decide which programs to view, particularly when the content focuses on difficult health topics such as suicide. The present study investigated why adolescents and young adults chose to view or not view season 1 of 13 Reasons Why and how individual-level variables related to adolescents’ and young adults’ viewing. Using survey data gathered from a sample of 1,100 adolescents and young adult viewers and non-viewers of the series in the United States, we examined how participants’ resilience, loneliness, and social anxiety related to whether participants viewed the first season or not. Our descriptive results indicate that adolescents who watched the show reported that it accurately depicted the social realities of their age group, they watched it because friends recommended it, and they found the subject matter to be interesting. Non-viewers reported that they chose not to view the show because the nature of the content was upsetting to them. In addition, results demonstrated that participants’ social anxiety and resilience related to participants’ viewing decisions, such that those with higher social anxiety and higher resilience were more likely to report watching season 1. Together, these data suggest that youth make intentional decisions about mental health-related media use in an attempt to choose content that is a good fit for based on individual characteristics.

Putting Adolescents and Young Adults in a Room Together: Launching an Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Council

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethann M. Pflugeisen ◽  
Pandora Patterson ◽  
Catherine F. Macpherson ◽  
Bernadette C. Ray ◽  
Rebecca L. Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Oncology

scholarly journals Smoking prevalence, core/periphery network positions, and peer influence: Findings from five datasets on US adolescents and young adults

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248990
Author(s):  
Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Random Network ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
The Past

Smoking prevalence has decreased significantly among US adolescents and young adults in the past 20 years. It is possible that adolescent and young adult smokers were moving from core to peripheral positions in social networks and thus less influential as suggested in previous research on adult smokers. We construct five sample datasets to test these hypotheses but none of them receives much support. When the proportion of smokers is relatively higher in two sample datasets, smokers tended to be at more marginal network positions than nonsmokers, both smokers and nonsmoker could exert peer influence, and the magnitude of peer influence from smokers was even greater than that from nonsmokers. When smoking was less frequent in the other three sample datasets, smokers and nonsmokers were at random network positions and no peer influence on smoking behavior was detected. Therefore, core/periphery network positions are still the key linking smoking prevalence and peer influence among US adolescents and young adults but operating through a different mechanism from their adult counterparts. When scientists design and conduct prevention programs against adolescent and young adult smoking behavior, core/periphery network positions, smoking prevalence, and peer influence should all be taken into consideration.

scholarly journals Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Oncology Provider Perceptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Unmet Needs

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne C. Kirchhoff ◽  
Brynn Fowler ◽  
Echo L. Warner ◽  
Samantha T. Pannier ◽  
Douglas Fair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Provider Perceptions

scholarly journals Adolescent and young adult cancer: principles of care

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 204 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ramphal ◽  
S. Aubin ◽  
P. Czaykowski ◽  
S. De Pauw ◽  
A. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Active Treatment ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Optimal Care ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Young Adult Cancer

Adolescents and young adults (ayas) with cancer in active treatment face a number of barriers to optimal care. In the present article, we focus on the 3 critical domains of care for ayas—medical, psychosocial, and research—and how changes to the system could overcome barriers. We summarize the current literature, outline recommended principles of care, raise awareness of barriers to optimal care, and suggest specific changes to the system to overcome those barriers in the Canadian context. Many of the recommendations can nevertheless be applied universally. These recommendations are endorsed by the Canadian Task Force on Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer and build on outcomes from two international workshops held by that group.

scholarly journals Adolescent and Young Adult ME/CFS After Confirmed or Probable COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay S. Petracek ◽  
Stacy J. Suskauer ◽  
Rebecca F. Vickers ◽  
Neel R. Patel ◽  
Richard L. Violand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Orthostatic Intolerance ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Postural Tachycardia

Introduction: Fatigue is a common acute symptom following SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). The presence of persistent fatigue and impaired daily physical and cognitive function has led to speculation that like SARS-CoV-1 infection, COVID-19 will be followed by myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).Methods and Results: We describe three adolescent and young adult patients who had confirmed or probable COVID-19 infections early on during the pandemic and were referred for evaluation to the Chronic Fatigue Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. All patients reported orthostatic intolerance symptoms within the first 2 weeks of illness, and 10-min passive standing tests were consistent with postural tachycardia syndrome. After 6 months of illness, all three patients met criteria for ME/CFS. Clinical features of interest included strong histories of allergies in all three patients, two of whom had elevations in plasma histamine. Each demonstrated limitations in symptom-free range of motion of the limbs and spine and two presented with pathological Hoffman reflexes. These comorbid features have been reported in adolescents and young adults with ME/CFS.Conclusion: ME/CFS can be triggered by COVID-19 in adolescents and young adults. Further work is needed to determine the pathogenesis of ME/CFS after COVID-19 and optimal methods of treating these patients. Our preliminary study calls attention to several comorbid features that deserve further attention as potential targets for intervention. These include neuromuscular limitations that could be treated with manual forms of therapy, orthostatic intolerance and POTS for which there are multiple medications and non-pharmacologic therapies, treatable allergic and mast cell phenomena, and neurologic abnormalities that may require specific treatment. Larger studies will need to ascertain the prevalence of these abnormalities.

scholarly journals Returning to Social Life: Development of Social Identity for Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Leukemia in Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeran An ◽  
Sunhee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Core Category ◽  
Adult Leukemia

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the life experiences and processes that occur as adolescent and young adult leukemia survivors return to social life using grounded theory. Method: This study comprised 14 adolescents and young adults who visited a hospital for follow-up care after treatment of leukemia. We used in-depth interviews to examine the participants’ experiences in returning to social life. The semistructured questionnaire examined “good and bad experiences in returning to social life,” “sources of happiness and stress,” and “strategies for managing stressful events.” Results: We extracted 6 categories and 21 concepts from the interviews. We grouped the 6 categories into a core category and three phases: “catching up with others,” “discovering myself,” and “planning my future.” A core category shown through all phases was “fear of recurrence.” The “catching up with others” phase included themes of “feeling different from others” and “wanting to be like others.” The “discovering myself” phase included “completing one thing at a time” and “recognizing myself as special.” The “planning my future” phase included “looking for things I can do.” Conclusions: Self-esteem was an important issue for adolescent leukemia survivors; negative illness perception affected self-esteem in both adolescents and young adults. It is important for health care providers to develop programs to help adolescent and young adult leukemia survivors to perceive their disease experiences more positively and to take part in social life, including school life.

scholarly journals Urinary 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol elimination in adolescent and young adult cannabis users during one month of sustained and biochemically-verified abstinence

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Melissa Schuster ◽  
Kevin Potter ◽  
Ryan Vandrey ◽  
Maya Hareli ◽  
Jodi Gilman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Elimination Rate ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Clinical Trial Registration ◽  
Limit Of Quantitation ◽  
Confirmatory Assay

Background: Despite adolescents and young adults being the most frequent users of cannabis, all information on cannabis drug testing interpretation is based on data from adults. Aims: This study aimed to define the time course of urinary 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol (THCCOOH) excretion among 70 adolescent and young adult cannabis users during 1 month of biochemically-verified cannabis abstinence. Methods: Urine specimens were collected at non-abstinent baseline and after 2, 3, 8, 15, 21 and 28 days of abstinence. Specimens were tested for THCCOOH with a ‘rapid’ immunoassay drug test and a confirmatory assay using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, with a 5 ng/mL limit of quantitation. Elimination rate was tested using a population pharmacokinetics model. Results/outcomes: Participants had an average of 26 days of abstinence (SD = 6). Initial creatinine-adjusted THCCOOH concentration (CN-THCCOOH) was 148 ng/mg (SD = 157). Half-life was 2 days (SD = 5), with a 10-day window of detection (estimated range: 4–80 days). At the final timepoint and among those with > 25 days of abstinence ( n = 62), 40% ( n = 25) had THCCOOH concentrations > 5 ng/mL (i.e. detectable on confirmatory assay) and 19% ( n = 12) were ‘positive’ per federal drug testing guidelines (i.e. values greater than 50 ng/mL on the screening immunoassay and 15 ng/mL on the confirmatory assay). More frequent past month cannabis use was associated with higher baseline CN-THCCOOH concentrations, but not with rate of elimination. Nested five-fold cross-validation suggested high model reliability and predictive validity. Conclusions/interpretation: Findings underscore that, as with adults, detectable cannabinoid metabolites do not necessarily indicate recent use in adolescents and young adults. Algorithms that account for THCCOOH levels, assessed longitudinally and time between specimen collections are best equipped to confirm abstinence. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT03276221; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03276221?term=Randi+Schuster&rank=1

scholarly journals Book Review: The 50 Healthiest Habits and Lifestyle Changes

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Mina Chercourt
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Special Training ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Adult Medicine

The 50 Healthiest Habits and Lifestyle Changes is written by a physician with special training in adolescent and young adult medicine, and his wife. They agreed to write the book based on research that shows the importance of starting healthy habits at an early age. Topics covered in this book are topics that would be of interest to adolescents and young adults.

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