Tag: Adolescents / Teens
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Ups ART Adherence in Adolescents, Young Adults
Improvement in self-reported antiretroviral therapy adherence and decrease in viral load seen with intervention
Racial/Ethnic Variation Seen in COVID-19 Vaccination Status in Children
Non-Hispanic Asian children and adolescents have the highest vaccination coverage, followed by Hispanic/Latino children
Physical Activity May Cut Depressive Symptoms in Children, Teens
Larger benefit seen among those aged 13 years or older or with a mental illness, depression diagnosis
Procrastination in Adolescents Tied to Poorer Self-Reported Health Outcomes
Worse outcomes seen for mental health, pain, unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, and psychosocial health factors
Social Media Checking Behaviors in Teens Linked to Brain Changes
Teens with habitual social media checking behaviors showed lower neural sensitivity to social anticipation in amygdala, other areas
Alcohol-Related Problems Common Eight Years After Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery in Teens
Nearly half have alcohol use disorder, symptoms of alcohol-related harm, or alcohol-related problems at eight years after surgery
Lower Levels of Adolescent Cannabis, Vaping During Pandemic Persisted to 2022
Reduced levels of teen cannabis use and nicotine vaping seen during pandemic continued, while alcohol use returned to prepandemic level
Child Homicides Up Across Several Subpopulations
Children ≤10 years often victims perpetrated by parents/caregivers, while children ≥11 years more often perpetrated by friends/acquaintances
Overdose Deaths Up in Teens From July to December 2019 to 2021
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
HPV Vaccine Coverage in Children Remains Lower Than Prepandemic
However, recovery seen in monthly volume of vaccine doses administered