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Calzo JP, Bogart LM, Bazo N, Francis E, Rybeck A, Mohamed K, Menino D, Kieu T, Jumamil RB. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Theater-Based HIV Prevention Workshop Developed by and for LGBTQ Youth. Prog Community Health Partnersh 2021; 15:189-201. [PMID: 34248063 DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2021.0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth may have limited exposure to sexuality education programming that is affirming of their identities and unique experiences. OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a theater-based HIV prevention workshop for LGBTQ youth. METHODS The 3-hour-long workshop (piloted 2014-2015; n = 20 LGBTQ youth, 14-22 years old) consisted of instruction in HIV risk and prevention, humorous role plays, and analysis of HIV prevention strategies using a forum theater format. A mixed methods evaluation focused on feasibility and acceptability, with survey assessment data collected for preliminary efficacy (e.g., HIV knowledge, safer sex self-efficacy). RESULTS Participants perceived the forum theater format, humor, and reality of the scenes as strengths. The language of workshop scripts and evaluation materials could be further modified to better affirm gender and sexual diversity. CONCLUSION Preliminary evidence of feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated. Future iterations of the intervention require rigorous quantitative evaluation for efficacy.
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Brousseau NM, Earnshaw VA, Menino D, Bogart LM, Carrano J, Kelly JF, Levy S. Self-Perceptions and Benefit Finding Among Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance. Journal of Drug Issues 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0022042620919368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) among young people have been linked with a range of adverse health consequences that can be successfully mitigated with early SUD treatment. According to the Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance (SITCM), psychosocial processes including self-perceptions and benefit finding evolve with treatment, influencing recovery-based identities that can facilitate treatment success. However, this process has only been documented with adults; thus, the current study seeks to characterize these psychosocial processes among young people in SUD treatment and their caregivers. Nineteen young people receiving SUD treatment and 15 caregivers were interviewed about treatment experiences including negative self-perceptions, positive self-perceptions, and benefit finding. Results support the SITCM: Adolescents described escaping negative self-perceptions associated with the “substance use self” identity and strengthening a new “recovery self” identity characterized by positive self-perceptions and benefit finding. Caregivers described how extrinsic sources of support can help mitigate negative self-perceptions.
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Reisner SL, Menino D, Leung K, Gamarel KE. "Unspoken Agreements": Perceived Acceptability of Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) Among Cisgender Men with Transgender Women Partners. AIDS Behav 2019; 23:366-374. [PMID: 29936604 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-018-2198-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Transgender women (TW) are one of the highest risk groups for HIV infection globally; however, the HIV testing needs of their cisgender (non-transgender) male partners remain largely unknown. This study sought to examine the perceived acceptability of couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) for TW-male dyads from the perspective of cisgender men who partner with TW. Between September 2016 and June 2017, 19 cisgender men (mean age = 40.1, SD = 12.8) who currently have, or have ever had a TW partner completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview and brief survey to gather data on acceptability of CHTC, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators to CHTC for TW-male couples. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed and integrated with survey data. Acceptability of CHTC was high in the sample (89.5%) but was complex and largely contingent on: (1) monogamy and commitment as critical precursors to CHTC acceptability; (2) risk perception and level of comfort with CHTC; (3) understandings of sexual agreements; and (4) personal relationships versus other TW-male relationships. Findings have implications for culturally-adapting and implementing CHTC in real-world settings for TW-male couples, as well as for meeting the individual HIV testing needs of cisgender men who partner with TW.
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- Sari L Reisner
- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Youth living with socially devalued characteristics (e.g., minority sexual orientation, race, and/or ethnicity; disability; obesity) experience frequent bullying. This stigma-based bullying undermines youths' wellbeing and academic achievement, with lifelong consequences. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions to address stigma-based bullying. To characterize the existing landscape of these interventions, we conducted a systematic review of stigma-based bullying interventions targeting youth in any country published in the peer-reviewed literature between 2000 and 2015. Our analysis was guided by a theoretical framework of stigma-based bullying, which describes stigma-related factors at the societal, structural, interpersonal, and individual levels that lead to stigma-based bullying. We screened 8,240 articles and identified 22 research studies describing 21 interventions addressing stigma-based bullying. We found that stigma-based bullying interventions are becoming more numerous, yet are unevenly distributed across stigmas, geographic locations, and types of organizations. We further found that these interventions vary in the extent to which they incorporate theory and have been evaluated with a wide range of research designs and types of data. We recommend that future work address stigma-based bullying within multicomponent interventions, adopt interdisciplinary and theory-based approaches, and include rigorous and systematic evaluations. Intervening specifically on stigma-related factors is essential to end stigma-based bullying and improve the wellbeing of youth living with socially devalued characteristics.
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- Valerie A. Earnshaw
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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- Health Unit, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA
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Earnshaw VA, Bogart LM, Menino D, Kelly JF, Chaudoir SR, Brousseau N, Levy S. Disclosure, Stigma, and Social Support among Young People Receiving Treatment for Substance Use Disorders and their Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis. Int J Ment Health Addict 2018; 17:1535-1549. [PMID: 33312084 DOI: 10.1007/s11469-018-9930-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Relational processes (i.e., disclosure, stigma, social support) experienced by youth with substance use disorders (SUDs) and their caregivers may act as barriers to, or facilitators of, recovery but are understudied. Single-session qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 patients and 15 caregivers recruited by clinicians from a SUD program. There was variability in disclosure experiences, including how many people knew about patients' SUD diagnosis and treatment, whether patients or caregivers primarily disclosed to others, and feelings about others knowing about one's or one's child's SUD treatment. After disclosing, patients and caregivers experienced stigmatizing (e.g., social rejection) and supportive (e.g., understanding, advice) reactions from others. Disclosures may have important implications for relationship and recovery-related outcomes. Moreover, some child-caregiver pairs have significant disagreements regarding disclosure of SUD treatment. Addressing relational processes within treatment by encouraging patients and caregivers to share the disclosure decision-making process may support the recovery of youth with SUDs.
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- Valerie A Earnshaw
- University of Delaware, 111 Alison Hall West, Newark, DE 19716.,Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115.,Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
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- Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115.,Massachussetts General Hospital, 60 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115.,Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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Cornelius T, Earnshaw VA, Menino D, Bogart LM, Levy S. Treatment motivation among caregivers and adolescents with substance use disorders. J Subst Abuse Treat 2017; 75:10-16. [PMID: 28237049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) in adolescence have negative long-term health effects, which can be mitigated through successful treatment. Caregivers play a central role in adolescent treatment involvement; however, studies have not examined treatment motivation and pressures to enter treatment in caregiver/adolescent dyads. Research suggests that internally motivated treatment (in contrast to coerced treatment) tends to lead to better outcomes. We used Self-determination theory (SDT) to examine intersecting motivational narratives among caregivers and adolescents in SUD treatment. Relationships between motivation, interpretation of caregiver pressures, adolescent autonomy, and relatedness were also explored. Adolescents in SUD treatment and their caregivers (NDyads=15) were interviewed about treatment experiences. Interviews were coded for treatment motivation, including extrinsic (e.g., motivated by punishment), introjected (e.g., motivated by guilt), and identified/integrated motivation (e.g., seeing a behavior as integral to the self). Internalization of treatment motivation, autonomy support/competence (e.g., caregiver support for adolescent decisions), and relatedness (e.g., acceptance and support) were also coded. Four dyadic categories were identified: agreement that treatment was motivated by the adolescent (intrinsic); agreement that treatment was motivated by the caregiver (extrinsic); agreement that treatment was motivated by both, or a shift towards adolescent control (mixed/transitional); and disagreement (adolescents and caregivers each claimed they motivated treatment; conflicting). Autonomy support and relatedness were most prominent in intrinsic dyads, and least prominent in extrinsic dyads. The mixed/transitional group was also high in autonomy support and relatedness. The extrinsic group characterized caregiver rules as an unwelcome mechanism for behavioral control; caregivers in the other groups saw rules as a way to build adolescent competence and repair relationships, and adolescents saw rules as indicating care rather than control. Adolescents with intrinsic motivations were the most engaged in treatment. Results suggest the importance of intrinsically motivated treatment, and highlight autonomy support and relatedness as mechanisms that might facilitate treatment engagement.
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- T Cornelius
- University of Connecticut, Department of Psychological Sciences, 406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020, Storrs, CT 06269, United States.
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- University of Delaware, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 111 Alison Hall West, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Boston Children's Hospital, Division of General Pediatrics, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Division of General Pediatrics, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Division of General Pediatrics, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States; RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, United States
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Developmental Medicine, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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van 't Wout M, Faught S, Menino D. Does interoceptive awareness affect the ability to regulate unfair treatment by others? Front Psychol 2013; 4:880. [PMID: 24348438 PMCID: PMC3843146 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study we aimed to investigate how awareness of bodily responses, referred to as interoceptive awareness, influences decision-making in a social interactive context. Interoceptive awareness is thought to be crucial for adequate regulation of one's emotions. However, there is a dearth of studies that examine the association between interoceptive awareness and the ability to regulate emotions during interpersonal decision-making. Here, we quantified interoceptive awareness with a heartbeat detection task in which we measured the difference between subjective self-reports and an objective psychophysiological measurement of participant heart rates. Social decision-making was quantified using a two-round Ultimatum Game. Participants were asked to first reject or accept an unfair division of money proposed by a partner. In turn, participants could then make an offer on how to divide an amount of money with the same partner. Participants performed 20 rounds of the two-round Ultimatum Game twice, once during baseline condition and once while asked to reappraise emotional reactions when confronted with unfair offers from partners. Results showed that after reappraisal participants (1) accepted more unfair offers and (2) offered higher return divisions, as compared to baseline. With respect to interoceptive awareness, participants with better heartbeat detection scores tended to report less emotional involvement when they applied reappraisal while playing the Ultimatum Game. However, there was no reliably significant relationship between heartbeat detection and the acceptance of unfair offers. Similarly, heartbeat detection accuracy was not related to return offers made in the second round of the Ultimatum Game or the habitual use of emotion regulation. These preliminary findings suggest that the relationship between interoceptive awareness and behavioral changes due to emotion regulation in a social decision-making context appears to be complex.
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- Mascha van 't Wout
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School Brown University, Butler Hospital Providence, RI, USA ; Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University Providence, RI, USA
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