August 7, 2026
Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network

NEXT Generation Health Study (A Marcell, PhD, E Ozer, PhD)

NEXT Generation Health Study (A Marcell, PhD, E Ozer, PhD)

Collaboration is ongoing on the AHRQ R03 with Dr. Arik Marcell (Johns Hopkins) focused on building the evidence for adolescent substance use preventive care at well-visits from mid-adolescence to young adulthood using the longitudinal NEXT Generation Health study. The aim of the secondary data analysis of the longitudinal NEXT Generation Health study data is to build the evidence for adolescent substance use preventive care at well-visits. Analyses from this data set in the past year were presented in two presentations at the SAHM conference, and two manuscripts based on these analyses have been submitted. Next steps include publication of submitted manuscripts based on SAHM presentations as well as ongoing analysis of NEXT data on substance use and preventive care.

  1. Marcell AV, Akande M, Wu X, Perrin E, Hao L, Matson P, Van Eck K, Ozer E. Well-visit attendance from mid-adolescence to young adulthood: Who remains engaged? Platform presentation at: The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting; March 4-7, 2025; Baltimore, MD
  2. Van Eck K, Akande M, Wu X, Perrin EM, Hao L, Matson P, Ozer E, Marcell AV. Associations of well-visit attendance patterns from mid-adolescence to young adulthood with substance use engagement. Presented at: The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting; March 4-7, 2025; Baltimore, MD.
  3. Akande M, Van Eck K, Wu X, Perrin EM, Hao L, Matson PA, Ozer EM, Marcell AV. Well-Visit Attendance From Mid-Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Who Remains Engaged?. J Adolesc Health. 2025 Dec 19;. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.10.007. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41416974.
  4. Marcell AV, Wu X, Akande M, Matson PA, Ozer E, Van Eck K. Trajectories of substance-specific preventive care receipt and its time varying relationship with substance use from mid-adolescence to young adulthood. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Apr 9;:108369. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108369. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41966462. PMCID: pending

Learn more: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/dir/dph/officebranch/sbsb/next