Funded Projects

MCH Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network (AYAH-RN)

Grantee: University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth M. Ozer
Project Number: UA6MC27378
Project Date: 9/1/2017

Project Website

Age group(s)

Adolescence (12-18 years)
Young Adulthood (19-25 years)

Targeted/Underserved Population

African American
Hispanic/Latino
Asian/Pacific Islander
Native American/Alaskan Native

Abstract

The adolescent and young adult (AYA) years are the second critical period of the lifecourse, bringing challenges and opportunities with lifelong implications for health. Neuroscience suggests the AYA years are a unique developmental window for learning. Evidence-based services informed by developmental science (including neuroscience) can improve health through prevention and coordinated care for AYAs with chronic conditions, including mental conditions. An AYA Health Research Network ("Network") can help integrate developmental science into health services research and translate findings into practice.

Goals and Objectives:

Goal 1: Develop research agenda for a Network, with four foci: (ObjA) integrating and translating neuroscience into AYA health practice and research; (ObjB) preventive health interventions; (ObjC) integrating services; and (ObjD) emerging issues. Goal 2: Advance research agenda by: (ObjA) developing Network infrastructure, including: organizational infrastructure and inventory of tools; (ObjB) implementing collaborative research projects; (ObjC) disseminating project results to researchers, practitioners, and AYAs and their families; and (ObjD) leveraging network capacity to compete for funding; Goal 3: Develop research capacity AYA health field by: (ObjA) integrating new investigators into Network activities; and (ObjB) linking new investigators to national research activities. Proposed Activities and Target Population: Four Research Teams (RT) will develop an agenda through background research and prioritization processes. The Network leadership (Steering Committee) will include Project Directors from seven leading AYA research, training, and clinical programs, with one member from the Center for the Developing Adolescent at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM). This group will be responsible for approving the Network policies and setting direction for research agenda, research protocols, Network expansion, mentoring and evaluation. An Executive Committee that includes PI, co-PI, Network coordinator, UCB representative and RT Chairs will oversee daily AYAH-RN operations; a Network Coordinating Center at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will manage daily AYAH-RN operations.

Coordination:

An Advisory Committee will include representatives of three Maternal and Child Health research networks (Lifecourse, Child Health Measurement and Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics), and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Society for Research on Adolescence and SAHM's Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Project. Products: Network will: create a research agenda and Network infrastructure; develop collaborative research projects; publish at least eight articles; create dissemination products, including presentations, webinars and other media; and submit two funding applications.

Evaluation:

Network will combine Continuous Quality Improvement, process, outcome and impact evaluation methods to assess Network performance. Primary measures will include new research projects developed and publications. Additional qualitative efforts will assess extent to which (1) AYA research is transdisciplinary and (2) research is translated into practice.

Publications

Listed is descending order by year published.

Park MJ, Brindis CD, Irwin CE, Jr. Health care policy for adolescents and young adults. In: Crockett LJ, Carlo G, Schulenburg JE, eds. APA Handbook of Adolescent and Young Adult Development. American Psychological Association; 2022.

Adams SH, Schaub JP, Nagata JM, Park MJ, Brindis CD, Irwin CE Jr. Young Adult Anxiety or Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health Service Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Adolesc Health. 2022;70(6):985-988. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.02.023

Giovanelli A, Ozer EJ, Adams SH, Park MJ, Ozer EM. Adolescent Technology-use Rules and Sleep in a Large Representative Sample. J Adolesc Health. 2022;70(4):682-685. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.10.025

Adams SH, Schaub JP, Nagata JM, Park MJ, Brindis CD, Irwin CE Jr. Young adult perspectives on COVID-19 vaccinations. J Adolesc Health. 2021;69(3):511-514. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.003

Cohen AK, Hoyt LT, Nichols CR, Yazdani N, Dotson MP. Opportunities to reduce young adult college students' COVID-19–related risk behaviors: insights from a national, longitudinal cohort. J Adolesc Health. 2021;69(3):383-389. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.004

Giovanelli A, Adams SH, Park MJ, Ozer EM. Delivering anticipatory guidance about technology use to adolescents in primary care: rates in a representative California sample. J Adolesc Health. Published online July 20, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.06.007

Jones LD, Grout RW, Gilbert AL, et al. How can healthcare professionals provide guidance and support to parents of adolescents? Results from a primary care-based study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(1):253. doi:10.1186/s12913-021-06200-1

Pfaff N, DaSilva A, Ozer E, Kaiser SV. Adolescent risk behavior screening and interventions in hospital settings: a scoping review. Pediatrics. 2021;147(4):e2020020610. doi:10.1542/peds.2020-020610

Richardson L, Parker EO, Zhou C, Kientz J, Ozer E, McCarty C. Electronic health risk behavior screening with integrated feedback among adolescents in primary care: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021;23(3):e24135. doi:10.2196/24135

Spain R, Penilla C, Ozer E, Taylor R, Ringstaff C, Lester J. Leveraging game-based learning technologies to introduce adolescents to health science careers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of STEM Outreach. 2021;4(4):1-11. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i4.09

Tebb KP, Rodriguez F, Pollack LM, et al. Improving contraceptive use among Latina adolescents: a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating an mHealth application, Health-E You/Salud iTu. Contraception. 2021;104(3):246-253. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2021.03.004

Vance SR Jr, Dentoni-Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Deutsch MB, Meyers MJ, Buckelew SM. Using standardized patients to augment communication skills and self-efficacy in caring for transgender youth. Acad Pediatr. Published online May 19, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.05.010

Vance SR Jr, Buckelew SM, Dentoni-Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Deutsch MB, Meyers M. A Pediatric Transgender Medicine Curriculum for Multidisciplinary Trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2020;(16):10896.

Adams SH, Park MJ, Twietmeyer L, Brindis CD, & Irwin CE, Jr. Young adult preventive healthcare: changes in receipt of care pre- to post-Affordable Care Act. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019;64:763-769

Adams SH, Park MJ, Twietmeyer L, Brindis CD, Irwin CE Jr. Young adult preventive healthcare: changes in receipt of care pre- to post-Affordable Care Act. J Adolesc Health. 2019 Jun;64(6):763-769.

Ferrin SN, Grout RW, Gilbert AL, Wilkinson TA, Cheng ER, Downs SM, & Aalsma MC. Caregiver comfort in adolescents independently completing screening tablet-based questionnaires at primary care visits. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019;65:799-804.

Adams SH, Park MJ, Twietmeyer L, Brindis CD, Irwin CE Jr. Increasing Delivery of Preventive Services to Adolescents and Young Adults: Does the Preventive Visit Help? J Adolesc Health. 2018 Aug;63(2):166-171.

Adams SH, Park MJ, Twietmeyer L, Brindis CD, Irwin CE, Jr. Association between adolescent preventive care and the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jan 1;172(1):43-48.

Adams SH, Park MJ, Twietmeyer L, Brindis CD, Irwin CE, Jr. Association between adolescent preventive care and the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(1):43-8.

Ballard PJ, Hoyt LT, Pachucki MC. Impacts of adolescent and young adult civic engagement on health and socioeconomic status in adulthood. Child Dev. 2018 Jan 23. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12998. [Epub ahead of print]

Guss CE, Inwards-Breland DJ, Ozer E, Vance SR Jr. Experiences With Querying Gender Identity Across Seven Adolescent Medicine Sites. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Aug 13. pii: S1054-139X(18)30204-0.

Jones L, Grout R, Gilbert A, Wilkerson T, Downs S, Aalsma M. Do Caregivers Want to Talk about Parenting? Results from a Primary Care Based Survey. Journal of Adolescent Health 2018;62:S37-S140.

Vance SR Jr, Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Buckelew SM. Teaching paediatric transgender care. Clin Teach. 2018 Jun;15(3):214-220.

Harris SK, Aalsma MC, Weitzman ER, et al. Research on clinical preventive services for adolescents and young adults: where are we and where do we need to go? J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3): 249-60.

Irwin CE Jr. Advancing a research agenda for adolescent and young adult health. J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3):233-4.

Ozer EJ, Piatt AA, Holsen I, Larsen T, Lester J, Ozer EM. Innovative approaches to promoting positive youth development in diverse contexts: novel applications of participatory research and new technologies. In: Petersen AC, Koller SH, Motti-Stefanidi F, Verma S, eds. Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group; 2017:201-221.

Richardson LP, McCarty CA, Radovic A, Suleiman AB. Research in the integration of behavioral health for adolescents and young adults in primary care settings: a systematic review. J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3):261-9

Suleiman AB, Dahl RE. Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: the need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3):240-248.

Jasik CB, Berna M, Martin M, Ozer EM. Teen preferences for cllinic-based behavior screens: who, where, when, and how? J Adolesc Health. 2016 Dec;59(6):722-4.

Jasik CB. Unlocking the potential of the patient portal for adolescent health. J Adolesc Health. 2016;58(2):123-124.

Tebb KP, Erenrich RK, Jasik CB, Berna MS, Lester JC, Ozer EM. Use of theory in computer-based interventons to reduce alcohol use among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jun17;16:517.

Webb MJ, Kauer SD, Ozer EM, Haller DM, Sanci LA. Does screening for and intervening with multiple health compromising behaviours and mental health disorders amongst young people attending primary care improve health outcomes? A systematic review. BMC Fam Pract. 2016 Aug 4;17:104.

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