Supporting parents of adolescents with substance use disorders Dr. Alison Giovanelli, AYAH-RN Coordinator and UCSF assistant professor is leading an effort to develop a modular skills-based group intervention for parents/caregivers of adolescents with Substance Use Disorders, leveraging AYAH-RN support and mentoring from the Network PI to secure additional grant funding for the research. The intervention, based on the Community Reinforcement…
Led by Dr. Aalsma with several students at Indiana University, the AYAH-RN conducted an exploratory study to implement a parenting intervention in the primary care setting. Research included testing integration of a screening tool for parents, that addressed areas such as adolescent communication, monitoring, and conflict, and examined parents’ views on such interventions in the primary care setting. Results indicate…
Drs. Richardson, McCarty, Radovic and Suleiman authored an article reviewing evidence for effective models of integrated mental/behavioral health care into primary health care settings for adolescents and young adults. This article filled a gap in this area, as most research on mental health treatment integration has focused on adults, despite a high prevalence and impact of mental health problems among…
Supplement on the Integration of Innovative Technologies to support improving AYAH health (E. Ozer, PhD, UCSF) Led by Dr. Ozer, AYAH-RN PI, this supplement in the Journal of Adolescent Health will feature several articles focused on utilizing innovative technology to improve the health of AYAs, including three manuscripts based on AYAH-RN projects described elsewhere: 1) “A Developmental Science Approach to…
Testing the effectiveness of a web-based mobile health “clinician extender” application to improve contraceptive decision-making (K.P. Tebb, PhD, & F. Rodriguez, MA & L. Pollack, PhD, UCSF; S.L. Trieu, DrPH, L. Hwang, MD, & M. Puffer, MPA, UCLA; S. Adams, Phd, E. Ozer, PhD & CD Brindis, DrPH, UCSF) Health-E You/Salud iTu is a web-based mobile health application that aims…
Behavioral/Emotional Screening Tool for clinical settings (E. Ozer, PhD, Sara Buckelew, MD, Veronika Mesheriakova, UCSF) Health-e-Check, originally developed by Ozer and colleagues through AHRQ funding, is being updated with the goal of streamlining integration into the electronic medical record to serve as a prototype for other LEAH projects and beyond. Health e-Check provides a screening report to adolescent providers to…
Engaging researchers from a broad range of LEAH sites, the AYAH-Research Network is embarking on a multi-site project to develop, test and refine an intervention for parents who bring their adolescents to healthcare visits. With the overall goal of motivating parents to access parenting resources, the intervention aims to create a tool to assess parents’ needs and provide links to…
Meaningful social roles among young adolescents (P. Ballard, PhD, Wake Forest U; L.T. Hoyt, PhD, Fordham U) The AYAH Research Network is exploring meaningful social roles among young adolescents. The investigators will pilot an assessment tool for assessing meaningful social roles and examine correlations between meaningful social roles, health risk taking behaviors, and mental health, as well as moderation by…
August 4th, 2020 Primarily funded by an NIH, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), the HealthQuest program aims to develop the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce through a multi-faceted program for middle-school students. The program includes interactive videos about different fields and the daily lives of professionals and a narrative-driven health sciences adventure game that allows youths, as well as tools for…
December 13th, 2018 INSPIRE builds on gaming techniques to create an environment in which teens participate in unfolding narratives that address peer pressure, social norms, and alternative consequences of alcohol use. Players adopt the role of a teenage protagonist who “relives” a high-school get-together involving alcohol, with virtual characters who model a range of health behaviors. Outcomes in the story line are actively shaped…
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