Review
Pediatrics
Charlotte Vrijen, Maria Wiertsema, Megane Alice Ackermans, Rozemarijn van der Ploeg, Tina Kretschmer
Summary: The study found that bullying perpetration was positively associated with all types of substances, indicating that individuals who bully their peers are at a higher risk of substance use later in life compared to their nonbullying peers.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Thomas D. Clark, Angela J. Crean, Alistair M. Senior
Summary: Research shows that obesogenic diets have an impact on anxiety-like behavior in rodents, primarily by reducing time spent in open areas. The effects of obesogenic diets are stronger in males than in females, with no significant impact observed from caloric restriction but potential increase observed from protein restriction. Further studies are needed to determine the underlying mechanisms behind these behavioral changes induced by obesogenic diets.
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Hossein Dabiriyan Tehrani, Sara Yamini, Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Summary: This study tested the effectiveness and ranking of different combinations of parenting program components in reducing parental stress. The results showed that the combination of behavior management and relationship enhancement was the most effective, while more comprehensive programs were less effective in reducing stress.
JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Amanda E. Paluch, Shivangi Bajpai, Marcel Ballin, David R. Bassett, Thomas W. Buford, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Ariel Chernofsky, Erin E. Dooley, Ulf Ekelund, Kelly R. Evenson, Deborah A. Galuska, Barbara J. Jefferis, Lingsong Kong, William E. Kraus, Martin G. Larson, I-Min Lee, Charles E. Matthews, Robert L. Newton, Anna Nordstrom, Peter Nordstrom, Priya Palta, Alpa V. Patel, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carl F. Pieper, Lisa Pompeii, Erika Rees-Punia, Nicole L. Spartano, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Peter H. Whincup, Shengping Yang, Janet E. Fulton
Summary: There is a significant difference in the association between steps per day and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk between older and younger adults. For older adults, taking more steps per day was associated with a progressively decreased risk of CVD. However, no significant relationship was found between steps per day and CVD risk among younger adults.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Liqing Li, Qi Zhang, Liyong Zhu, Guohua Zeng, Hongwei Huang, Jian Zhuge, Xiaorui Kuang, Sule Yang, Di Yang, Zhensheng Chen, Yong Gan, Zuxun Lu, Chunmei Wu
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between daytime napping and depression. The results showed an increased risk of depressive symptoms among daytime nappers. These findings may have significant implications for future research on depression.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chanhee Seo, Christina Di Carlo, Selina Xiangxu Dong, Karine Fournier, Kay-Anne Haykal
Summary: Medical students are at risk for suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempt (SA) due to poor mental health outcomes, burnout, comorbid mental illness, and stress. Individual risk factors need further research for effective suicide prevention programs in medical school.
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
N. N. Schonewille, N. Rijkers, A. Berenschot, J. G. Lijmer, O. A. van den Heuvel, B. F. P. Broekman
Summary: Psychiatric vulnerability is associated with an increased risk of unintended pregnancies. However, there is a lack of research on this topic, and the quality of existing studies is relatively low. The findings suggest that women with psychiatric vulnerability have a higher risk of unintended pregnancies.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2022)
Review
Psychiatry
Liqing Li, Qi Zhang, Liyong Zhu, Guohua Zeng, Hongwei Huang, Jian Zhuge, Xiaorui Kuang, Sule Yang, Di Yang, Zhensheng Chen, Yong Gan, Zuxun Lu, Chunmei Wu
Summary: Screen time has been found to be a predictor of depressive symptoms, and its effects may vary based on the participant's age, gender, location, and screen time duration. This finding has important implications for the prevention of depression.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinye Qiu, Yaguang Wei, Heresh Amini, Cuicui Wang, Marc Weisskopf, Petros Koutrakis, Joel Schwartz
Summary: This study found that exposure to atmospheric particle components has an impact on mental health. Sulfate, iron, lead, and zinc were identified as the most related components to psychiatric illness. The metal industry was found to be one of the main sources. Additionally, older individuals were more susceptible to the effects, and there was an increased risk of bipolar and psychotic admissions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Manav V. Vyas, Jeffrey Z. Wang, Meah M. Gao, Daniel G. Hackam
Summary: This study included 23 studies of fair quality, with a total of over 2 million stroke survivors, of whom 5563 attempted suicide or died by suicide. Stroke survivors had a significantly higher risk of suicide attempt compared to those without a history of stroke, with a pooled adjusted risk ratio of 2.11. Additionally, longer follow-up time in cohort studies was associated with a lower risk of suicide, with a risk ratio of 0.97 for every 1-year increase.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Randall Juras, Meredith Kelsey, Katarzyna Steinka-Fry, Mark Lipsey, Jean Layzer, Emily Tanner-Smith
Summary: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), numerous studies on the effectiveness of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention programs were conducted between 2015 and 2019. A meta-analysis of these studies was conducted, and the results showed that the overall effects of the programs were small and mixed. The analysis also found that programs delivered in classroom settings were the least effective. However, the generalizability of these findings may be limited to HHS-funded programs.
PREVENTION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Siyuan Li, Ying Wang
Summary: This study reveals a relationship between adolescents' perception of disease risk, physical activity, and mental health. It emphasizes the potential benefits of promoting physical activity awareness among adolescents to improve mental health outcomes during pandemics.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz, Rose Olson, Quang Tran
Summary: Approximately 27% of ever-partnered women aged 15 to 49 have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), which is associated with various health issues. This study examines whether microfinance interventions are effective in reducing IPV. The findings suggest that microfinance interventions are associated with a reduction in psychological and emotional IPV, as well as controlling behaviors.
Review
Psychiatry
Modhurima Moitra, Damian Santomauro, Louisa Degenhardt, Pamela Y. Collins, Harvey Whiteford, Theo Vos, Alize Ferrari
Summary: This systematic review highlights the significant association between mental disorders and suicide risk, with different disorder types showing varying levels of impact on suicide risk after adjustments. The findings may provide valuable insights for suicide prevention strategies on national health agendas.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, Guilherme Moraes Balbim, Jared Donald Ramer, Maria Enid Santiago-Rodriguez, David L. DuBois, Amelia Brunskill, Tara Gisela Mehta
Summary: This study found that physical activity can be used as an adjunct treatment and secondary prevention intervention for ADHD and ODD, reducing symptoms and functional impairment. The results support the positive effects of physical activity in alleviating ADHD symptoms, and various forms of physical activity can be beneficial.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2022)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Jasmin Ranu, Natasha Kalebic, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Pamela J. Taylor
Summary: There is a relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and later psychosis and violence, especially in cases of childhood maltreatment. Studies show that histories of physical abuse, sexual abuse, having a criminal/violent parent or living with family alcohol/drug use are each associated with around twice the odds of psychosis with violence as psychosis alone. However, due to methodological differences and divergent measurement results, the pathways between ACEs and later problems remain unclear.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
Article
Family Studies
Rogers Kasirye, Christina Laurenzi, Anna Nabulya, Barbara Nakijoba
Summary: Adolescent girls and young women in rural Uganda face multiple challenges that put them at risk of HIV infection, alcohol abuse, and dependence on men. A multi-component intervention funded by the DREAMS initiative was designed to improve their ability to care for themselves. The intervention included vocational training, preventive interventions addressing HIV risk, substance abuse prevention, and parenting classes. The program achieved high uptake and positive outcomes, with a significant number of participants still engaged in their chosen professions two years later.
VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Leah Z. Rand, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Aaron S. Kesselheim
Summary: This study analyzed whether other outcome measures used in health technology assessment (HTA) address the criticisms of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). The study found that among the seven alternative outcome measures currently used for HTA, none of them address all the criticisms of QALYs while retaining their advantageous features.
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
K. Sorsdahl, C. van der Westhuizen, N. Hornsby, Y. Jacobs, M. Poole, M. Neuman, H. A. Weiss, B. Myers
Summary: The ASPIRE intervention was found to be feasible and acceptable among South African adolescents, although modifications to the trial design and intervention delivery are needed to optimize validity.
PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
David Villarreal-Zegarra, C. Mahony Reategui-Rivera, Sharlyn Otazu-Alfaro, Gloria Yantas-Alcantara, Percy Soto-Becerra, G. J. Melendez-Torres
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of mental disorders globally. Peru, one of the countries most affected by COVID-19, lacks studies evaluating the medium and long-term consequences of the pandemic on mental health. This study aimed to estimate the impact of the pandemic on the prevalence and treatment of depressive symptoms in Peru using nationally representative surveys.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kathryn J. Steventon Roberts, Stefani Du Toit, Tatenda Mawoyo, Mark Tomlinson, Lucie D. Cluver, Sarah Skeen, Christina A. Laurenzi, Lorraine Sherr
Summary: This study aims to provide early insights into the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents experiencing orphanhood or caregiver loss in South Africa. The study will be conducted in Cape Town and will recruit 500 children who have experienced parental or caregiver loss due to COVID-19, as well as a comparison group of children in similar environments. Through quantitative longitudinal study and various analytical techniques, the research will explore children's mental health and well-being and inform future policy and service provision.
Review
Criminology & Penology
Rebecca Meiksin, Chris Bonell, Amiya Bhatia, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Nambusi Kyegombe, Anjalee Kohli
Summary: Adolescent dating and relationship violence (DRV) is a prevalent issue with negative impacts on mental health outcomes and partner violence. This study aimed to assess how social norms related to DRV and gender were measured in existing literature. A total of 24 eligible studies were identified, using 40 measures of DRV norms and gender norms. The measures showed significant association with DRV outcomes and had defined reference groups, but evidence on measure quality was mixed. Future research should focus on developing valid and reliable measures for DRV and gender norms, and exploring the mediating role of norms in interventions' impact on DRV.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres
Summary: Many sociological analyses view evidence-based policy as rationalizing social relations and being influenced by systems of knowledge/power. However, these analyses often overlook the emancipatory potential of evidence and the possibility of rational adjudication of truth claims. By incorporating Habermas' work, sociological engagement with evidence-based policy could be transformed by taking into account whether it leads to depoliticization or marginalization of citizens' voices. Habermas' idea of the ideal speech situation as a procedural basis for truth can serve as a standard for exploring power asymmetries and evaluating truth claims in relation to evidence-based policy.
CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
David Villarreal-Zegarra, Sharly Otazu-Alfaro, Piero Segovia-Bacilio, Jackeline Garcia-Serna, C. Mahony Reategui-Rivera, G. J. Melendez-Torres
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
G. J. Melendez-Torres, R. Ponsford, J. Falconer, C. Bonell
Summary: This study found that whole-school interventions have the potential to reduce health inequalities by promoting student commitment to school through school-level change. However, there is a lack of comprehensive evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions in improving policy-relevant health outcomes such as substance use and violence.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Linnea Stansert Katzen, Mark Tomlinson, Christina A. Laurenzi, Ncumisa Waluwalu, Mary Jane Rotheram Borus, Sarah Skeen
Summary: The implementation of CHW programs in South Africa faces challenges such as inadequate support, supervision, and resources. However, an enhanced-supervision intervention has shown potential in mitigating some of these challenges. To ensure the efficiency of CHW programs, it is crucial to recruit CHWs based on social and administrative competence, provide improved training and more resources, and ensure supportive supervision.
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Christina A. Laurenzi, Chipo Mutambo, Chanda Mwamba, Eugene Mupakile, Chuma Busakhwe, Agnes Ronan, Elona Toska
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lucie D. Cluver, Yulia Shenderovich, Marko Seslija, Siyanai Zhou, Elona Toska, Alice Armstrong, Laurie A. Gulaid, Wole Ameyan, Matteo Cassolato, Caroline C. Kuo, Christina Laurenzi, Lorraine Sherr
Summary: Brief tools are necessary to identify adolescents at greatest risk for ART non-adherence. Constructs strongly associated with non-adherence were identified using the WHO's HEADSS/HEADSS+ adolescent wellbeing checklists. These constructs included violence exposure, depression, being sexually active, medication side effects, low social support, and non-disclosure to parents. Screening within established checklists can improve identification of adolescents needing increased support, and HIV services for adolescents should address side-effects, violence prevention, mental health, and sexual and reproductive health.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Amy Sanders, Hayley Gains, Ruth Baer, Susan Ball, Benjamin Jones, Hazel Banks, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Obioha C. Ukoumunne
Summary: This study examined the structure and performance of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) in a school-based mindfulness program in the UK. The results showed that the CAMM has a 2-factor structure and there were small differences in item functioning across groups.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christina A. Laurenzi, Elona Toska, Renata Tallarico, Lorraine Sherr, Kathryn J. Steventon Roberts, Maja Hansen, Janke Tolmay, Janina Jochim, Wole Ameyan, Rachel Yates
Summary: Rates of adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa are increasing. Adolescent mothers face a distinct set of risks to their own and their children's health, compounded by economic, social, and epidemiological challenges. Structural barriers along with normative, legal, and policy issues impede safe transitions to adulthood and motherhood for adolescent mothers. Despite ongoing global crises, addressing violence and gender inequity, improving access to sexual and reproductive health services, and providing social and structural supports for adolescent mothers and their children remain critical.
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATTERS
(2023)