MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a7
Leigh E Szucs, Sanjana Pampati, Jingjing Li, Casey E Copen, Emily Young, Sandra Leonard, Michelle N Carman-McClanahan
{"title":"Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual Behaviors and Receipt of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among U.S. High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019-2021.","authors":"Leigh E Szucs, Sanjana Pampati, Jingjing Li, Casey E Copen, Emily Young, Sandra Leonard, Michelle N Carman-McClanahan","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disproportionate rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents persist and might have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses 2019 and 2021 data from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Surveys to characterize changes in sexual behaviors and receipt of sexual and reproductive health services among U.S. high school students before and during the pandemic. Outcomes included HIV testing (lifetime), STD testing (past 12 months), condom use (last sexual intercourse), and primary contraceptive method used to prevent pregnancy (last sexual intercourse). Except for HIV testing, all analyses were limited to currently sexually active students. Weighted prevalence and 95% CIs of outcomes for 2019 and 2021 were calculated for each year by demographics (sex [female or male], age, and race and ethnicity) and sex of sexual contacts (opposite sex only, both sexes, same sex only). For each year, pairwise t-tests with Taylor series linearization were used to identify demographic differences among outcomes. Across years, change in prevalence of outcomes was assessed by using absolute and relative measures of association overall and by demographics. During 2019-2021, the prevalence of HIV testing decreased by 3.68 percentage points, from 9.4% to 5.8%. Among sexually active students, prevalence of STD testing decreased by 5.07 percentage points, from 20.4% to 15.3%. Among sexually active students reporting opposite sex or both sexes sexual contact, intrauterine device or implant use at last sexual intercourse increased by 4.11 percentage points, from 4.8% to 8.9%, and no contraceptive method use increased by 2.74 percentage points, from 10.7% to 13.4%. Because of disruptions throughout the pandemic, results underscore the importance of improving access to a range of health services for adolescents and improving STD/HIV and unintended pregnancy prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"55-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156159/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9409774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a6
Elizabeth M Gaylor, Kathleen H Krause, Laura E Welder, Adina C Cooper, Carmen Ashley, Karin A Mack, Alexander E Crosby, Eva Trinh, Asha Z Ivey-Stephenson, Lisa Whittle
{"title":"Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Elizabeth M Gaylor, Kathleen H Krause, Laura E Welder, Adina C Cooper, Carmen Ashley, Karin A Mack, Alexander E Crosby, Eva Trinh, Asha Z Ivey-Stephenson, Lisa Whittle","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a6","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is the third leading cause of death among high school-aged youths aged 14-18 years. The 2021 suicide rate for this age group was 9.0 per 100,000 population. Updating a previous analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey during 2009-2019, this report uses 2019 and 2021 data to examine high school students' reports of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Prevalence estimates are reported by grade, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, and sex of sexual contacts. Unadjusted logistic regression models were used to calculate prevalence differences comparing 2019 to 2021 and prevalence ratios comparing suicidal behavior between subgroups across demographic characteristics to a referent group. From 2019 to 2021, female students had an increased prevalence of seriously considered attempting suicide (from 24.1% to 30%), an increase in making a suicide plan (from 19.9% to 23.6%), and an increase in suicide attempts (from 11.0% to 13.3%). In addition, from 2019 to 2021, Black or African American (Black), Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic), and White female students had an increased prevalence of seriously considered attempting suicide. In 2021, Black female students had an increased prevalence of suicide attempts and Hispanic female students had an increased prevalence of suicide attempts that required medical treatment compared with White female students. Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors remained stable overall for male students from 2019 to 2021. A comprehensive approach to suicide prevention with a focus on health equity is needed to address these disparities and reduce prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors for all youths. School and community-based strategies include creating safe and supportive environments, promoting connectedness, teaching coping and problem solving, and gatekeeper training.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"45-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156155/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9409771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a1
Jonetta J Mpofu, J Michael Underwood, Jemekia E Thornton, Nancy D Brener, Adriana Rico, Greta Kilmer, William A Harris, Michelle Leon-Nguyen, David Chyen, Connie Lim, Cecily K Mbaka, Jennifer Smith-Grant, Lisa Whittle, Sherry Everett Jones, Kathleen H Krause, Jingjing Li, Shari L Shanklin, Izzy McKinnon, Loredona Arrey, Barbara E Queen, Alice M Roberts
{"title":"Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - United States, 2021.","authors":"Jonetta J Mpofu, J Michael Underwood, Jemekia E Thornton, Nancy D Brener, Adriana Rico, Greta Kilmer, William A Harris, Michelle Leon-Nguyen, David Chyen, Connie Lim, Cecily K Mbaka, Jennifer Smith-Grant, Lisa Whittle, Sherry Everett Jones, Kathleen H Krause, Jingjing Li, Shari L Shanklin, Izzy McKinnon, Loredona Arrey, Barbara E Queen, Alice M Roberts","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is the largest public health surveillance system in the United States, monitoring a broad range of health-related behaviors among high school students. The system includes a nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and separate school-based YRBSs conducted by states, tribes, territories, and local school districts. In 2021, these surveys were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic underscored the importance of data in understanding changes in youth risk behaviors and addressing the multifaceted public health needs of youths. This overview report describes 2021 YRBSS survey methodology, including sampling, data collection procedures, response rates, data processing, weighting, and analyses. The 2021 YRBS participation map, survey response rates, and a detailed examination of student demographic characteristics are included in this report. During 2021, in addition to the national YRBS, a total of 78 surveys were administered to high school students across the United States, representing the national population, 45 states, two tribal governments, three territories, and 28 local school districts. YRBSS data from 2021 provided the first opportunity since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to compare youth health behaviors using long-term public health surveillance. Approximately half of all student respondents represented racial and ethnic minority groups, and approximately one in four identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, or other (a sexual identity other than heterosexual) (LGBQ+). These findings reflect shifts in youth demographics, with increased percentages of racial and ethnic minority and LGBQ+ youths compared with previous YRBSS cycles. Educators, parents, local decision makers, and other partners use YRBSS data to monitor health behavior trends, guide school health programs, and develop local and state policy. These and future data can be used in developing health equity strategies to address long-term disparities so that all youths can thrive in safe and supportive environments. This overview and methods report is one of 11 featured in this MMWR supplement. Each report is based on data collected using methods presented in this overview. A full description of YRBSS results and downloadable data are available (https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm).</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a8
Heather B Clayton, Greta Kilmer, Sarah DeGue, Lianne F Estefan, Vi D Le, Nicolas A Suarez, Bridget H Lyons, Jemekia E Thornton
{"title":"Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Bullying Victimization Among High School Students -Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Heather B Clayton, Greta Kilmer, Sarah DeGue, Lianne F Estefan, Vi D Le, Nicolas A Suarez, Bridget H Lyons, Jemekia E Thornton","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Experiences of teen dating violence (TDV), sexual violence, and bullying during adolescence are all forms of interpersonal violence victimization (IVV) and are associated with health and behavioral issues during adulthood. Data from the nationally representative 2011-2021 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were used to estimate the 2021 prevalence of IVV reported by U.S. high school students. IVV included past-year sexual TDV, physical TDV, sexual violence by anyone, electronic bullying, being bullied on school property, and lifetime forced sex and was analyzed by demographic characteristics and sex of sexual contacts. This report also explored trends in IVV over this 10-year period among U.S. high school students. In 2021, a total of 8.5% of students reported physical TDV, 9.7% reported sexual TDV, 11.0% reported sexual violence by anyone (with 59.5% of those also reporting sexual TDV), 15.0% reported bullying on school property, and 15.9% reported electronic bullying victimization during the past 12 months; 8.5% also reported experiencing forced sex in their lifetime. Disparities were observed for each form of IVV assessed for females and for most forms of IVV among racial and ethnic minority students; students who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, or other (LGBQ+); and students who reported their sexual contacts as same sex only or both sexes. Trend analyses indicated that physical TDV, sexual TDV, any physical or sexual TDV, and both physical and sexual TDV victimization decreased from 2013 to 2021 (although sexual TDV increased from 2019 to 2021). Any bullying victimization decreased from 2011 to 2021. Lifetime forced sexual intercourse decreased from 2011 to 2015, then increased from 2015 to 2021. Being bullied on school property was unchanged from 2011 to 2017, then decreased from 2017 to 2021. Sexual violence by anyone increased from 2017 to 2021. This report highlights disparities in IVV and provides the first national estimates among Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander youths. Findings, including trend analyses indicating recent increases in certain forms of IVV, point to the continued urgency of violence prevention efforts for all U.S. youths and especially those who are disproportionately affected by IVV.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"66-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156153/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a10
Brooke E Hoots, Jingjing Li, Marci Feldman Hertz, Marissa B Esser, Adriana Rico, Evelyn Y Zavala, Christopher M Jones
{"title":"Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Brooke E Hoots, Jingjing Li, Marci Feldman Hertz, Marissa B Esser, Adriana Rico, Evelyn Y Zavala, Christopher M Jones","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a10","DOIUrl":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescence is a critical phase of development and is frequently a period of initiating and engaging in risky behaviors, including alcohol and other substance use. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors might have affected adolescent involvement in these behaviors. To examine substance use patterns and understand how substance use among high school students changed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC analyzed data from the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This report presents estimated prevalences among high school students of current (i.e., previous 30 days) alcohol use, marijuana use, binge drinking, and prescription opioid misuse and lifetime alcohol, marijuana, synthetic marijuana, inhalants, ecstasy, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and injection drug use and prescription opioid misuse. Trends during 2009-2021 were assessed using logistic regression and joinpoint regression analyses. Changes in substance use from 2019 to 2021 were assessed using prevalence differences and prevalence ratios, stratified by demographic characteristics. Prevalence of substance use measures by sexual identity and current co-occurring substance use were estimated using 2021 data. Substance use prevalence declined during 2009-2021. From 2019 to 2021, the prevalence of current alcohol use, marijuana use, and binge drinking and lifetime use of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine and prescription opioid misuse decreased; lifetime inhalant use increased. In 2021, substance use varied by sex, race and ethnicity, and sexual identity. Approximately one third of students (29%) reported current use of alcohol or marijuana or prescription opioid misuse; among those reporting current substance use, approximately 34% used two or more substances. Widespread implementation of tailored evidence-based policies, programs, and practices likely to reduce risk factors for adolescent substance use and promote protective factors might further decrease substance use among U.S. high school students and is urgently needed in the context of the changing marketplaces for alcohol beverage products and other drugs (e.g., release of high-alcohol beverage products and increased availability of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl).</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"84-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9409770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a2
Natalie J Wilkins, Kathleen H Krause, Jorge V Verlenden, Leigh E Szucs, Emily N Ussery, Christopher T Allen, Joi Stinson, Shannon L Michael, Kathleen A Ethier
{"title":"School Connectedness and Risk Behaviors and Experiences Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Natalie J Wilkins, Kathleen H Krause, Jorge V Verlenden, Leigh E Szucs, Emily N Ussery, Christopher T Allen, Joi Stinson, Shannon L Michael, Kathleen A Ethier","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School connectedness, defined as students' belief that adults and peers in their school care about their learning as well as about them as persons, has been linked to positive educational, behavioral, and health outcomes in adolescence and into adulthood. Data from the 2021 nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, were used to estimate prevalence of students' perception of school connectedness and examine associations between school connectedness and seven risk behaviors and experiences: poor mental health, marijuana use, prescription opioid misuse, sexual intercourse, unprotected sex, experiencing forced sex, and missing school because of feeling unsafe. Prevalence estimates were generated and pairwise t-tests were used to detect differences among student subpopulations by sex, grade, race and ethnicity, and sexual identity; Wald chi-square tests were used to detect differences in risk behaviors by level of connectedness within a subpopulation. Logistic regression models were used to estimate prevalence ratios comparing the prevalence of risk behaviors and experiences of students with high connectedness with students with low connectedness, stratified by demographics. During 2021, 61.5% of U.S. high school students reported feeling connected to others at school. In addition, school connectedness was associated with lower prevalence of every risk behavior and experience examined in this study, although certain associations differed by race and ethnicity and sexual identity (e.g., school connectedness was associated with better mental health outcomes for youths with heterosexual, bisexual, and questioning or other sexual identities, but not for youths who identified as lesbian or gay). These findings can guide public health interventions that promote youth well-being by creating school environments where all youths have a sense of belonging and feel they are cared for and supported.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"13-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156161/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9409769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a3
Christopher R Harper, Jingjing Li, Kameron Sheats, Marci F Hertz, Molly Merrill-Francis, Norah W Friar, Carmen L Ashley, Shari Shanklin, Colleen Barbero, Elizabeth M Gaylor, Brooke E Hoots
{"title":"Witnessing Community Violence, Gun Carrying, and Associations with Substance Use and Suicide Risk Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Christopher R Harper, Jingjing Li, Kameron Sheats, Marci F Hertz, Molly Merrill-Francis, Norah W Friar, Carmen L Ashley, Shari Shanklin, Colleen Barbero, Elizabeth M Gaylor, Brooke E Hoots","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Community violence, including homicides involving firearms, is a significant public health concern. From 2019 to 2020, firearm-related homicides increased by 39% for youths and young adults aged 10-24 years, and rates of suicide by firearm increased by approximately 15% among the same age group. Findings from the nationally representative 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used to analyze disparities and correlates of witnessing community violence and gun carrying among a nationally representative sample of high school students. Chi-square tests and logistic regression accounting for the complex sampling of the survey were used to assess demographic differences by student sex, race and ethnicity, age, and sexual identity in ever witnessing community violence, gun carrying in the past 12 months, and their associations with substance use and suicide risk. Measures of substance use included current binge drinking and marijuana use and lifetime prescription opioid misuse and illicit drug use. Suicide risk included seriously considered attempting suicide and attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Overall, approximately 20% of students witnessed community violence and 3.5% of students carried a gun. American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, and Hispanic students were more likely to witness community violence and to report carrying a gun than their White peers. Males were more likely to witness community violence and carry a gun than females. Lesbian, gay, or bisexual students were more likely to witness community violence than their heterosexual peers. Also, witnessing community violence consistently was associated with increased odds of gun carrying, substance use, and suicide risk for both males and females and when comparing Black, White, and Hispanic students. These findings highlight the importance of comprehensive violence prevention strategies that incorporate health equity to mitigate the effects of violence exposure on substance use and suicide risk among youths.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"22-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156151/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a11
Briana E Oliver, Sherry Everett Jones, Emily Devora Hops, Carmen L Ashley, Richard Miech, Jonetta J Mpofu
{"title":"Electronic Vapor Product Use Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Briana E Oliver, Sherry Everett Jones, Emily Devora Hops, Carmen L Ashley, Richard Miech, Jonetta J Mpofu","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a11","url":null,"abstract":"Commercial tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Despite declines in overall tobacco product use among youths, disparities persist. This report uses biennial data from the 2015–2021 cycles of the nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey to assess prevalence and trends in electronic vapor product (EVP) use among high school students, including ever use, current use (past 30 days), and daily use. Data from 2021 also included usual source of EVPs among students who currently used EVPs. Overall, in 2021, 36.2% had ever used EVPs, 18.0% currently used EVPs, and 5.0% used EVPs daily, with variation in prevalence by demographic characteristics. Prevalence of ever use and current use of EVPs was higher among female students than male students. Prevalence of ever use, current use, and daily use of EVPs was lower among Asian students than Black or African American (Black), Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, White, and multiracial students. Prevalence of ever use, current use, and daily use of EVPs was higher among bisexual students than among students who were not bisexual. During 2015–2021, although ever use of EVPs decreased overall (from 44.9% to 36.2%) and current use of EVPs was stable overall, daily EVP use increased overall (from 2.0 to 5.0%) and among female (from 1.1% to 5.6%), male (from 2.8% to 4.5%), Black (from 1.1% to 3.1%), Hispanic (from 2.6% to 3.4%), multiracial (from 2.8% to 5.3%) and White (from 1.9% to 6.5%) students. Among students who currently use EVPs, 54.1% usually got or bought EVPs from a friend, family member, or someone else. Continued surveillance of EVP and other tobacco product use is necessary to document and understand youth tobacco product usage. These findings can be used to inform youth-focused tobacco prevention and control strategies at the local, state, tribal, and national levels.","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"93-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156157/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2023-04-28DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7201a5
Patricia J Dittus, Jingjing Li, Jorge V Verlenden, Natalie J Wilkins, Michelle N Carman-McClanahan, Yolanda Cavalier, Melissa C Mercado, Laura E Welder, Douglas R Roehler, Kathleen A Ethier
{"title":"Parental Monitoring and Risk Behaviors and Experiences Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.","authors":"Patricia J Dittus, Jingjing Li, Jorge V Verlenden, Natalie J Wilkins, Michelle N Carman-McClanahan, Yolanda Cavalier, Melissa C Mercado, Laura E Welder, Douglas R Roehler, Kathleen A Ethier","doi":"10.15585/mmwr.su7201a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7201a5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents have an important role in the promotion of healthy adolescent behaviors that can influence positive developmental trajectories and health outcomes. Parental monitoring is a central component of the parent-child relationship with the potential to reduce adolescent risk behaviors. Data from CDC's 2021 nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used to describe the prevalence of parental monitoring reported by U.S. high school students and examine associations between parental monitoring and adolescent behaviors and experiences. Behaviors and experiences included sexual behaviors, substance use, violence, and indicators of poor mental health. This report marks the first national assessment of parental monitoring among U.S. high school students. Point prevalence estimates and corresponding 95% CIs were generated in the bivariate analyses between parental monitoring and the outcomes, stratified by demographic characteristics (sex, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, and grade). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate the main effects of parental monitoring (categorized as high = always or most of the time and low = never, rarely, or sometimes) for each outcome, controlling for all demographics. Overall, 86.4% of students reported that their parents or other adults in their family know where they are going or with whom they will be all or most of the time. Reports of high parental monitoring were protective for all risk behaviors and experiences, with models controlling for sex, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, and grade. Results highlight the need for public health professionals who develop public health interventions and programs to conduct further research on the relation between parental monitoring and student health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":37858,"journal":{"name":"MMWR supplements","volume":"72 1","pages":"37-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156152/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MMWR supplementsPub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.su7103a1
Adriana Rico, N. Brener, Jemekia E. Thornton, J. Mpofu, W. Harris, Alice M. Roberts, Greta Kilmer, David Chyen, L. Whittle, Michelle Leon-Nguyen, Connie Lim, Andrew Saba, Leah N. Bryan, Jennifer Smith-Grant, J. Underwood
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