COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use in adolescents and young adults

AC Villanti, SE LePine… - Child and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study examined the impact of COVID‐related disruptions on mental health
and substance use in young people residing in a state with an initially lower COVID burden …

Ongoing refinement and adaptation are required to address participant deception in online nicotine and tobacco research studies

SE LePine, C Peasley-Miklus… - Nicotine and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Online research offers many benefits to nicotine and tobacco research, including the ability
to conveniently and cheaply recruit large numbers of participants over a wide geographic …

Prevalence and correlates of past 30-day dual-vaping of nicotine and cannabis among adolescents in five New England states

J Liu, JP Winickoff, E Hanby, V Rees… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2024 - Elsevier
Significance Adolescent vaping behavior includes vaping of multiple substances, including
both nicotine and cannabis (dual-vaping). This study describes the prevalence and the …

Tailored text message and web intervention for smoking cessation in US socioeconomically-disadvantaged young adults: a randomized controlled trial

AC Villanti, C Peasley-Miklus, S Cha, J Schulz… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of cigarette smoking in young adults is higher among those with
socioeconomic disadvantage than those without. Low treatment-seeking among young adult …

Public health and research ethics education: the experience of developing a new cadre of bioethicists at a Ugandan institution

GN Kiwanuka, F Bajunirwe, PE Alele, J Oloro… - BMC Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Research ethics education is critical to developing a culture of responsible conduct of
research. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have a high burden of infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring disability among US adolescents and young adults: A survey measurement experiment

JA Schulz, JP Hall, JC West, AM Glasser… - Preventive Medicine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Disability is identified in surveys using various question sets, with little
understanding of reliability across these measures, nor how these estimates may vary …

Impacts of the Massachusetts 2019 an act modernizing tobacco control on tobacco retailer settings: A multi-methods study

J Liu, J Roberts, E Hanby, O Louaddi, JP Winickoff… - Addictive Behaviors, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In November 2019, the Massachusetts legislature passed An Act
Modernizing Tobacco Control and became the first state to restrict retail sales of all flavored …

[HTML][HTML] Screening and Retaining Adolescents Recruited Through Social Media: Secondary Analysis from a Longitudinal Clinical Trial

M Weisblum, E Trussell, T Schwinn… - JMIR Pediatrics and …, 2024 - pediatrics.jmir.org
Background Social media has become a popular method to recruit participants, particularly
for studies with hard-to-reach populations. These studies still face challenges in data quality …

The Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology in the Asset Management of Start‐Ups in the Context of Deep Learning

Q Fu, X Li - Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the coninuous improvement and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology,
this technology has been used in the asset management of companies. To improve the …

Effects of Vaping Prevention Messages on Electronic Vapor Product Beliefs, Perceived Harms, and Behavioral Intentions among Young Adults: A Randomized …

AC Villanti, OA Wackowski, SE LePine… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Youth have been the focus of electronic vapor product (EVP) prevention efforts though
young adults had similar increases in current EVP use from 2015–2019. This study tested …