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Antifascist. Advocate.

Deep South Cascadia.
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Our new Journal of Adolescent Health study (w. #UCLA & #UCIrvine)—featured by Fox 5 San Diego—found daily #cannabis use among CA 11th graders has risen since legalization, reversing prior declines. Youth use stays lower where retail sales banned. Stronger safeguards needed.

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October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Jensen, T. M., & Li, X. (2025). Bidirectional associations between family belonging and youth well-being over time: Family structure as a moderating influence. Journal of Adolescent Health. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Bidirectional Associations Between Family Belonging and Youth Well-Being Over Time: Family Structure as a Moderating Influence
Among plausible family-level correlates of youth well-being is the construct of family belonging; however, there remain opportunities to better unders…
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September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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This position paper affirms SAHM’s long-standing commitment to ensuring that all AYAs have access to high-quality, developmentally appropriate healthcare that protects their confidentiality while promoting healthy communication with parents and caregivers.
www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Confidential Healthcare for Adolescent Minors and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
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 t...
www.jahonline.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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toddmjensen.bsky.social
New study in Journal of Adolescent Health! We found that: feeling a strong sense of family belonging predicts fewer depressive symptoms later AND higher depressive symptoms predict lower belonging over time across family types. Free download for 50 days:
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lmU%7E,Nz...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
torberg.bsky.social
It has unfortunately fallen off the front pages, but the recent HHS report on gender dysphoria failed to meet scientific standards. www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
A Critical Scientific Appraisal of the Health and Human Services Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria
Executive Order (EO) 14187, entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” was signed by President Donald Trump on January 28, 2025 [1]. This EO, among other provisions, directe...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Commentary from the former chief of adolescent health at WHO on the Trump Administration's attack on global health. www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Shock Unleashed by Recent U.S. Administrative Actions Cannot Lead to Paralysis
Over recent months, the current US administration's actions have upended international order with potential devastating consequences for the world's adolescents. Examples include the United States's w...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Mental health needs are rising among teens, but not all get the care they need. Can telehealth help bridge the gap? Recent paper in the Journal of Adolescent Health led by @rand.org‬ colleague Josh Breslau helps answer the question
July 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
torberg.bsky.social
Happy 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Among adolescents with gender dysphoria, emotional health improves over 24 months of gender-affirming hormone treatment and is related to improvement in transgender appearance congruence.

www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Emotional Health of Transgender Youth 24 Months After Initiating Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
Limited data exist about the emotional health of transgender youth, either before or after initiation of gender-affirming hormone (GAH). The objectives were: (1) Investigate and verify the factor stru...
www.jahonline.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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If any pro-vaccine study did something like this, the anti-vax movement would broadcast it so loud and make it the centerpiece of a documentary. But, bc the anti-vax movement is fundamentally about eugenics and propaganda, they'll just hand-wave it away, play the victim, and move on.
May 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
torberg.bsky.social
Findings emphasize several critical areas of future research to better understand and implement policies that address sexual and gender minority youth health disparities and inequities.

www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Associations Between Policy and Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in the United States: A Scoping Review
Strengthening policy research and its translation is essential to improving sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) health. We conducted a scoping review of studies testing the relationship between po...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Current and former #SMAHRTies, Avery Salerno, Drs. Angie Calvin, Marina Jenkins, and Megan Moreno, recently published a qualitative study in the Journal of Adolescent Health on adolescent experiences with navigating health information on social media. Read the results: go.wisc.edu/vs62e1
Adolescent Experiences With Navigating Health Information on Social Media and Beyond: Using Qualitative Data to Inform a Model
The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experience of adolescents as they seek, view, and evaluate health information using online and o…
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April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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sebastianjroche.bsky.social
Quels effets ont les contrôles d'identité sur les jeunes ? Ils augmentent leur consommation de drogues en tous genres, légales ou illégales. Les jeunes ayant fait l'objet d'un contrôle policier avant l'âge de 14 ans (14,72 %) ont signalé un engagement significativement plus élevé
February 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Meet Bre Edison! A trailblazing Ph.D. student focused on adolescent sexual health & dating violence prevention. Recently named in the Journal of Adolescent Health's “Distinguished Dozen!” Dive into our Q&A to discover her inspiring journey & future goals! t.gsu.edu/41g5bQS
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Student Spotlight: Bre Edison
Ph.D. student Bre Edison says that School of Public Health faculty have made her feel supported and valued while facilitating a journey that has empowered her to grow as a researcher. She was recently...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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See the latest position paper from SAHM: Improving Adolescent and Young Adult Health Through Knowledge and Action on Gender-Based Violence - Journal of Adolescent Health. So appreciative of this work done with my amazing co-authors. www.jahonline.org/article/S105... @ynb.bsky.social
Improving Adolescent and Young Adult Health Through Knowledge and Action on Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) refers to a specific form of interpersonal violence that is rooted in gender inequities and unequal distribution of power. GBV is defined as any type of violence, including...
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February 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Are older teens and young adults with opioid use disorder considering medication treatment? Why or why not?

This new article in Journal of Adolescent Health explores the question:
www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
“It’s Really Hard to Just Do It By Yourself:” Adolescent Perspectives on the Facilitators, Barriers, and Health Service Preferences to Initiating and Continuing Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Dis...
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality among US adolescents and young adults (AYAs). While medication treatment for OUD (MOUD) with buprenorphine has been ...
www.jahonline.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📣 New research from @crrcbpas.bsky.social and @msichoicesuk.bsky.social out now in Journal of Adolescent Health about adolescent abortion care in England and Wales, and the impact of routine requirements for in-person consultation and ultrasound www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assessing the Impact of a Routine Requirement for In-Person Abortion Care for Adolescents in England and Wales: A Prepost Evaluation
No-test medication abortion involves a teleconsultation, gestational age dating by last menstrual period (LMP), and home-use of medicines. In England …
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February 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Our article on how gatekeeping is actually harmful to detrans people has been assigned an issue!

Free link: www.florenceashley.com/uploads/1/2/...
Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people
Gender assessments are often required to access gender-affirming medical interventions. These assessments are typically defended as a way of preventing regret, offering a compromise between the int...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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JAH's collection of articles on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected adolescents and young adults. www.jahonline.org/action/doSea...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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In case yall missed it yesterday: California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a letter to LA Children’s Hospital telling them state law prevents them from complying with a Trump executive order that seeks to eliminate gender transition care for young people under 19. oag.ca.gov/system/files...
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February 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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💉Sharing our new paper in the Journal of Adolescent Health, led by Brianna Agnew and Annette Regan presenting a systematic scoping review of adolescent COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy! We show the need for more research that includes adolescents own perspectives. 💉

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Global Systematic Scoping Review of Adolescent Factors Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Although COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for adolescents aged 12–17 years, they remain one of the least commonly vaccinated age groups. Therefore,…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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JAH's annual list of the twelve articles making distinguished contributions to adolescent and young adult health. These articles are free-to-access for the next month.

www.jahonline.org/2024distingu...
JAH Distinguished Dozen 2024
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January 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
torberg.bsky.social
This article on positive outcomes of gender-affirming hormone therapy is free-to-access right now.

www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Emotional Health of Transgender Youth 24 Months After Initiating Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
Limited data exist about the emotional health of transgender youth, either before or after initiation of gender-affirming hormone (GAH). The objectives were: (1) Investigate and verify the factor stru...
www.jahonline.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I am delighted to have had a poem accepted to the Journal of Adolescent Health.

The poem, was written for the Archiving Residential Children’s Homes project @stir.ac.uk.

Thank you to Prof Ruth Emond for having me involved.

You can watch the poem here: stirling.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
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January 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM