{"title":"Coffee's Double Shot: Social Status, Sleep, and Community in Youth","authors":"Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. M.H.S.S.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 4","pages":"Pages 788-789"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Confidential Healthcare for Adolescent Minors and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine","authors":"The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Healthcare professional societies have provided strong ethical guidelines and clinical best practice standards for delivery of healthcare to adolescent minors and young adults that take into account the developmental nuances inherent in adolescence and young adulthood. Healthcare professionals are extraordinarily well positioned to support age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate involvement of parents in healthcare and to encourage and facilitate communication between young people and their parents. They are also well positioned to incorporate confidentiality in adolescent and young adult healthcare in a way that promotes care-seeking, facilitates trust and open communication with healthcare professionals, minimizes risks that privacy concerns become a barrier to needed healthcare, and helps to prepare adolescents for entry into adult healthcare systems. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine adopts the following positions: (1) Healthcare professionals, parents, and young people need to collaborate in promoting high-quality healthcare for adolescent minors and young adults; (2) Confidentiality is an essential component of clinical practice designed to provide effective high-quality healthcare for all adolescent minors and young adults; (3) Legal protections and policy guidelines should support access to comprehensive high-quality healthcare that includes appropriate confidentiality protections for all adolescent minors and young adults; and (4) Healthcare system leaders, administrators, professionals, and all staff delivering healthcare to adolescent minors and young adults must have accurate knowledge and skills to translate the clinical, ethical, and legal basis of confidentiality protection into practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 4","pages":"Pages 791-796"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alicia M. Hoke M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Nithila Vijayan, Deepa L. Sekhar M.D., M.Sc.
{"title":"Siri Add ‘Incorporate the Youth Voice’ to My Study Planning Checklist…","authors":"Alicia M. Hoke M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Nithila Vijayan, Deepa L. Sekhar M.D., M.Sc.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 4","pages":"Pages 787-788"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Journal of Adolescent Health Editor-In-Chief Annual Reflection: Supporting Science to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health","authors":"Carol A. Ford M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 4","pages":"Pages 587-589"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer L. Carlson M.D., Ketan Tamirisa, Kathleen P. Tebb Ph.D., F.S.A.H.M.
{"title":"Forging Transparent Partnerships: Reframing Parental Role in Confidential Adolescent Care","authors":"Jennifer L. Carlson M.D., Ketan Tamirisa, Kathleen P. Tebb Ph.D., F.S.A.H.M.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 4","pages":"Pages 590-591"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transition From Adolescent to Adult Care for Young People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review of Needs, Barriers, and Interventions","authors":"Hannah Chew M.D. , Aima Ahonkhai M.D., M.P.H. , Camille Ivey M.S.I.S., M.S., R.D. , Neerav Desai M.D. , Brian Zanoni M.D., M.P.H.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.05.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span><span><span>Young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) aged 15–24 years represent over 25% of new HIV infections globally. They face significant challenges in transitioning from </span>pediatric to adult care. Despite guidelines from major health organizations, many YPLHIV experience unstructured transitions, leading to gaps in care and reduced viral suppression. This </span>systematic review examines barriers and facilitators during this transition and evaluates interventions aimed at improving the </span>transition to adult care for YPLHIV. This systematic review follows Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, with searches conducted in PubMed, Embase, and key conference abstracts from 2000 to 2024. Our search generated 1,451 articles and 17 conference abstracts, which were screened and manually searched to yield 89 studies and 10 conference abstracts. These were further categorized into 64 descriptive studies and 35 intervention studies, with 33 reporting results. Literature on YPLHIV transitioning to adult care mainly explores stakeholders' perceptions of barriers. Less than one third of studies discuss interventions, with fewer assessing their feasibility, acceptability, or efficacy. Our review highlights interventions like transition readiness assessments, protocols, skills-building, transition clinics, youth-friendly services, mobile health, and health navigation. This review reveals a critical need for future </span>randomized controlled trials to evaluate long-term outcomes and establish effectiveness in improving YPLHIV's transition outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 3","pages":"Pages 346-387"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicola J. Gray Ph.D. , Catherine Chabot M.Sc. , Shraddha Manandhar Ph.D. , Insa L. Backhaus-Hoven Ph.D. , Miranda Beck M.Sc. , Graça S. Carvalho Ph.D. , Regina Alves Ph.D. , Min-Chien Tsai Ph.D. , Sachi Tomokawa Ph.D. , Didier Jourdan Ph.D. , Terje Andreas Eikemo Ph.D.
{"title":"Multiple Impacts on Adolescent Well-Being During COVID-19 School Closures: Insights From Professionals for Future Policy Using a Conceptual Framework","authors":"Nicola J. Gray Ph.D. , Catherine Chabot M.Sc. , Shraddha Manandhar Ph.D. , Insa L. Backhaus-Hoven Ph.D. , Miranda Beck M.Sc. , Graça S. Carvalho Ph.D. , Regina Alves Ph.D. , Min-Chien Tsai Ph.D. , Sachi Tomokawa Ph.D. , Didier Jourdan Ph.D. , Terje Andreas Eikemo Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study explores the impacts of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the domains of adolescent well-being from the UN H6+ framework, reported by health and educational professionals worldwide.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Semistructured individual online interviews were conducted in six languages during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March–December 2021) with health and education professionals who volunteered for follow-up after participating in an anonymous online survey. The UN H6+ 5-domain conceptual framework of adolescent well-being was used as a framework for the directed content analysis of the combined interview dataset.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 60 interviews—translated into English—were analyzed from 38 education and 22 health professionals in 28 countries/territories. Participant reports showed impacts on all five adolescent well-being domains, but mainly domain 1 (good health and nutrition), domain 3 (safety and a supportive environment) and domain 4 (learning, competence, education, skills, and employability). Reflections of 2-connectedness and 5-agency were also present. Their reports included mainly negative impacts, but also some positive insights to take forward.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Policymakers must recognize impacts of school closures during the pandemic on multiple domains of adolescent well-being and the potential for widening inequalities. Schools play a critical mitigating role that goes beyond education. The call to action for the adolescent health community is to recognize and address ongoing potential long-term impacts on well-being and inequalities in their everyday practice. It is also important to advocate locally, nationally, and globally for careful consideration of the consequences of school closures in future health crises.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 3","pages":"Pages 524-531"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144677229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deepa R. Camenga M.D., M.H.S. , Scott E. Hadland M.D., M.P.H., M.S. , Chloe Somberg M.P.H. , William Burr Ph.D.
{"title":"U.S. Pediatricians' Attitudes and Practices Around Screening for Substance Use in Adolescents","authors":"Deepa R. Camenga M.D., M.H.S. , Scott E. Hadland M.D., M.P.H., M.S. , Chloe Somberg M.P.H. , William Burr Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To examine primary care pediatricians' attitudes and practices around substance use screening, including barriers to screening.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Survey was completed by a national, random sample of 1,683 nonretired US American Academy of Pediatrics members (residents excluded; response rate 43%). Pediatricians who reported providing health supervision to adolescents (n = 455) completed survey items assessing substance use screening practices and attitudes, including barriers to screening and access to treatment resources. Multivariable logistic regression identified associations between physician- and practice-level characteristics and (1) using a standardized substance use screening instrument and (2) barriers to substance use screening.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Nine of 10 primary care pediatricians (404/455) reported always/often screening adolescent patients for substance use during health supervision visits, with 41% usually using a standardized instrument. Compared to those in the Northeast, pediatricians in the South (adjusted odds ratio 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32–0.97), Midwest (adjusted odds ratio 0.26; 95% CI 0.13–0.49), or West (0.46; 95% CI 0.25–0.85) were half as likely to report use of a standardized screening instrument. The most common barriers to screening were a lack of treatment options for adolescents with a positive screen (69%), a lack of on-site substance use counseling providers (67%), and needing more information on counseling (50%). Most pediatricians reported it was difficult/very difficult to find outpatient behavioral interventions (76%), inpatient treatment (79%), or medication management services (73%) for adolescent substance use.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>These data highlight variability in substance use screening practices by US region. Systems-level interventions that strengthen workforce training on screening and the availability of referral resources may help overcome barriers to screening.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":56278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescent Health","volume":"77 3","pages":"Pages 499-506"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144736687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}