Tag: Adolescents / Teens
~9 Percent of Teens Have Heard of Heated Tobacco Products
About 30 percent of those who had ever tried HTPs continued to use them; 18.3 percent of never users susceptible to future use
Survival Up for Multiple Cancer Types for Teens, Young Adults
Limited or no improvement seen in female breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and bone and joint sarcomas
Geographic Disparities Found in Cancer Diagnosis Stage, Mortality for AYAs
Living in rural counties and living farther from reporting hospital detrimental for adolescents and young adults with cancer
24 Percent of Young Adults Hesitant to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Reasons for potentially rejecting vaccination include desire to wait and see if vaccine is safe, concerns over side effects
More Than One-Quarter of Eligible Teens Have Received COVID-19 Shot
Obtaining more information about teen vaccine safety and efficacy, school vaccine requirement would increase vaccination intentions
Restrictive Eating Disorders Up Among Teens During Pandemic
For first 12 months of pandemic, number of admissions at children's hospital more than double for same period in previous three years
Teen, Parent Response Explored for Cardiomyopathy Genetic Tests
Families with positive predictive test results had better functioning scores than those with negative predictive test results
Link Found for Weight-, Shape-Related Bullying, Eating Disorder Behaviors
Frequency of bullying positively linked to purging, muscularity-oriented behavior, but not dietary restriction, binge eating
Teens’ Perceived Availability of Pot, Alcohol, Vaping Devices Down During Pandemic
Findings based on survey taken before, during COVID-19 pandemic, but actual use did not decline as dramatically
Many Youth With Blood Cancers Receive Intensive End-of-Life Care
Influencing factors include hospital size, insurance type, geographic region
