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John, A.S., Travers, R., Munro, L., Liboro, R., Schneider, M., & Greig, C.L. (2014). The success of gay–straight alliances in Waterloo Region, Ontario: A confluence of political and social factors. Journal of LGBT Youth, 11, 150-170.
This article outlines how gay–straight alliances (GSAs) work to connect youth with community resources, and outlines the political and social context of GSAs in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Fifteen individuals (youth, teachers, and a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer [LGBTQ] youth service provider) participated in interviews about the role of GSAs in creating supportive […]
Fields, A., Snapp, S., Russell, S.T., Licona, A.C., & Tilley, E.H. (2014). Youth voices and knowledges: Slam poetry speaks to social policies. Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
Policies related to youth and their sexuality, health, and rights are rarely informed by youth voices and perspectives. We sought to understand youth voice and knowledges in their conceptions of youth rights expressed through slam poetry. We draw from theories of critical race, LatCrit, and asset-based approaches to adolescent sexual health to explore youth’s perspectives […]
Birkett, M., Russell, S.T., & Corliss, H.L. (2014). Sexual-orientation disparities in school: The mediational role of indicators of victimization in achievement and truancy because of feeling unsafe. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 1124-1128.
Objectives: We examined sexual-orientation identity disparities in truancy and academic achievement, and the mediational role of victimization in a large high-school sample. Methods: We utilized pooled data, measuring sexual identity, from the 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System Surveys. Multilevel logistic regression modeling estimated the odds of low grades and truancy because of […]
Rosario, M., Corliss, H.L., Everett, B.G., Russell, S.T., Buchting, F.O., & Birkett, M.A. (2014). Mediation by peer violence victimization of sexual orientation disparities in cancer-related tobacco, alcohol, and sexual risk behaviors: Pooled Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 1113-1123.
Objectives: We examined the role of adolescent peer violence victimization (PVV) in sexual orientation disparities in cancer-related tobacco, alcohol, and sexual risk behaviors. Methods: We pooled data from the 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. We classified youths with any same-sex sexual attraction, partners, or identity as sexual minority and the remainder as heterosexual. […]
Bostwick, W.B., Meyer, I., Aranda, F., Russell, S.T., Hughes, T., Birkett, M., Mustanski, B. (2014). Mental health and suicidality among racially/ethnically diverse sexual minority youths. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 1129-1136.
Objectives: We examined the relationships among sexual minority status, sex, and mental health and suicidality, in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of adolescents. Methods: Using pooled data from 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys within 14 jurisdictions, we used hierarchical linear modeling to examine 6 mental health outcomes across 6 racial/ethnic groups, intersecting with sexual […]
Edinburgh, L., Pape-Blabolil, J., Harpin, S.B., & Saewyc, E. (2014). Multiple perpetrator rape among girls evaluated at a hospital-based Child Advocacy Center: Seven years of reviewed cases. Child Abuse & Neglect.
The aim of this study was to describe contextual events, abuse experiences, and disclosure processes of adolescents who presented to a hospital-based Child Advocacy Center for medical evaluation and evidentiary collection as indicated after experiencing multiple perpetrator rape during a single event (n = 32) and to compare these findings to a group of single […]
Bruening. M., MacLehose, R., Eisenberg, M.E., Nanney, M.S., Story, M., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2014). Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and fast-food restaurant frequency among adolescents and their friends. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46, 277-285.
Objective: To assess associations between adolescents and their friends with regard to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)/diet soda intake and fast-food (FF) restaurant visits. Design: Population-based, cross-sectional survey study with direct measures from friends. Setting: Twenty Minneapolis/St Paul schools during 2009–2010. Participants: Adolescents (n = 2,043; mean age, 14.2 ± 1.9 years; 46.2% female; 80% non-white). Main […]
Johnson, K.E., Eisenberg, M.E., Bearinger, L.H., Fulkerson, J.A., & Sieving, R.E. (2014). Relationships between sports team participation and health-risk behaviors among alternative high school students. American Journal of Health Education, 45, 158-165.
Background: Evidence suggests that sports team participation differentially relates to health-risk behaviors. Few studies have explored relationships among high-risk youth. Purpose: To examine associations between weekly sports team participation and health-risk behaviors (substance use, sexual risk-taking, violence involvement) among alternative high school (AHS) students. Methods: Data for this repeated cross-sectional analysis came from the 2001, […]
McRee, A., Madsen, N., & Eisenberg, M.E. (2014). Guest speakers in school-based sexuality education. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 9, 205-218.
This study, using data from a statewide survey (n = 332), examined teachers’ practices regarding the inclusion of guest speakers to cover sexuality content. More than half of teachers (58%) included guest speakers. In multivariate analyses, teachers who taught high school, had professional preparation in health education, or who received professional development covering sexually transmitted […]
Johnson, K.E., Bearinger, L.H., Eisenberg, M.E., Fulkerson, J.A., Sieving, R.E., & Lando-King, E.A. (2014). Studying the playbook: Which pathways mediate relationships between sports team participation and health-risk behaviors among alternative high school students?. Children and Youth Services Review.
Alternative high school (AHS) students engage in high levels of substance use and risky sexual behaviors. Sports team participation holds great potential for building resilience and preventing health-risk behaviors. Yet, little is known about sports team participation among this population. We used logistic regression-based path analytic frameworks (multiple mediator models) to simultaneously explore whether measures […]
Russell, S.T., Everett, B.G., Rosario, M., & Birkett, M. (2014). Indicators of victimization and sexual orientation among adolescents: Analyses from Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 104, 255-261.
Objectives: We used nuanced measures of sexual minority status to examine disparities in victimization and their variations by gender, age, and race/ethnicity. Methods: We conducted multivariate analyses of pooled data from the 2005 and 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. Results: Although all sexual minorities reported more fighting, skipping school because they felt unsafe, and having […]
Garcia, C.M., Hardeman, R.R., Kwon, G., Lando-King, E., Zhang, L., Genis, T., Brady, S.S., & Kinder, E. (2014). Teenagers and texting: Use of a youth ecological momentary assessment system in trajectory health research with Latina adolescents. JMIR mHealth, 2, e3.
Background: Adolescent females send and receive more text messages than any others, with an average of 4050 texts a month. Despite this technological inroad among adolescents, few researchers are utilizing text messaging technology to collect real time, contextualized data. Temporal variables (ie, mood) collected regularly over a period of time could yield useful insights, particularly […]
Bucchianeri, M.M., Eisenberg, M.E., Wall, M.M., Piran, N., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2014). Multiple types of harassment: associations with emotional well-being and unhealthy behaviors in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Purpose: To explore relationships between harassment (i.e., race-, weight-, socioeconomic-status (SES)-based, and sexual) and health-related outcomes, including self-esteem, depressive symptoms, body satisfaction, substance use, and self-harm behavior, among diverse adolescents. Method: Cross-sectional analysis using data from a population-based study of adolescents participating in Eating and Activity in Teens 2010 (EAT 2010) (n = 2,793; mean […]
Thul, C., Eisenberg, M.E., Larson, N., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2014). Physical activity comparisons among adolescents of Somali, other non-Hispanic Black and White race. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, S66-S67.
Purpose: African American adolescents, particularly girls, are less active than their non-Hispanic white peers. However, little is known about how the physical activity levels and behaviors of ethnic sub-populations of non-Hispanic black adolescents, such as the Somali population, compare to their peers. A greater understanding of Somali adolescents’ physical activity is important to inform culturally […]
Eisenbeg, M.E., Toumbourou, J,, Catalano, R., & Hemphill, S. (2014). Social norms in the development of adolescent substance use: A longitudinal analysis of the International Youth Development Study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Identifying specific aspects of peer social norms that influence adolescent substance use may assist international prevention efforts. This study examines two aggregated measures of social norms in the school setting and their predictive association with substance (alcohol, tobacco and marijuana) use 2 years later in a large cross-national population-based cohort of adolescents. The primary hypothesis […]
Lampard, A.M., MacLehose, R.F., Eisenberg, M.E., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Davison, K.K. (2014). Weight-related teasing in the school environment: Associations with psychosocial health and weight control practices among adolescent boys and girls. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Weight-related teasing has been found to be associated with low self-esteem, depressive symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and weight control behaviors in adolescents. While research has typically examined weight-related teasing directed towards the individual, little is known about weight-related teasing at the school level. This study aimed to determine the association between the school-level prevalence of weight-related […]
Gilbert M., Roberts A., Mitchell K., Homma Y., Warf C., Daly L.K., Saewyc E.M. (2013). P3.315. Does adjusting for sexual behaviour improve the accuracy of population-based Chlamydia incidence and screening rates among adolescents in British Columbia, Canada? [abstract] Sexually Transmitted Infections, Volume 89, Suppl 1, pages A247-A248.
Background: Recent studies using setting-specific health insurance or clinical datasets have demonstrated the importance of considering sexual activity when calculating Chlamydia incidence and screening rates, particularly for adolescents. Using data from a provincial adolescent health survey we assessed the impact of adjusting for sexual activity on population-based Chlamydia incidence and screening rates among adolescents in […]
Creighton G., Oliffe J., Butterwick S, Saewyc E. (2013). After the death of a male friend: Young men’s expressions and masculine identities. Social Science and Medicine, 84, 35-43.
Young men can have an uncomfortable relationship with grief. Socially constructed masculine ideals dictate that men be stoic in the aftermath of loss, most often expressing their sadness and despair as anger. Perhaps because of alignment to such masculine ideals little research has been done to explore young men’s grief – and chronicle the ways […]
Magtoto J., Cox D., Saewyc E. (2013). Body satisfaction and eating disordered pathology among immigrant adolescents in North America. International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 1, 13-19.
Using a province-wide school-based health survey, this article investigated body satisfaction as a mediator of the association between eating disorder behaviors and immigrant status. Participants were a sample of adolescent girls (n = 15,066) and boys (n = 14,200) who completed the 2008 McCreary Centre Society Adolescent Health Survey IV. Hypotheses were tested with general […]
Homma Y, Saewyc EM, Wong S, Zumbo B. (2013). Sexual health and risk behaviour among East Asian adolescents in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 22(1), 13-24.
Despite the large number of adolescents of East Asian origin in Canada, there is limited research on sexual health among this population. A first step to develop strategies for sexual health promotion for adolescents is to document the prevalence of sexual behaviours. This study estimated the prevalence of sexual health and risk behaviours among East […]
Edinburgh LD, Garcia C, Harpin S, Saewyc EM. (2013). Differences in abuse and related risk and protective factors by runaway status for adolescents seen at a Child Advocacy Center. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 1(1), 1-11
Objective: This study examined the abuse prevalence and characteristics, and risk and protective factors, among both runaway and non-runaway adolescents evaluated at a Child Advocacy Center (CAC) in Minnesota, which had implemented a referral program to assess runaways for potential sexual assault or sexual exploitation. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of self-report and chart data for […]
Konishi C., Saewyc E, Homma Y, & Poon C. (2013). Population-level evaluation of school-based interventions to prevent problem substance use among gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents in Canada. Preventive Medicine. Doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.031.
Objective: This study examined whether students’ odds of recent substance use were lower in the presence of gay-straight alliances or explicit anti-homophobia policy that had been established at their school recently, or at least 3 years prior. Methods: We analyzed a population-based sample of students in grades 8 through 12 from the British Columbia Adolescent […]
Saewyc, E. (2013). “School Connectedness as a protective factor in youth mental health.”
Invited workshop. Presented at the BC Alternate Education Association annual meeting, 15 February, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Health inequities of marginalized youth: Developmental science and public health research approaches to mobilize change.”
Presented to the Equity & Justice committee of the Society for Research on Child Development, 1 February, Washington DC.
Saewyc. E. (2013). Invited Pediatric Grand Rounds, “Introduction to Research Methods.”
Presented at the Children’s Hospital at King Fahad Medical Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 18 March 2013.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Designing adolescent health research studies: Crafting the research question and determining the methods.”
Invited workshop, presented at the 10th International Symposium of the Saudi Society for Family and Community Medicine, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 20, 2013.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Reducing health inequities among Indigenous youth through fostering cultural connectedness: Population-level evidence of a decade of interventions in Western Canada.”
Invited presentation. University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, April 10.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Understanding stigma and resilience among LGBTQ youth: Suggested mechanisms for health inequities and population-level interventions to address them.”
Invited presentation for the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, April 10.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Practical steps toward engaging available nursing personnel into school health nursing.”
Invited workshop. Presented at the Saudi School Health Strategy, a Consulting Workshop, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 1.
Saewyc, E. (2013). “Working with public health nurses to engage in school nursing: Canadian & American experience.”
Presented at the Saudi School Health Strategy, a Consulting Workshop, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 2.
Hilario C., Saewyc E. (2013). The study of risk and resilience in adolescent mental health research: Examining protective factors in the lives of Southeast Asian youth in BC.
Poster presented at the UVic School of Nursing Biennial Research Conference, May 10, 2013 in Victoria, BC.
Saewyc E, Mogensen D, Yiu, L. (2013). The Role of Teachers in School Conectedness and Youth Mental Health.
Workshop presented at the New Teachers’ Conference of the BC Teachers Federation, March 1 in Burnaby, BC.
Hilario C, Saewyc E, Vo D, Johnson J. (2013). Acculturation, gender, and protective factors in the mental health of Southeast Asian adolescents in Western Canada.
Plenary presentation at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Saewyc E, Tsuruda S, Homma Y, Smith A, Brunanski D. (2013). Population-based evidence for fostering cultural connectedness to reduce inequities among Indigenous Canadian adolescents.
Plenary presentation at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Rivers R, Saewyc E, MacKay L, Roelefson D, Matthews J, Creighton G, Oliffe J. (2013). Masculinities and marginalized young men’s patterns of accessing health services.
Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Saewyc E, Rivers R, Miller B, Drozda C. (2013). The link between transience, social disconnection, and health inequities among street-involved youth in 9 Western Canadian cities.
Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Moynihan M, Saewyc E, Whitehouse S, Paone M, McPherson G. (2013). Evaluation of the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ) in a younger adolescent population.
Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Drozda C, Marshall S, Saewyc E, Charles G. (2013). Street-involved young fathers across 9 cities in Western Canada.
Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Saewyc E, Carlson S, Konishi C, Drozda C, Matthews J, Kaiser C, DeLongis A. (2013). Intersections of stigma among adolescents: Development and evaluation of a non-specific, multidimensional stigma measure.
Poster presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held March 13-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
Russell S, Moody R, Toomey R, and Saewyc E [discussant]. (2013). Understanding Mental and Behavioral Health Risk for LGBTQ Youth: Results From a New Multi-site Study.
Symposium presented at the Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, April 18-20 in Seattle, WA.
Mâsse, L.C., de Niet, J.E., Naylor P.J., & Saewyc, E. (2013). Weight status of grades 7-12 students exposed to less healthful school nutrition environments.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Belgium in May 2013.
de Niet, J.E., Mâsse, L.C., Naylor P.J., & Saewyc, E. (2013). The school food environment and adolescents’ intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and less healthful foods.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Belgium in May 2013.
Saewyc E. (2013). “Risk and protective factors for suicide attempt among Aboriginal adolescents in British Columbia.”
Presentation as part of the symposium, Intersections of gender and adolescent suicidality: Populations at risk, protective factors, and promising interventions across the gender spectrum, as part of the World Congress on Suicide of the International Association for Suicide Research, held in Montreal June 10-12.
Homma Y, Saewyc E (2013). “Population Interventions to Reduce Suicidality among Sexual Minority Youth.”
Presentation as part of the symposium, Intersections of gender and adolescent suicidality: Populations at risk, protective factors, and promising interventions across the gender spectrum, as part of the World Congress on Suicide of the International Association for Suicide Research, held in Montreal June 10-12.
Moynihan M., Saewyc E., Whitehouse S., Paone M., McPherson G. (2013). Am I On TRAC for Adult Care: Assessing adolescents’ readiness to transition.
Poster presented at the 10th annual International Association for Adolescent Health meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-13.
Saewyc, E. (2013, March 19-22). “Monitoring the key determinants of adolescent health to promote healthy development.”
Keynote. Presented at the 10th International Symposium of the Saudi Society for Family and Community Medicine, to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saewyc, E. (2013, April 11). “Unexpected findings and unlikely collaborations: Reducing health inequities among sexually exploited young runaway and street-involved youth.”
Keynote, for Health Inequities Symposium at the University of Pittsburgh Childrens Hospital.
Edinburgh L, Garcia C, Saewyc E. (2013). It’s called “Going out to play”: A video diary study of Hmong girls’ perspectives on running away. Health Care for Women International, 34(2). 150-168
How do Hmong immigrant adolescent girls decide to run away, return home, leave again, or stay home? Video diaries by 11 sexually exploited runaway Hmong girls, ages 13–16, revealed four themes: “fighting restrictions,” or resisting family and cultural expectations and desires to be like other American teens; “not running away, going out to play,” which […]
Sathi P, Kalyan S, Hitchcock CL, Pudek M, Prior JC (2013) Progesterone Therapy increases Free Thyroxine Levels- data from a randomized placebo-controlled 12-week hot flush trial. Clinical Endocrinology, [Dec 17 2012 Epub ahead of print].
Thyroid hormones and progesterone both influence core temperature, metabolism and are crucial during pregnancy. Our objective was to discover whether progesterone therapy caused changes in thyroid physiology compared with placebo. Post hoc analysis from a randomized (1:1) placebo-controlled 12-week trial of oral micronized progesterone (Progesterone, 300 mg/d at bedtime) for hot flushes (vasomotor symptoms, VMS) […]
Holger-Ambrose, B., Langmade, C., Edinburgh, L.D. & Saewyc, E. (2013). The illusions and juxtapositions of commercial sexual exploitation among youth: Identifying effective street-outreach strategies. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22, 326-340.
To explore sexually exploited youths’ perspectives of how street outreach workers can effectively provide outreach and connections to services, we conducted qualitative interviews with 13 female participants, ages 14 to 22, in a Midwest U.S. city. Participants reported multiple types of exploitation, most first exploited by age 13, plus substance use and recurrent homelessness. Nearly […]
Saewyc EM, Drozda C, Rivers R, MacKay LJ, & Peled M. (2013). Which comes first: Sexual exploitation or other risk exposures among street-involved youth? In S. Gaetz, J. Karabanow, & W. O’Grady (eds.)Youth Homelessness in Canada: Implications for Policy and Practice (pp. 147-160). Toronto: Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press.
Youth homelessness is a seemingly intractable problem in Canada. In communities across the country, people are increasingly aware of the sight of young people who are without a home, sleeping in parks, sitting on sidewalks or asking for money. What do we know about these young people, and what should we do? Youth Homelessness in […]
Homma Y, Wang N, Saewyc E, Kishor N. (2012). The relationship between sexual abuse and risky sexual behavior among adolescent boys: A meta-analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health, 51, 18-24.
Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse has been shown to lead to increased odds of sexual behaviors that lead to sexually transmitted infections and early pregnancy involvement. Research, meta-analyses, and interventions, however, have focused primarily on girls and young women who have experienced abuse, yet some adolescent boys are also sexually abused. We performed a meta-analysis […]
Edinburgh L., Saewyc E., Huemann E. (2012). The 10-Question Tool for police officers: A novel health and psychosocial screening instrument for runaway youth. OJJDP: Journal of Juvenile Justice, 1(2), 80-94.
Adolescents who run away face high rates of sexual and physical assault, yet there are no established brief screening tools that police can use to determine adolescents’ safety or that help police refer such youth to needed services when they are located. We developed the 10-Question Tool for law enforcement officers to screen runaway youth […]
Homma Y, Nicholson D, & Saewyc E. (2012). A profile of high school students in rural Canada who exchange sex for substances. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 21(1), 29-40.
The exchange of sexual activities for money, drugs, or other compensation is considered a form of sexual exploitation when it occurs among underage youth. Such practices have been associated with sexual behaviours that increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections. Much of the research on this issue has been conducted on homeless or street-involved youth […]
Saewyc E, Chen W. (2013). To what extent can adolescent suicide attempts be attributed to violence exposure? A population-based study from Western Canada. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 32, 79-94.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents in Canada and globally. The purpose of our study was to calculate what proportion of adolescent suicide attempts could be prevented in the absence of verbal, physical, and sexual violence. Using the province-wide 2008 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (N = 29,315) we calculated population-attributable […]
Saewyc E., Rivers R., Creighton G., Drozda C., Roelefson D., & Oliffe J. (2012). The XY Factor: The State of Boys’ and Young Men’s Health in British Columbia. University of British Columbia.
This report brings together population-level data, where it exists, about the health indicators for boys (12 to 18 years) and young men (19 to 25 years) in British Columbia. Some of the data offers comparisons to girls and young women, while other data examines trends in health issues over time, or highlights different groups of […]
Homma Y, Chen W, Poon C, & Saewyc EM. (2012). Substance use and sexual orientation among East and Southeast Asian Adolescents in Canada. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 21, 32-50.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between substance use and sexual orientation among Asian adolescents in Canada. We analyzed an East- and Southeast-Asian subsample of a province-wide, school-based survey (weighted N = 51,349). Compared to heterosexual adolescents of the same gender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and mostly heterosexual adolescents were more likely to use […]
Edinburgh L, Huemann E, Richtman K, Marboe AM, & Saewyc EM (2012). The Safe Harbors Youth Intervention Project: Intersectoral collaboration to address sexual exploitation in Minnesota. Nursing Reports, 2(1), 18-24.
The authors aimed to evaluate the Safe Harbors Youth Intervention Project inter-sectoral collaboration to improve continuity and appropriateness of services for sexually exploited children and adolescents. The study was carried on through an intensive, single case study, drawing on interviews and focus groups with experiential youths (n=125) and multi-sectoral stakeholders (n=196), documented activities, and repeated […]
Marshall S, Saewyc E. (2012). Peer sexual harassment and sex motives: A gendered analysis. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 50, Issue 2, page S31.
Purpose: Peer sexual harassment in schools has been linked to mental health problems and increased risk behaviors among victimized boys and girls. Although the health consequences of receiving sexual harassment in schools are known, no extant investigations address students’ motivations for engaging in harassment of peers. This study examines whether five motivations for sex (intimacy, […]
Saewyc E., Homma Y., Hitchcock C., Prior J. (2012). Sexual orientation, stigma, and menarche among adolescent girls in Canada. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 50, Issue 2, page S28.
Purpose: Existing theories to explain earlier age of menarche among some adolescents suggest that, in addition to heritable factors and nutritional status, stress, trauma, and family dysfunction can contribute to earlier onset of menarche. Given lesbian and bisexual girls are at greater risk of these stressors than their heterosexual peers, this study examined whether sexual […]
Saewyc E, Chen W. (2012). Weakening the links between violence exposure and teen pregnancy involvement in Western Canada: Protective factors that may promote resilience.[abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 50, Issue 2, page S6.
Purpose: Previous research has documented the strong link between violence exposure, especially sexual abuse, and teen pregnancy involvement among adolescents. However, not all teens exposed to violence end up becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Some few studies have examined protective factors that reduce the odds of teen pregnancy, but seldom as a buffer to […]
Tsuruda S., Hoogeveen C., Smith A., Poon C., Saewyc E., & the McCreary Centre Society (2012). Raven’s Children III: Aboriginal youth health in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
McCreary’s review of the health of Aboriginal youth in BC. The report was overseen by an advisory committee of experts in Aboriginal youth health, and includes data from over 3,000 Aboriginal youth as well as input from more than 100 Aboriginal youth and adults across the province who reviewed the findings. Using data from the […]
Tsuruda, S., Smith, A., Poon, C., Saewyc, E., & McCreary Centre Society (2012). Métis youth health in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
This brief report explores the health picture of Métis youth in British Columbia. It is based on data from the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey (AHS). The data presented here is about Métis youth in the mainstream public school system, and includes youth who were present on the day the survey was administered. It therefore […]
Smith A., Stewart D., Poon C., Hoogeveen C, Saewyc E. (2012). Promoting positive mental health: risk and protective factors for youth who experienced physical and sexual abuse [abstract]. Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, Volume 32, Suppl 1.
Background: Sexual abuse and physical abuse are risk factors for a trajectory of poor mental health. Purpose: To identify specific risk and protective factors associated with mental health for male and female youth who have experienced physical and sexual abuse. Study/Intervention Design: A mixed methods study using data from the 2008 BC‡ Adolescent Health Survey […]
Devries K, Free C, Saewyc E. (2012). “I like to think I’m a pretty safe guy but sometimes a 40-pounder will change that”: A mixed methods study of substance use and sexual risk among Aboriginal young people. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 9(1), 41-51.
We conducted a mixed methods study to explore links between substance use and sexual risk among Aboriginal young people in British Columbia, Canada. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted in 2004–2005 with 30 young people ages 15–19; we present a descriptive thematic analysis. Data from a 2003 provincially representative survey that included 2,467 Aboriginal young people […]
Saewyc, E. (2012). “Making the right connections: Promoting mental health of youth in BC.”
For the BC Ministry of Health’s Healthy Minds, Healthy People Knowledge Exchange Day, 27 February, 2012 in Vancouver.
Saewyc. E., & Mogensen, D. (2012). “Making the right connections: Positive mental health among BC youth.”
Invited workshop, March 1, at the Crosscurrents 2012 conference of the Special Education Association of BC, in Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2012). “Making the right connections: Promoting the mental health of youth in British Columbia.”
Invited workshop, for the International Child and Youth Mental Health conference, held May 7-8 in Vancouver.
Stewart, J., Anderson, K., Saewyc, E. (2012). “Mental Health: The Missing Conversation in Our Schools. ”
Invited workshop for the BC Principals and Vice Principals Association, Oct. 19-20, Richmond, BC.
Saewyc, E. (2012). “Positive mental health among adolescents: The difference schools can make.”
Afternoon workshop for the Comox Valley School District 71 Tsolum Speakers Series, held 21 November in Courtenay, BC.
Saewyc, E. (2012). “Growing absolutely fantastic teens: How families, schools and communities can support positive mental health among young people in the Comox Valley.”
Evening public presentation for the Comox Valley School District 71 Tsolum Speakers Series, held 21 November in Courtenay, BC.
Saewyc, E. (2012). “LGBTQ Youth and Suicide: Key Risk Factors from an Intersectional Perspective.”
Invited panel. Presented at the LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Summit hosted by Egale Canada and Ryerson University, held May 30-31 in Toronto.
Saewyc, E. (2012). “Suicide among vulnerable populations of youth: Risk and protective factors.”
For the CIHR Best Brains Exchange on gender and sex-based considerations in youth suicide prevention, 31 January, Ottawa.
Saewyc, E. (2012). Invited roundtable symposium on the next decade in LGBTQ youth research.
Society for Research on Adolescence, presented March 11, 2012 in Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2012). Invited panel member, “Leadership in health care, the role of the university.”
Invited panel member, for the U21 Health Disciplines annual meeting, held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, Sept. 2-7.
Shojaei A., Aleksejuniene J., Gardner K.M., Saewyc E., and Salimpour N. (2012). Oral Health-Related Lifestyle In Vancouver Inner City Elementary Schools.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Public Health Agency of BC, held November 22-23, in Burnaby.
Saewyc E., Rivers R, MacKay L, Hirakata P, Roelofsen D, Oliffe J, Matthews J, and Creighton G. (2012). Patterns of health care access among marginalized urban young men: How sexual orientation, quality, and masculinity influence decisions to access care.
Oral presentation at the CIHR-IGH conference, Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research, October 29-31, 2012 in Montreal.
Daly K., Saewyc E., Johnson J., Bungay V. (2012). Making space for youth voices: Adolescent and clinician perspectives on clinical encounters for sexual health.
Poster presentation at the CIHR-IGH conference, Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research, October 29-31, 2012 in Montreal.
Daly K., Saewyc E., Johnson J. Bungay V. (2012). “They don’t talk about sex like making love”: Positive sexuality in clinical encounters for youth sexual health.
Poster presentation at the Qualitative Health Research annual conference, October, 2012 in Montreal.
Laye-Gindhu A, Saewyc E. (2012). Non-suicidal self-injury among Canadian street-involved adolescents.
As part of the symposium, “Adolescent self-injury across cultures: Similarities and differences in risk and protection.” Paper presented 10 March, 2012 at the biennial international conference of the Society for Research in Adolescence, held in Vancouver.
Marshall S, Saewyc E. (2012). Peer sexual harassment and sex motives: A gendered analysis.
Poster presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine conference, to be held in March 2012 in New Orleans.
Saewyc E., Homma Y., Hitchcock C., Prior J. (2012). Sexual orientation, stigma, and menarche among adolescent girls in Canada.
Poster presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine conference, March 14-17 in New Orleans.
Saewyc E, Chen W. (2012). Weakening the links between violence exposure and teen pregnancy involvement in Western Canada: Protective factors that may promote resilience.
Oral paper presented March 16 at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine conference, held in March 14-17 in New Orleans.
Young, M.M., Saewyc, E., Boak, A., Jahrig, J., Anderson, B., Doiron, Y., Taylor, S., Pica, L., Laprise, P., & Clark, H. (2012). The prevalence of student alcohol and drug use in Canada.
Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research annual meeting, special session sponsored by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, in Washington DC, May 29-June 1.
Saewyc, E. (2012, Feb. 4-5). “Beyond vulnerability: What do we know about breaking the link between violence and HIV risk for young people?”
Keynote, at the Intersexions & Interjections: Youth and HIV conference of Canadian AIDS Treatment and Information Exchange (CATIE), held Toronto.
Saewyc, E. (2012, May 30-31). “Explaining higher risk for suicide among LGBTQ adolescents: Key risk and protective factors from a public health perspective.”
Opening keynote, at the Egale Canada LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, held in Toronto.
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Position Statement, 2012: Prior JC. Naming Women’s Midlife Reproductive Transition.
In the interest of reducing confusion and improving midlife women’s quality of life, as well as access, if desired or needed, to appropriate health care, and promoting the use of clearer terminology, we recommend specific and precise use of the terms of perimenopause and menopause. Click here to read the Position Statement.
Macneil JA, Adachi JD, Goltzman D, Josse RG, Kovacs CS, Prior JC, Olszynski W, Davison KS, Kaiser SM; the CaMos Research Group (2012) Predicting fracture using 2D finite element modeling. Medical Engineering & Physics, 34(4):478-84.
A decrease in bone density at the hip or spine has been shown to increase the risk of fracture. A limitation of the bone mineral density (BMD) measurement is that it provides only a measure of a bone sample’s average density when projected onto a 2D surface. Effectively, what determines bone fracture is whether an […]
Lix LM, Azimaee M, Osman BA, Caetano P, Morin S, Metge C, Goltzman D, Kreiger N, Prior J, Leslie WD. (2012) Osteoporosis-related fracture case definitions for population-based administrative data. BMC Public Health, 12:301.
Population-based administrative data have been used to study osteoporosis-related fracture risk factors and outcomes, but there has been limited research about the validity of these data for ascertaining fracture cases. The objectives of this study were to: (a) compare fracture incidence estimates from administrative data with estimates from population-based clinically-validated data, and (b) test for […]
Langsetmo L, Hitchcock CL, Kingwell EJ, Davison KS, Berger C, Forsmo S, Zhou W, Kreiger N, Prior JC; CaMos Research Group.(2012) Physical activity, body mass index and bone mineral density-associations in a prospective population-based cohort of women and men: the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). Bone, 50(1):401-8.
Physical activity (PA) is an important modifiable risk factor for both bone mineral density (BMD) and body mass index (BMI). However, BMI is itself strongly predictive of BMD. Our aim was to determine the association between PA and BMD, with consideration of BMI as a potential mediating factor. The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) is […]
Berger C, Greene-Finestone LS, Langsetmo L, Kreiger N, Joseph L, Kovacs CS, Richards JB, Hidiroglou N, Sarafin K, Davison KS, Adachi JD, Brown J, Hanley DA, Prior JC, Goltzman D; the CaMos Research Group (2012) Temporal trends and determinants of longitudinal change in 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone levels. Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 27(6):1381-1389.
Vitamin D is essential for facilitating calcium absorption and preventing increases in parathyroid hormone (PTH), which can augment bone resorption. Our objectives were to examine serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and PTH, and factors related to longitudinal change in a population-based cohort. This is the first longitudinal population-based study looking at PTH and 25(OH)D […]
Hitchcock CL, Prior JC. (2012) Oral Micronized Progesterone for Vasomotor Symptoms -a placebo-controlled randomized trial in healthy postmenopausal women. Menopause – The Journal of The North American Menopause Society,19(8) 866-93.
The aim of this study was to compare oral micronized progesterone (progesterone) with placebo as therapy for postmenopausal hot flushes and night sweats (vasomotor symptoms [VMS]). Healthy volunteer community women 1 to 10 years since final menstruation were recruited for a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of progesterone (300 mg daily at bedtime) between 2003 and […]
Targownik LE, Leslie WD, Davison KS, Goltzman D, Jamal SA, Kreiger N, Josse RG, Kaiser SM, Kovacs CS, Prior JC, Zhou W; the CaMos Research Group (2012) The Relationship Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Longitudinal Change in Bone Mineral Density: A Population-Based From the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). The American Journal of Gastroenteroogy. 107(9):1361-9.
Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use has been identified as a risk factor for hip and vertebral fractures. Evidence supporting a relationship between PPI use and osteoporosis remains scant. Demonstrating that PPIs are associated with accelerated bone mineral density (BMD) loss would provide supportive evidence for a mechanism through which PPIs could increase fracture risk. We […]
Hitchcock CL, Elliot TG, Norman EG, Stajic V, Teede HJ and Prior JC (2012). Hot flushes and night sweats differ in associations with cardiovascular markers in healthy early postmenopausal women. Menopause – The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, 19(11):1208-14.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between vasomotor symptoms ([VMS] hot flushes or flashes and night sweats) and markers of cardiovascular risk. Healthy postmenopausal women in a randomized controlled trial of progesterone for VMS recorded VMS frequency in the Daily Menopause Diary for 28 days at baseline. Accepted risks for cardiovascular […]
Prior JC, Hitchcock CL (2012) Progesterone for hot flush and night sweat treatment – effectiveness for severe vasomotor symptoms and lack of withdrawal rebound. Gynecological Endocrinology – the Journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, 28 Suppl 2:7-11.
A controlled trial recently showed that oral micronized progesterone (Progesterone, 300 mg at h.s. daily) was effective for vasomotor symptoms (VMS) in 133 healthy early postmenopausal women. Here, we present subgroup data in women with severe VMS (50 VMS of moderate–severe intensity/wk) and also 1-mo withdrawal study outcomes. Women with severe VMS (n = 46) resembled […]
Koller DL, Zheng HF, Karasik D, Yerges-Armstrong L, Liu CT, McGuigan F, Kemp JP, Giroux S, Lai D, Edenberg HJ, Peacock M, Czerwinski SA, Choh AC, McMahon G, St Pourcain B, Timpson NJ, Lawlor DA, Evans DM, Towne B, Blangero J, Carless MA, Kammerer C, Goltzman D, Kovacs CS, Prior JC, Spector TD, Rousseau F, Tobias JH, Akesson K, Econs MJ, Mitchell BD, Richards JB, Kiel DP, Foroud T (2012). Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies WNT16 and ESR1 SNPS associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women. Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 28(3): 547-58.
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants in genes associated with variation in bone mineral density (BMD), although most have been carried out in combined samples of older women and men. Meta-analyses of these results have identified numerous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of modest effect at genome-wide significance levels in genes involved in both […]
Saewyc, E. (2012). What about the boys? The importance of including boys and young men in sexual and reproductive health research. (editorial). Journal of Adolescent Health, 51, 1-2.
Throughout the past 50 years, when governments, researchers, and clinicians have discussed adolescent sexual and reproductive health, they have almost overwhelmingly focused on girls and young women. Even limiting to recent work, a perusal of the research literature since 2000 finds thousands of studies that focus only on girls and young women, compared with hundreds […]
Rivers R., Saewyc E. (2012). On “Sex trafficking and the exploitation of adolescents.” [commentary]. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 41(2), 163-165.
We commend McClain and Garrity for raising health concerns facing sexually exploited youth in their article “Sex Trafficking and the Exploitation of Adolescents.” Exploited youth are a difficult population to reach, and nurses are at the front line to provide care for these young people in a variety of situations. In their article, McClain and […]
Nicholson D, Homma Y, Saewyc E. (2011). Profile of high school students exchanging sex for substances in rural Canada. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 48, Issue 2, pages S9-S10.
Purpose: Adolescent substance use increases exposure to other risk behaviors, including involvement in the exchange of sex for drugs. Limited research has investigated exploitation among teens in regular schools. This study examined substance use patterns, demographics, and personality factors that discriminate between youth who reported exchanging sex for drugs (exploited) and youth who did not […]
Saewyc, E.M. (2011). Research on adolescent sexual orientation: Development, health disparities, stigma and resilience. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 256 – 272.
The decade between 1998 and 2008 saw rapid increases in research on adolescent sexual orientation development and related health issues, both in the quantity and in the quality of studies. While much of the research originated in North America, studies from other countries also contributed to emerging understanding of developmental trajectories and social influences on […]
Saewyc, Elizabeth M. (2011). Chapter 19: Health promotion of adolescents and families. In D. Wong (ed.), Nursing Care of Infants and Children, (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book.
This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of pediatric growth, development, and conditions. Its covers child development and health promotion as well as specific health problems organized by age groups and body systems. In this chapter, health promotion of adolescents and families is covered. ISBN: 9780323069120
Stang, J., Bruening, M., & Saewyc, E.M. (2011). Chapter 21: Behavioral health problems of adolescents: Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse and Suicide. In D. Wong (ed.), Nursing Care of Infants and Children, (9th ed.).pp St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book.
This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of pediatric growth, development, and conditions. Its covers child development and health promotion as well as specific health problems organized by age groups and body systems. In this chapter, the behavioral health problems of adolescents are covered in regards to eating disorders, substance abuse and suicide. ISBN: 9780323069120
MacKay L, Saewyc E, Hirakata P, Roelefson D, Oliffe J. (2011). The unmet health needs of young men who trade sex for money or goods. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 48, Issue 2, page S101.
Purpose: Despite recent evidence that street-involved young men are as likely as young women to trade sex for money, drugs, food, shelter, or other goods, most studies of health issues and interventions have focused on young women involved in sex work; almost no research has explored these young men’s specific health needs and access to […]
Saewyc E, Marshall S. (2011). Reducing homophobia in high school: The effects of “The Laramie Project” play and an integrated curriculum. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 48, Issue 2, page S111.
Purpose: Homophobic attitudes and resulting bullying have been linked to school and health problems for sexual minority youth, including suicide. While school-based policy and curricular interventions to reduce homophobia have been suggested, only correlational evidence has been published to date. This quasi-experimental longitudinal study examined the effects on homophobic attitudes in an urban high school […]
Saewyc E, Konishi C, Poon C, Smith A. (2011). Is it safer to be gay in high school today? Trends in sexual orientation identity and harassment in Canada. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 48, Issue 2, pages S8-S9.
Purpose: Although sexual orientation is more visible today in popular culture and in supportive human rights laws in many parts of the world, evidence still suggests sexual minority (LGB) teens experience higher rates of harassment than peers do. Anecdotal trends suggest teens are identifying their orientation at younger ages, but to date, there has been […]
Mackenzie S, Wiegel J, Mundt M, Brown D, Saewyc E, Heiligestein E, Harahan B, Fleming M. (2011). Depression and suicide ideation among students accessing campus health care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81(1), 101 – 107.
Depression and suicide are of increasing concern on college campuses. This article presents data from the College Health Intervention Projects on the frequency of depression and suicide ideation among 1,622 college students who accessed primary care services in 4 university clinics in the Midwest, Northwest, and Canada. Students completed the Beck Depression Inventory and other […]
Smith A., Poon C., Stewart D., Saewyc E., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2011). Moving in the Right Direction: Physical Activity Among BC Youth. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
This report is based on the responses of over 29,000 students in Grades 7 through 12 who completed the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey (AHS). The survey was delivered in 1,760 classrooms in 50 of BC’s 59 school districts between February and June of 2008. The report aims to identify the benefits associated with young […]
Friedman, M.S., Marshal, M.P., Guadamuz, T.E., Wei, C., Saewyc, E., Wong, C.F., & Stall, R. (2011). A meta-analysis to examine disparities in childhood sexual abuse, parental physical abuse, and peer victimization among sexual minority and non-sexual minority individuals. American Journal of Public Health, 101(81), 1481 – 1494.
We compared the likelihood of childhood (i.e., <18 years) sexual abuse, parental physical abuse, and peer victimization based on sexual orientation. We conducted a meta-analysis of adolescent school-based studies that compared the likelihood of childhood abuse among sexual minorities vs sexual non-minorities. Sexual minority individuals were on average 3.8, 1.2, 1.7, and 2.4 times more […]
Smith, A., Poon, C., Stewart, D., Hoogeveen, C., Saewyc, E. & the McCreary Centre Society. (2011). Making the Right Connections: Promoting Positive Mental Health Among BC Youth.Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
This report is focused on the mental health of youth aged 12-19. It uses data from the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey (AHS) and information provided by youth who participated in discussions of the results. The report provides an overview of the mental health of BC youth, considers some groups of youth who are at […]
Clark, T.C., Robinson, E., Crengle, S., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S., Denny, S.J., Bearinger, L.H., Sieving, R.E., & Saewyc, E. (2011). Risk and protective factors for suicide attempt among indigenous Maori youth in New Zealand: The role of family connection as a moderating variable. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 7(1), 16-31.
The purpose of this study was to (1) describe risk and protective factors associated with a suicide attempt for Māori youth and (2) explore whether family connection moderates the relationship between depressive symptoms and suicide attempts for Māori youth. Secondary analysis was conducted with 1702 Māori young people aged 12–18 years from an anonymous representative […]
Smith, A., Stewart, D., Poon, C., Saewyc, E., & the McCreary Centre Society (2011). Fostering potential: The lives of BC youth with government care experience. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
This report takes an in-depth look at the health of British Columbia public school students who have been involved with the government care system, either through foster care, group homes or Youth Agreements. It profiles their experiences and considers factors that promote their health and well-being. The report confirms that some youth are more likely […]
Saewyc, E. (2011). “Making a Difference: Research on nursing care of sexually-exploited youth.”
Opening Keynote. Presented at the PHCRI Research Day 2011, Providence Health Care, 7 March, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2011). Stigma can be harmful to your health: Health and health care for gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and questioning youth.
Grand Rounds for the Access AIDS Network & the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury ON, March 24. Followed by a video-case workshop on LGBTQ sexual health.
Saewyc, E. (2011). Fostering resilience among vulnerable youth: Evidence from the BC Adolescent Health Survey.
Presented at the policy rounds of the Ministry of Child and Family Development in Victoria BC, 13 April.
Saewyc, E. (2011). Moving upstream: Fostering resilience among young runaways.
Presented at the Homeless Youth and Health Forum, Vancouver BC, June 14.
Konishi, C., Saewyc, E., Poon, C. (2011). “Still a target: Sexual minority adolescents in Western Canadian schools.”
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development held in Montreal, Quebec, March 28 – 31
Saewyc, E., Marshall, S., (2011). “Reducing homophobia in high school: The effects of ‘The Laramie Project’ play and an integrated curriculum.”
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held march 29 – April 1 in Seattle, WA.
MacKay, L., Saewyc, E., Hirakata, P., Roelefson, D., Oliffe, J. (2011). “The unmet health needs of young men who trade sex for money or goods.”
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held march 29 – April 1 in Seattle WA.
Saewyc, E., Saewyc, W. (2011). “Sampling without stigma: Using technology for concurrent purposive sampling in a mixed-methods study of marginalized young men.”
Paper presented at the Nursing Research Forum of the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held March 29 – April 1 in Seattle WA.
Nicholson, D., Homma, Y., Saewyc, E. (2011). “High school students who exchange sex for drugs in rural Canada.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held March 29 – April 1 in Seattle WA.
Saewyc, E., Konishi, C., Poon, C., Smith, A. (2011). “Is it safer to be gay in high school today? Trends in sexual orientation identity and harassment in Canada.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, held march 29 – April 1 in Seattle WA.
Young, M. M., Saewyc, E., Boak, A., Jahrig, J., Anderson, B., Doiron-Brun, Y., Taylor, S., Pica, L., Laprise, P., and Clark, H. [Student Drug Use Surveys Working Group]. (September 2011). The Cross Canada Report on Student Drug Use. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
Student drug use surveys provide an essential source of information about the prevalence and frequency of substance use, associated harms, socio-demographic correlates, and identification of high-risk groups in a youth population. Surveys that ask about drug use are conducted intermittently in nine of Canada’s 10 provinces. Unfortunately, there is large variability in methodologies employed and […]
Saewyc E, Warf C. (2011). Sexual orientation development and health issues of the adolescent patient. Treatment Strategies-Pediatrics, 2(1), 32-34
Clinicians and parents share the goal of promoting the healthy development of children and their maturation into healthy, engaged, and happy adults who will have positive and mutually supportive relationships. A core component of healthy development is the development of one’s sexual identity, shaped by one’s sexual orientation. Though contemporary thinking conceptualizes sexual orientation as […]
Poon C., Saewyc E., Chen, W. (2011). Enacted stigma, problem substance use, and protective factors among Asian sexual minority youth in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 30(2), 47-64.
This study examined enacted stigma and problem substance use among Asian sexual minority youth and the buffering role of protective factors. Logistic regression analyses of a weighted sample of 5,423 Asian youth who completed the 2003 BC Adolescent Health Survey indicated that sexual minority youth were more likely to be victimized compared to heterosexual peers. […]
Saewyc, E. (2011). “Population perspectives on teens and transition: How many teens? What are their issues?”
For the Child Health BC Interprofessional Workshop Series, Youth and Young Adults in Transition, 15 April, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2011). “Making the right connections: Promoting positive mental health among BC youth.”
For the BC Provincial Mental Health and Substance Abuse Planning Council, June 24, Vernon, BC.
Saewyc, E. (2011). “Promoting the mental health of LGBTQ youth in schools.”
For the Teachers Summer Institute, sponsored by Kelty Mental Health Centre and the BC Teachers Federation, presented August 25, in Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2011). “Making the right connections: Promoting mental health of youth in BC.”
For the BC Teachers Federation Learning Assistance Teachers Association annual conference, October 21, in Surrey, BC.
Saewyc E, Edinburgh L, Huemann E. (2011). Partnering with police for a novel sexual assault screening and referral program for runaways.
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association annual meeting, June 2011 in Montreal.
Nicholson D., Saewyc E. (2011). Childhood sexual abuse, substance use and substance use-related sexual behaviour in a rural school population.
Poster presented at the Issues of Substance national conference, held in Vancouver Nov. 6-10. Awarded Best Research Poster at the conference.
Chen, W., Saewyc, E. (2011). How much adolescent substance use might be prevented by reducing violence exposure? A population attributable fraction study among adolescents in British Columbia.
Poster presented at the Issues of Substance national conference, held in Vancouver Nov. 6-10.
Young, M., Saewyc E., Boak A., Jahrig J., Anderson B., Doiron-Brun Y., Taylor S., Pica L., Laprise P., Clark H. (2011). Student Drug Use in Canada: Bringing Data Together from the Various Provincial Student Drug Use Surveys.
Paper presented at the Issues of Substance annual meeting, Vancouver, Nov. 6-10, 2011.
Konishi C, Saewyc E, Smith A. (2011). Fostering respect for sexual diversity: Social and emotional health among sexual minority youth.
Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, held April 2011 in New Orleans.
Stewart D, Smith A, Poon C, Saewyc E. (2011). Making the right connections: Fostering positive mental health among vulnerable youth.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Health, 3 November 2011, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Stewart D, Smith A, Hoogeveen C, Poon C, Saewyc E. (2011). From Sea to Sky: School-based victimization in British Columbia, Canada.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Health, 3 November 2011, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Smith A, Saewyc E. (2011). The difference a year makes: Benefits of delaying alcohol or marijuana use for youth in British Columbia, Canada.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Health, 4 November 2011, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Sociologists for Women in Society Fact Sheet, 2011: The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective—Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Bobel C, Prior JC, Hitchcock CL et. al.
View the Fact Sheet here.
Prior J.C (2011) Tempestade de Estrogenio :historias de perimenopausa. Editora E-papers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ISBN 978-85-7650-266-1
Kalyan, S., Hitchcock, C. L., Pudek, M., & Prior, J. C. (2011). Acute effects of premenopausal hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy on serum lipids, hormonal values, inflammatory markers and metabolism. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery, 27(1):9-15.
The aim of this study was to provide a clinical reference for the acute postoperative changes to lipids and inflammation following premenopausal hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy and compare them to normal reference values. The study design was a planned secondary analysis of data from a randomized double-blind trial comparing the effectiveness of two different hormone […]
Langsetmo L., Nguyen T.V., Nguyen N.D., Kovacs C.S, Prior J.C., Center J.R., Morin S., Josse R.G., Adachi J.D., Hanley D.A., Eisman J.A. and the CaMos Research Group (2011) Independent External Validation of Nomograms for Low Trauma Fracture and Hip Fracture Risk in a Population of Canadian Men and Women Ages 55-95. Canadian Medical Association Journal 183(2):E107-14.
A set of nomograms based on the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study predicts the five- and ten-year absolute risk of fracture using age, bone mineral density and history of falls and low-trauma fracture. We assessed the discrimination and calibration of these nomograms among participants in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. We included participants aged 55–95 years […]
Leslie WD, Kovacs CS, Olszynski WP, Towheed T, Kaiser SM, Prior JC, Josse RG, Jamal SA, Kreiger N, Goltzman D; CaMos Research Group (2011) Spine-Hip T-Score Difference Predicts Major Osteoporotic Fracture Risk Independent of FRAX(®): A Population-Based Report From CAMOS. Journal of Clinical Densitometry,14(3):286-93.
The WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX®) estimates an individual’s 10-yr major osteoporotic and hip fracture probabilities. When bone mineral density (BMD) is included in the FRAX calculation, only the femoral neck measurement can be used. Recently, a procedure was reported for adjusting major osteoporotic fracture probability from FRAX with femoral neck BMD based on […]
Leslie WD, Berger C, Langsetmo L, Lix LM, Adachi JD, Hanley DA, Ioannidis G, Josse RG, Kovacs CS, Towheed T, Kaiser S, Olszynski WP, Prior JC, Jamal S, Kreiger N, Goltzman D; CaMos Research Group (2011) Construction and validation of a simplified fracture risk assessment tool for Canadian women and men: results from the CaMos and Manitoba cohorts. Osteoporosis International, 22(6):1873-83.
A procedure for creating a simplified version of fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX®) is described. Calibration, fracture prediction, and concordance were compared with the full FRAX tool using two large, complementary Canadian datasets. The Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada (CAROC) system for fracture risk assessment is based upon sex, age, bone mineral density […]
Prior JC (2011) Progesterone for Symptomatic Perimenopause Treatment – Progesterone politics, physiology and potential for perimenopause. Facts, Views and Vision in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 3(2):109-120.
Perimenopause, women’s normal midlife reproductive transition, is highly symptomatic for about 20% of women who are currently inaccurately counseled and inappropriately treated with oral contraceptives, menopausal hormone therapy or hysterectomy. About 80% of perimenopausal women experience vasomotor symptoms (VMS), 25% have menorrhagia, and about 10% experience mastalgia. The majority of women describe varying intensities of […]
White CP, Hitchcock CL, Vigna YM and Prior JC (2011) Fluid Retention over the Menstrual Cycle: 1-Year Data from the Prospective Ovulation Cohort. Obstetrics and Gynecology International, vol. 2011 Article ID 138451.
We report menstrual and mid-cycle patterns of self-reported “fluid retention” in 765 menstrual cycles in 62 healthy women. Self-reported “fluid retention,” commonly described as bloating, is one element of the clinical assessment and diagnosis of premenstrual symptoms. These daily diary data were collected as part of an observational prospective one-year study of bone changes in […]
Creighton, G., Matthews, J., Oliffe, J., Butterwick, S., & Saewyc, E. (2011). “Picturing masculinity: Young men’s health/risk practices following the death of a friend.”
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association annual meeting, June 2011, Montreal Quebec.
Chamberland L., Saewyc E. (2011). Stigma, vulnerability, and resilience: The psychosocial health of sexual minority and gender diverse people in Canada. [editorial]. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 30(2), 1-6.
This special edition of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health features a range of contributions that explore the mental health of “sexual and gender minorities,” a term that encompasses people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, Two-spirited, queer, and questioning (LGBT Q people), as well as people who would choose other labels […]
Chamberland L., Saewyc E. (2011). Stigmatisation, vulnérabilité et résilience : la santé psychosociale des minorités sexuelles et de genre au Canada. [editorial]. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 30(2), 7-11.
Ce numéro spécial de la Revue canadienne de santé mentale communautaire présente un ensemble de contributions ayant trait à la santé mentale des « minorités sexuelles et de genre », une expression qui regroupe les personnes qui s’identifient comme lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, transsexuelles, transgenres, bispirituelles, queer ou en questionnement (LGBTQ), ainsi que celles qui choisissent […]
Saewyc E & Edinburgh L. (2010). Restoring healthy developmental trajectories for sexually-exploited young runaways: Fostering protective factors and reducing risk behaviours. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46, 180-188.
This study aimed to examine effects of the Runaway Intervention Program (RIP), a strengths-based home visiting, case management, and group support program for sexually assaulted or exploited young runaway girls; staffed by advanced-practice nurses, RIP aims to restore healthy developmental trajectories by reestablishing protective factors, reducing trauma responses, and lowering risk behaviors that are common […]
Hirakata P, Saewyc E, Callaghan S, Joo S, Metcalfe Q. (2010) In the news: Do print news media accurately portray sexually exploited youth in Canada? [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 2, page S43.
Purpose: Sexually exploited youth (i.e., youth under the age of 19 who engage in sexual activity in exchange for food, money, shelter, etc.) are an extremely vulnerable population. Multiple barriers prevent youth from accessing health services and these barriers are complicated by the significant stigma attached to being exploited. Print news media are a powerful […]
Saewyc E, Chen W, Hirakata P. (2010). Quantifying the influence of violence exposure on adolescent risk behaviours in Western Canada. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 2, page S65.
Purpose: Experiencing physical or sexual violence has been consistently associated with adolescent risk behaviors such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use, teen pregnancy, and suicide attempts. However, the extent to which such violence exposure, at a population level, contributes to the prevalence of risk behaviors has not been examined. This research explored how much of […]
Poon C, Homma Y, Saewyc E, Smith A. (2010). Is cultural connectedness a protective factor? [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 2, page S4.
Purpose: Given growing ethno-cultural diversity, a sense of cultural connection may be a key factor in risk prevention and health promotion for North American youth. We studied the psychometric properties of a cultural connectedness measure and its utility as a protective factor. Methods: Over 29,000 grade 7-12 students from diverse ethnic groups took part in […]
Smith, A., Stewart, D., Poon, C., Saewyc, E. & the McCreary Centre Society (2010). What a difference a year can make: Early alcohol and marijuana use among 16 to 18 year old BC students. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
Starting to experiment with alcohol during adolescence is normative among BC youth. However, the timing of first use can make a difference to current and future health. The use of alcohol and marijuana from an early age has been linked to problematic substance use. Since early substance use can lead to other problems, it is […]
Wong S, Homma Y, Saewyc E, Johnson J. (2010). The unmet health needs of East Asian high-school students: Are homestay students at risk? Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(3), 241-245.
Most “homestay” high school students come to Canada from East Asian countries such as China, Korea and Japan to attend school while living with another family. Our objectives were to examine: 1) the characteristics of homestay youth compared to immigrant and Canadian-born East Asian youth and 2) whether their health risk behaviours are similar to […]
Fleming MF, Balousek S, Grossberg P, Mundt M, Brown D, Weigel J, Zakletskaia L, & Saewyc EM. (2010). Brief physician advice for heavy drinking college students: A randomized controlled trial in college health clinics. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 23-31.
The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of brief physician advice in reducing alcohol use and related harm in college students. The College Health Intervention Projects (CHIPs) is a randomized, controlled clinical trial with 12-month follow-up conducted in five college health clinics in Wisconsin; Washington state; and Vancouver, Canada. Of the 12,900 […]
Miller B., Cox D., Saewyc E. (2010). Age of sexual consent laws in Canada: Population-based evidence for law and policy. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 19(3), 105-119.
This study evaluated the implications of the 2008 increase in age for sexual consent in Canada using a population health survey of Canadian adolescents. Government rationales for the increase asserted younger adolescents were more likely to experience sexual exploitation and engage in risky sexual behaviour than adolescents 16 and older. Using data from sexually experienced […]
Russell S.T., Kosciw J., Horn S., Saewyc E. (2010). Safe schools policy for LGBTQ students. SRCD Social Policy Report, 24(4), 1-17.
Two proposed U.S. federal laws would provide explicit protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in public schools. These federal laws follow actions by many states and school districts to define and implement laws or policies to protect the safety of LGBTQ students in schools. Research during the past decade has […]
Saewyc, E. (2010). “Bruised but not broken: Strategies for fostering resilience in youth exposed to gendered violence.”
Invited speaker for the opening event of a CIHR Institute for Gender & Health special forum on Violence, Gender and Health research, held January 27 in Ottawa.
Saewyc, E. (2010). Invited presentation, “Building hope: Fostering resilience among vulnerable populations of youth.”
Child Family Research Institute, as part of UBC Celebrate Research Week, presented March 9 at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver; also available as webcast.
Saewyc E. (2010). Knowledge without Harm: Ethical issues in research among sexual minority youth.
For Diversity in the 21st Century, Forum hosted by Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting on March 11.
Saewyc, E. (2010). “Stigma on the streets: LGBT marginalized and street involved youth.”
Invited workshop for the Surrey Child and Youth Mental Health Team, held March 16 in Surrey.
Saewyc, E.(2010). “In the News: Do print news media accurately portray sexually exploited youth in Canada?”
Invited presentation for the Senate Committee Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, presented 22 April, Ottawa.
Saewyc, E. (2010). Invited workshop, “What about the guys? Young men’s invisibility in sexual health research and practice.”
To be presented at the 32nd Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, University of Guelph, held June 21-23, in Guelph, Ontario.
Saewyc, E. (2010). “Teen pregnancy among LGB adolescents.”
For Vancouver Coastal Health’s Child and Youth Health annual training day, June 30, Vancouver, BC.
Saewyc E. (2010). The SMART guidelines for assessing sexual orientation in population surveys.
For the LGBTQ Committee of the Joint Statistical Meeting, American Statistical Association and Canadian Statistical Association on Aug. 3, Vancouver, BC.
Saewyc E & Edinburgh L. (2010). Fostering resilience among sexually exploited young runaways in Minnesota.
For the National Child Advocacy Center’s 11th Annual Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention, held on 24-26, New Orleans, USA.
Saewyc E. (2010). “What a difference a year can make: Early alcohol and marijuana use among BC students”.
For the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Liaison Committee on Problematic Substance Use, Nov. 1, Ottawa.
Saewyc E. (2010). “Strong in spite of Stigma: Protective factors, resilience, and mental health among gay and bisexual teens in BC.”
Opening Keynote. Presented at the BC Gay Mens Health Summit, November 25, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E, Chen W, Hirakata, P. (2010). Quantifying the influence of violence exposure on adolescent risk behaviours in Western Canada.
Poster presented at the Society for Adolescent Health Medicine meeting, April 8 in Toronto
Hirikata P, Saewyc, E, Callaghan S, Joo S, Metcalfe Q. (2010). In the news: Do print news media accurately portray sexually exploited youth in Canada?
Poster presented at Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine meeting, April 7, in Toronto
Drozda C, Kim K, Saewyc E, Mackay L, Ki D. (2010). Challenges of health equity for South Korean and Canadian street-involved youth.
Poster to be presented at the Canadian Public Health Association annual conference, held in Toronto, June 14-17.
Van Borek N, Coser L, YIP Co-Researchers, Botnick M, Chambers C, Taylor D, Saewyc E, Buxton J. (2010). Youth co-researchers explore street-involved youth perspectives on preventing the transition into injection drug use.
Poster at the 18th International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, 18-23 July.
Saewyc E, Edinburgh L, (2010). Improving resiliency and changing trajectories for sexually exploited youth.
Workshop at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Meeting, 7 April in Toronto, Ont.
Saewyc E, Poon C, Homma Y. (2010). Lowering the odds of HIV risk behaviour among sexual minority adolescents experiencing enacted stigma.
Paper presented at the Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience conference, held June 7-10, Halifax
Saewyc E, Chen W, & Hirakata P. (2010). ‘Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me?’ The population fraction of adolescent risk behaviour attributable to verbal violence.
Presented at Canadian Public Health Association annual conference, held June 13-16, Toronto, Ontario.
Drozda C, Rodney P, Pauly B, Daly K, & Saewyc E. (2010). “A social justice perspective for policy analysis of health inequities of marginalized youth.”
Paper presented at the 14th International Philosophy of Nursing conference, 20 September, Vancouver.
Coser L, Van Borek N, YIP Co-Researchers, Botnick M, Chambers C, Taylor D, Saewyc E, Buxton J. (2010). Service Providers’ and Street-Involved Youth Perspectives on Preventing the Transition into Injection Drug Use among Street-Involved Youth: Successes, Barriers and Opportunities for Youth Prevention Services.
Oral presentation, 16th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, 3-5 October.
Van Borek N, Coser L, YIP Co-Researchers, Botnick M, Chambers C, Taylor D, Saewyc E, Buxton J. (2010). “The Youth Injection Prevention (YIP) Project: Street-involved youth perspectives on successes, barriers and opportunities for youth prevention services”.
Oral presentation, 9th International Conference on Urban Health 2010, New York, USA, 27-29 October.
Saewyc E. (2010). “Still not equal: A decade of stigma and resilience among sexual minority students in British Columbia”.
Presented as part of a symposium, “School climate for sexual and gender minority students in Canadian High Schools,” for the Innovations in Gender, Sex and Health Research meeting, sponsored by CIHR-IGH, held Nov. 22-23 in Toronto.
Creighton G, Matthews J, Saewyc E, Oliffe J, Butterwick S. (2010). “Troubled Masculinity: Exploring gender identity and risk taking following the death of a friend”.
Paper presented at the Innovations in Gender, Sex and Health Research meeting, sponsored by CIHR-IGH, held Nov. 22-23 in Toronto.
Smith A, Stewart D, Poon C, Saewyc E. (2010). Drug use among 16 to 18 year old BC students. (Adolescent Health Survey IV Bulletin). Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
While the use of alcohol and marijuana is widespread among 16-18 year olds the use of other substances is much less common. Those youth who do use these substances are often coping with negative experiences in their lives and need the support of family, schools, peers and their communities. Find the fact sheet here.
Buxton J, Coser L, Van Borek N, Botnick M, Chambers C, Taylor D, Saewyc E. (2010). Service providers’ and street-involved youth perspectives on preventing the transition into injection drug use among street-involved youth: Successes, barriers and opportunities for youth prevention services [abstract]. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Volume 9, Issue 4, pages 341-342.
“The Youth Injection Prevention (YIP) Project” is a research study collaboratively conducted by the BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia (University of British Columbia) School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia School of Nursing, community partners and youth coresearchers. It focuses on identifying service components that may prevent the […]
Saewyc, E. (2010). “LGBTQ youth identity and health.”
Workshop presentation, as part of a workshop at the Community Health Nurses of Canada annual conference, June 16, 2010, Toronto.
Poon C, Homma Y, Saewyc E, Smith A. (2010). Is cultural connectedness a protective factor?
Paper presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine meeting, 9 April 2010 in Toronto.
Homma Y, & Saewyc E. (2010). Does a family context foster cultural connectedness among East Asian Canadian adolescents?
Paper presented at the Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience conference, June 7-10, 2010, Halifax.
Wong S, Homma Y, Johnson J, Saewyc E. (2010). The unmet health needs of East Asian high-school students: Are homestay students at risk?
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association annual conference, held June 13-16 2010 in Toronto.
Saewyc, E. (2010, June 22). “Raging Hormones or Responsible Citizens? The real trends in Canadian teen sex.”
Opening Keynote. Opening plenary at the 32nd Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario.
Kalyan S., Hitchcock C.L., Sirrs S., Pudek M., Prior J.C. (2010) Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate versus conjugated equine estrogen: A one-year randomized double-blind trial following premenopausal hysterectomy with bilateral ovariectomy. Pharmacotherapy. 2010; 30(5):442–452.
Study Objective: To compare the cardiovascular and metabolic effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) with those of conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) as single-hormone therapies in women who underwent hysterectomy with bilateral ovariectomy. Design: Secondary analysis of a 12–month, double-blind, randomized, parallel-therapy trial. Setting: Four teaching hospitals and one community hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Participants: Thirty-three healthy […]
Marks M., Hitchcock C.L., Sathi P., Prior J.C. (2010) Community pharmacists’ therapeutic recommendations for heavy flow, androgen excess, fragility fractures and night sweats in menstruating women. Canadian Pharmacist’s Journal 143;(2):88-95.e2.
Physicians and menstruating women often ask pharmacists for recommendations about menstrual cycle–related problems. Progesterone and medroxyprogesterone may provide physiology-based treatment, but official indications in menstruating women in Canada are minimal. To describe pharmacists’ responses to vignette-based questions about the treatment of common clinical problems in menstruating women and review evidence-based therapies. A pharmacist interviewer administered […]
Battistella, E., Kalyan S., Prior J.C. (2010) Evaluation of successful methods and costs associated with recruiting 600 healthy women volunteers to a study of ovulation. Journal of Women’s Health. 19(8):1519-1524.
We address the crucial and challenging task of anticipating the resources needed to recruit eligible participants for research. We provide our analysis of various recruitment strategies and their cost-effectiveness in our experience in enrolling 610 women for an observational study on ovulation. We assess the cost-effectiveness and success of multiple recruitment strategies we employed and […]
Langsetmo L., Poliquin S., Hanley D.A., Prior J.C., Barr S., Anastassiades T., Towheed T., Goltzman D., Kreiger N. (2010) Dietary patterns in Canadian Men and Women Ages 25 and Older: Relationship to Demographics, Body Mass Index and Bone Mineral Density. BMC- Musculoskelet Disord; 11:20-26.
Previous research has shown that underlying dietary patterns are related to the risk of many different adverse health outcomes, but the relationship of these underlying patterns to skeletal fragility is not well understood. The objective of the study was to determine whether dietary patterns in men (ages 25-49, 50+) and women (pre-menopause, post-menopause) are related […]
Kingwell E, Prior J.C., Ratner P.A, Kennedy S.M., (2010) Direct-to-participant feedback and awareness of bone mineral density testing results in a population-based sample of mid-aged Canadians. Osteoporosis Int. 21(2):307-19.
This population-based study of mid-aged Canadians assessed awareness of diagnosis by bone mineral density (BMD) following dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) testing and compared the effects of feedback only to the physician with direct-to-participant feedback. Poor recall of osteoporosis results was observed irrespective of the feedback destination, but direct-to-participant feedback improved recall of borderline or normal […]
Bedford J., Prior J.C., Barr S. (2010) A prospective exploration of cognitive dietary restraint, subclinical ovulatory disturbances, cortisol and change in bone density over two years in healthy young women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 95(7):3291-9.
Cross-sectional studies have found associations among elevated cognitive dietary restraint (CDR), increased ovulatory disturbances, and lower bone mass, possibly mediated by cortisol. To determine whether healthy young women with higher CDR have more menstrual cycles with subclinical ovulatory disturbances (SOD), elevated 24-h urinary free cortisol (UFC), and less positive 2-yr areal bone mineral density change […]
Zhou W., Langsetmo L., Berger C., Adachi J.D., Papaioannou A., Ioannidis G., Webber C., Atkinson S.A., Olszynski W.P., Brown J.P., Hanley D.A, Josse R., Kreiger N., Prior J.C, Kaiser S., Kirkland S., Goltzman D. and Davison K.S., the CaMos Research Group (2010) Normative bone mineral density Z-Scores for Canadians aged 16-24 yr: the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Journal of Clinical Densitometry 13(3):267-7.
The objectives of the study were to develop bone mineral density (BMD) reference norms and BMD Z-scores at various skeletal sites, to determine whether prior fracture and/or asthma were related to BMD, and to assess possible geographic variation of BMD among Canadian youth aged 16–24 yr. Z-Scores were defined as the number of standard deviations […]
Berger C, Goltzman D, Langsetmo L, Joseph L, Jackson S, Kreiger N, Tenenhouse A, Davison KS, Josse RG, Prior JC, Hanley DA; CaMos Research Group (2010). Peak bone mass from longitudinal data: implications for the prevalence, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of osteoporosis. Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 25(9):1948-57.
We estimated peak bone mass (PBM) in 615 women and 527 men aged 16 to 40 years using longitudinal data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). Individual rates of change were averaged to find the mean rate of change for each baseline age. The age range for PBM was defined as the period during […]
Prior J.C., Hitchcock, C. L. (2010) The endocrinology of perimenopause: need for a paradigm shift. Frontiers in Bioscience (Schol Ed) 1 (3):474-86.
Perimenopause, rather than a time of declining estrogen, is characterized by three major hormonal changes that may begin in regularly menstruating women in their mid-thirties: erratically higher estradiol levels, decreased progesterone levels (in normally ovulatory, short luteal phase or anovulatory cycles), and disturbed ovarian-pituitary-hypothalamic feedback relationships. Recent data show that approximately a third of all […]
Langsetmo L, Leslie WD, Zhou W, Goltzman D, Kovacs CS, Prior J, Josse R, Olszynski WP, Davison KS, Anastassiades T, Towheed T, Hanley DA, Kaiser S, Kreiger N; CaMOS Research Group (2010) Using the same bone density reference database for men and women provides a simpler estimation of fracture risk. Journal of Bone Mineral Research 25(10):2108-14.
Although low bone mineral density (BMD) predicts fractures, there are postulated sex differences in the fracture “threshold.” Some studies demonstrate a higher mean BMD for men with fractures than for women, whereas others note similar absolute risk at the same level of BMD. Our objective was to test the preceding observations in the population-based Canadian […]
Langsetmo L, Morin S, Kovacs CS, Kreiger N, Josse R, Adachi JD, Papaioannou A, Goltzman D, Hanley DA, Olszynski WP, Prior J, Jamal SA; CaMos Research Group (2010) Determining whether women with osteopenic bone mineral density have low, moderate, or high clinical fracture risk. Menopause 17(5):1010-6.
Most low-trauma fractures occur among women with osteopenic bone mineral density (BMD), a population considered to have moderate absolute fracture risk. Our purpose was to refine the fracture risk prediction in women with osteopenic BMD to determine the subgroups at lowest and highest risk. We included 2,588 women aged 50 to 90 years with osteopenic […]
Kalyan S, Prior JC (2010) Bone Changes and Fracture Related to Menstrual Cycles and Ovulation. Critical Reviews of Eukaryotic Gene Expression 20(3):213-33.
Women’s menstrual cycles and bone remodeling are linked in part by their co-dependency on the stress- and resource-associated variables that govern both of their cyclical natures. Therefore, it is not surprising that evolution has resulted in the same signaling molecules and pathways that regulate normal ovarian function to be involved in bone remodeling and turnover. […]
Seifert-Klauss V and Prior J.C (2010) Progesterone and Bone – Actions Promoting Bone Health in Women. Journal of Osteoporosis Oct 31;2010:845180.
Estradiol ( E 2 ) and progesterone ( P 4 ) collaborate within bone remodelling on resorption ( E 2 ) and formation ( P 4 ). We integrate evidence that P 4 may prevent and, with antiresorptives, treat women’s osteoporosis. P 4 stimulates osteoblast differentiation in vitro. Menarche ( E 2 ) and onset […]
Poon, C. & Saewyc, E. (2009) ‘Out’ yonder: Sexual minority youth in rural and small town areas of British Columbia. American Journal of Public Health, 99 (1), 118-124.
We compared sexual-minority adolescents living in rural communities with their peers in urban areas in British Columbia, exploring differences in emotional health, victimization experiences, sexual behaviors, and substance use. We analyzed a population-based sample of self-identified lesbian, gay, or bisexual respondents from the British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey of 2003 (weighted n = 6905). We […]
Saewyc, E., Homma, Y., Skay, C., Bearinger, L., Resnick, M., & Reis, E. (2009). Protective factors in the lives of bisexual adolescents in North America. American Journal of Public Health, 99 (1), 110-117.
We compared protective factors among bisexual adolescents with those of heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, and gay or lesbian adolescents. We analyzed 6 school-based surveys in Minnesota and British Columbia. Sexual orientation was measured by gender of sexual partners, attraction, or self-labeling. Protective factors included family connectedness, school connectedness, and religious involvement. General linear models, conducted separately […]
Chutuape, K., Ziff M., Auerswald, C., Castillo M., McFadden, A., & Ellen, J. (2009). Examining differences in types and location of recruitment venues for young males and females from urban neighborhoods: Findings from a multi-site HIV prevention study. Journal of Urban Health, 86 (1), 31-42.
Finding and accessing members of youth subpopulations, such as young men who have sex with men (YMSM) of color or young females of color, for behavioral or disease surveillance or study recruitment, pose particular challenges. Venue-based sampling strategies—which hinge on where individuals congregate or “hang out” rather than where they live—appear to be effective alternatives. […]
Edinburgh, L., & Saewyc, E. (2009). A novel, intensive home visiting intervention for runaway sexually exploited girls. Journal of Pediatric Specialists in Nursing, 14 (1) 41-48.
Few studies have examined interventions that help adolescents who run away. This study both describes a home-visiting intervention program for young, sexually assaulted runaways (10–14 years old) and provides preliminary outcomes from the first 20 female participants. Using a strengths-based approach, advanced practice nurses provided frequent home and school visits and case management, and assisted […]
Hirakata, P. (2009). Narratives of dissociation: Insight into the treatment of dissociation in individuals who have been sexually abused as children. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 10 (3), 297-314.
This article provides an in-depth understanding of the treatment of dissociation from the perspective of 7 individuals who have a history of childhood sexual abuse and engage in moderate to high levels of dissociative behavior. Levels of dissociation were screened using the Dissociative Experiences Scale (E. Bernstein- Carlson & F. Putnam, 1993), and individual interviews […]
Chong V, Um K, Hahn M, Pheng D, Yee C, Auerswald C. (2009) Toward an intersectional understanding of violence and resilience: An exploratory study of young Southeast Asian men in Alameda and Contra Costa County, California. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14 (6), 461-469.
There is a nascent, but growing, literature on Southeast Asian youth violence that focuses on the role of acculturation, portraying violence as a problem of maladaptation. However, scholars overlook the ways in which violence holds meaning for the youth who experience it and how violence may be related to racial and gender identity formation. We […]
Devries K, Free C, Morison L, Saewyc E. (2009). Factors associated with sexual behaviour of Aboriginal youth: Implications for health promotion. American Journal of Public Health, 99, 855-862.
We examined factors associated with having ever had sex, having more than 1 lifetime sexual partner, and condom nonuse at last incident of sexual intercourse among Canadian Aboriginal young people. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the 2003 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey of young people in grades 7 through […]
Devries K, Free C, Morison L, Saewyc E. (2009). Factors associated with pregnancy and STI among Aboriginal students in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100(3), 226-230.
Aboriginal adolescents are more likely to become pregnant and contract an STI than other Canadian adolescents. This study provides some of the first data on factors associated with these outcomes among Aboriginal adolescents. A secondary analysis was conducted using 2003 data from a large cross-sectional survey of British Columbia secondary school students. 445 young women […]
Buxton JA, Rothon D, Durigon M, Lem M, Remple VP, Cook D, Krajden M. (2009). Hepatitis C and HIV prevalence using oral mucosal transudate, and reported drug use and sexual behaviours of youth in custody in BC. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100(2):121-24
Youth in custody have high-risk drug use and sexual behaviours. HIV prevalence in this population was assessed in British Columbia (BC) in 1994 but hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence has never been measured. We sought to determine: 1) the performance of the OraSure®, a non-invasive device for oral mucosal transudate (OMT) specimen collection, to detect […]
Poon C, Saewyc E, Homma Y, Clark T. (2009). Reducing problem substance use in Asian sexual minority and heterosexual youth. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 2, page S6.
Purpose: Youth who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) are at greater risk of being stigmatized compared to heterosexual peers, and are also more likely to report substance use. This study examined the relationship between stigma and problem substance use for Asian LGB and heterosexual youth, generating probability profiles to investigate the role that […]
Edinburgh L, Homma Y, Saewyc E, Wirkkala S, & Mickschl L. (2009). Restoring family support, self-esteem and reducing distress among sexually abused young runaways. [abstract] Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 2, page S22.
Purpose: This study compared sexually-abused runaway girls participating in the Runaway Intervention Program (RIP girls), to girls in the general Minnesota Student Survey (MSS girls) on their family relationships and psychological well-being. Method: Longitudinal data from 58 RIP girls, who received individualized visits by a pediatric nurse practitioner and access to empowerment groups, and cross-sectional […]
Saewyc, E., Brown, D., Plane, M., Mundt, M., Zakletskaia, L., Wiegel, J., Fleming, M. (2009). Gender differences in violence exposure among university students attending campus health clinics in the United States and Canada. Journal of Adolescent Health. 45(6), 587-594.
This study aimed to explore gender differences in prevalence, types, perpetrators, and correlates of recent violence experiences among university students at campus clinics at five universities in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest U.S. and Canada. It featured a systematic survey of students presenting for routine primary care visits (N = 2,091), pencil-and-paper screen for recent […]
Stockwell T, Buxton J, Duff C, Marsh D, MacDonald S, SAEWYC E, Richard K, Hanson R, Cohen I, Corrado R, Chow C, Ivsins A, Michelow W, Nicholson D, Pakula B, Puri A, Rehm J, Sturge J, Tu A, & Zhao J. (2009). The BC Alcohol and Other Drug Monitoring System: Overview and early progress. Contemporary Drug Problems, 36, 459-484.
This pilot project is a province-wide and nationally-supported collaboration intended to add value to existing monitoring and surveillance exercises that currently exist and are being developed in Canada. The fundamental aim is to create a system that generates a timely flow of data on hazardous patterns of substance use and related harms so as to […]
Saewyc, E. (2009). “The health of gay adolescents in BC.”
Invited presentation for the BC Gay Men’s Health Summit, held Nov. 9-10 in Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “LGBTQ youth health research in BC (and beyond): Population-based explorations of health disparities, stigma, and resilience”.
Invited presentation for the Sexualite, Vulnerabilite, et Resilience Annual meeting, held Nov. 20-22 in Montreal.
Edinburgh L, Homma Y, Saewyc E, Wirkkala S, & Mickschl L. (2009). Restoring family support, self esteem and reducing distress among sexually abused young runaways.
Poster presented at the 41st Annual Society for Adolescent Medicine meeting, held in Los Angeles, USA, March 24-28.
Bingham B, Saewyc E, Brunanski D, Smith A, & the McCreary Centre Society. (2009). Aboriginal marginalized and street-involved youth in B.C.: Education and health.
Poster presentation at the 5th International Conference on Indigenous Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 27-29.
Poon C, Saewyc E, Homma Y, Clark T. (2009). Reducing problem substance use in Asian sexual minority and heterosexual youth.
Plenary paper presented at the 41st Annual Society for Adolescent Medicine meeting, held in Los Angeles, USA, March 24-28.
Edinburgh L, Garcia C, Saewyc E. (2009). “It’s called ‘Going Out to Play’: Hmong Girls’ Perspectives on Running Away.”
Plenary paper presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Conference, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April.
Saewyc, EM, Kim KJ, Anderson J, Smith A. (2009). The context and challenges of employment among street-involved youth in Western Canada.
In The Strategy for Youth Competence Development to Cope with Global Trends, proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Symposium of the National Youth Policy Institute, Seoul, South Korea; 25 June 2009.
Van Borek N, Chambers C, Angus N, Taylor D, Saewyc E, Buxton J. (2009). Service providers’ perspectives on preventing the transition into injection drug use among street-involved youth: successes, barriers, and opportunities.
8th International Conference on Urban Health. October 19-23 Nairobi, Kenya.
Edinburgh L, Saewyc E. (2009). Improving sexual health outcomes for sexually exploited runaway girls in the U.S.A.
Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on Adolescent Health, held October 28-30, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Saewyc E, Chen W, Martin S. (2009). Young people’s solutions to enacted stigma, sexual risk, & substance use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual students in Canada.
Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on Adolescent Health, held October 28-30, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Saewyc E, Homma Y, Poon C. (2009). Reducing the likelihood of sexual initiation among Asian sexual minority teens in Canada.
Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on Adolescent Health, held October 28-30, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Edinburgh, L., Garcia C., Saewyc, E. (2009). Exploring cultural issues among young Hmong girls who run away and return home.
Paper presented at the 137th Annual American Public Health Association meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 7-11.
Chambers C, Van Borek N, Angus N, Taylor D, Saewyc, E, Buxton J. (2009). Service providers’ perspectives: risk and resiliency factors for injection drug use among street-involved youth.
Issues of Substance: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse National Conference, Halifax, November 15-18.
Chambers C, Van Borek N, Taylor D, Saewyc, E, Buxton J. (2009). Preventing the transition of at-risk youth into injection drug use.
Paper presented at the Public Health Association of BC Annual Meeting, Nov. 23-24, in Vancouver
Stewart D, Vallance K, Stockwell T, Reimber B, Smith A, Reist D, & Saewyc E. (2009). Adolescent Substance Use and Related Harms in BC (CARBC and McCreary Centre Society Statistical Bulletin). Victoria, British Columbia: University of Victoria.
This 8 page bulletin using data from the 2008 Adolescent Health Survey shows that the rates of students using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco have declined over the past decade. The report is a joint publication of McCreary Centre Society and the Centre of Addictions Research of BC. Find the fact sheet here.
Smith, A., Stewart D., Peled, M., Poon, C. Saewyc, E. & the McCreary Centre Society (2009). A Picture of Health: Highlights of the 2008 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
This report provides the results of the fourth Adolescent Health Survey conducted in 1,760 classrooms across 50 of BC’s 59 school districts. The 2008 AHS is the largest survey of its kind in Canada and provides the most comprehensive picture of the physical and emotional health of BC youth, including risk and protective factors. The […]
Sexual Minority Assessment Research Team [E. Almazan, G. Ayala, M.V.L. Badgett, L. Bye, C. Carpenter, D. Chae, S. Cochran, K. Conron, R. Diaz, G.J. Gates, M. Klawitter, S. Landers, E. Saewyc, R. Sell]. (2009). Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys. The Williams Institute, University of California at Los Angeles.
In 2003 the Ford Foundation began funding a multi-year project that sought to increase the quantity and quality of data on gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, and, by extension, on heterosexual people. Over a five-year period, many researchers participated in the expert panel funded by the grant, thus contributing to the knowledge embodied in this […]
Saewyc, E. (2009). Alcohol and other drug use among BC students: Myths and realities. Visions, BC’s Mental Health and Addictions Journal, 5(2), 8-9.
Alcohol and other drug use by young people is a frequent concern among adults. Most people know someone who has suffered problems from misuse of alcohol or other drugs. They worry that any use during the teen years will lead to addiction. There is a widespread perception that drugs are easier to get now than […]
Saewyc, EM. (2009). Sexual abuse: Medical and psychological perspectives. In R.A. Shweder, T.R. Bidell, A.C. Dailey, S.D. Dixon, P.J. Miller, & J. Modell (eds.), The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp 882-884.
The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion offers both parents and professionals access to the best scholarship from all areas of child studies in a remarkable one-volume reference. Bringing together contemporary research on children and childhood from pediatrics, child psychology, childhood studies, education, sociology, history, law, anthropology, and other related areas, The Child contains more than 500 […]
Phillips, J.C., & Saewyc, E.M. (2009). Chapter 11: HIV disease and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. In J. Durham & F.R. Lashley (eds.), The Person with HIV/AIDS: Nursing Perspectives, (4th ed.), New York, NY: Springer Publishing. ISBN13# 9780826121370. Pp 365-404.
HIV/AIDS is no longer a certain death sentence. Patients fighting the chronic symptoms of HIV/AIDS are now living longer, fuller lives due to recent scientific and pharmaceutical breakthroughs. As a result, the new generation of caregivers must keep pace with cutting-edge, evidence-based practices to better serve patients who may live with HIV/AIDS for several decades. […]
Certain H, Harahan B, Saewyc E, Fleming M. (2009). Condom use in heavy drinking college students: The importance of always using condoms. Journal of American College Health, 58(3), 187-194.
Objective: The authors examined whether alcohol use decreased condom use Participants: The subjects were heavy-drinking students on 5 different college campuses. Methods: A face-to-face interview, administered between November of 2004 and February of 2007, gathered information about condom use, alcohol use, and other behaviors. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess predictors of condom use. […]
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Sexual exploitation of youth in BC.”
For the Vancouver Coastal Health Community Action Team (Sunshine Coast), held 6 February 2009 in Roberts Creek.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Is stigma hazardous to your health? The Stigma & Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Consortium.”
UBC Celebrate Research Week symposium, sponsored by SARAVYC, held March 9, 2009, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Stigma on the streets: LGB street-involved and marginalized youth.”
UBC Celebrate Research Week symposium, sponsored by SARAVYC, held March 9, 2009, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Not yet equal: The health of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth in BC.”
UBC Celebrate Research Week symposium on sexual minority youth health, sponsored by NEXUS, held March 10, 2009, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “What about the guys? Young men’s invisibility in sexual and reproductive health research.”
UBC Celebrate Research Week symposium on Men’s health, sponsored by NEXUS, held March 13, 2009, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Monitoring the Health of BC Youth in School: Highlights from the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey.”
Invited presentation to the Provincial Steering Committee of ChildHealth BC, presented 17 April, 2009 in Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Violence among youth in BC: Data from the BC Adolescent Health Survey.”
Presented at the Kwantlen-BC Children’s Hospital forum, Youth to Youth Violence: Working to Care for Youth and Families, October 3, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “The Ramsey County Runaway Intervention Project: Reconnecting, reducing risk, restoring health.”
Invited presentation to the Ramsey County Commissioners, 20 January 2009, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Garcia C, Edinburgh L, Saewyc E. (2009). “It’s called ‘Going Out to Play’: Hmong Girls’ Perspectives on Running Away”.
Invited Workshop presented at the Minnesota Association of Children’s Mental Health conference, to be held April 27, 2009 in Duluth, Minnesota.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Employment among street-involved youth in British Columbia: What they do, what they need, and programs to help.”
Invited paper presented at the international symposium, The Strategy for Youth Competence Development to Cope with Global Trends, as part of the 20th anniversary of the National Youth Policy Institute of South Korea, held June 24-25 in Seoul.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “Epidemiology of health disparities among LGBT youth.”
Opening keynote, at the LGBT Youth Health Summit, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, July 9-11, Pittsburgh, USA.
Saewyc, E. (2009). “What drives health disparities for LGBTQ adolescents? “Causes,” contributors, and protective factors from a public health perspective.”
Afternoon lecture at the LGBT Youth Health Summit, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, July 9-11, Pittsburgh, USA.
Saewyc EM, MacKay L, Drozda C, Anderson J. (2009). “Sexually exploited young men’s use of health and social services: What’s missing?”
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association, Winnipeg, June 8, 2009.
Saewyc EM, Poon C, Homma Y. (2009). “Reducing the likelihood of problem substance use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual European-heritage teens.”
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association, Winnipeg, June 8, 2009.
Baxter, S; Prior J.C. (2009). The Estrogen Errors-Why Progesterone is Better for Women’s Health. Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group/ ABC-Clio. Conn, USA.
ISBN-10: 0313353980 ISBN-13: 978-0313353987
Berger, C., Langsetmo, L., Joseph, L., Hanley, D.A., Davison, S.K., Josse, R.G., Prior, J.C., Krieger, N., Tenenhouse, A., Goltzman, D., and the CaMos Research Group (2009). Association between change in BMD and fragility fracture in women and men. Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 24(2): 361-371.
Our objective was to estimate the relationship between longitudinal change in BMD and fragility fractures. We studied 3635 women and 1417 men 50–85 yr of age in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study who had at least two BMD measurements (lumbar spine, femoral neck, total hip, and trochanter) within the first 5 yr of the study […]
Papaioannou A, Kennedy C.C., Ioanidis G., Sawka A., Hopman W.M., Pickard L., Brown J.P., Josse R.G., KaiserS., Anastassiades T., Goltzman., D Papadimirtopoulous M., Tenenhouse A., Prior J.C., Olszynski W.P., Adachi J.D., for the CaMos Research Group (2009). The impact of incident fractures on health-related quality of life: 5 years of data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. Osteoporosis International, 20:703-714.
Using prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), we compared health utilities index (HUI) scores after 5 years of follow-up among participants (50 years and older) with and without incident clinical fractures. Incident fractures had a negative impact on HUI scores over time. This study examined change in health-related quality of life (HRQL) […]
Jamal S.A, Goltzman D, Hanley D.A., Papaioannou D., Prior J.C., Josse R.G. (2009). Nitrate use and changes in bone mineral density: the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. Osteoporosis International, 20, (5): 737-741.
Nitrates may have beneficial effects on bone. To determine if nitrates were associated with increased bone mineral density (BMD), we conducted a secondary analysis using data from subjects in a prospective study. Subjects reporting nitrate use had increased BMD compared with non-users, confirming that nitrates have positive BMD effects in women and men. Prior studies […]
Langsetmo L.A, Morin, S., Richards, J.B., Davison, K.S., Olszynski W.P, Prior, J.C., Josse, R., Goltzman, D., & CaMos Research Group (2009). Effectiveness of antiresorptives for the prevention of non-vertebral low-trauma fractures in a population-based cohort of women. Osteoporosis International, 20:283–290.
Observational studies are needed to quantify real-life effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy in the prevention of clinical fractures. Antiresorptive therapies were associated with an overall 32% reduction in low-trauma nonvertebral fracture risk among women 50 and older. Effectiveness may be lower among older women and those without risk factors. Randomized controlled trials have shown that antiresorptive […]
Chen P., Krege J.H., Adachi J.D., Prior J.C., Tenenhouse A., Brown J.P., Papadimitropoulos M., Kreiger N., Olszynski W.P., Josse R.G., Goltzman D. (2009). Vertebral Fracture Status and the World Health Organization (WHO) Risk Factors for Predicting Osteoporotic Fracture Risk. Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 24(3): 495-502.
Vertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fracture, and patients with prevalent vertebral fractures have a greater risk of future fractures. However, radiographically determined vertebral fractures are not identified as a distinct risk factor in the World Health Organization (WHO) fracture risk assessment tool. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare potential […]
Harvey A.T., Hitchcock C.L., Prior J.C. (2009). Ovulation disturbances and mood across the menstrual cycles of healthy women. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 30(4), 207-214.
We examined the cyclicity of negative mood relative to ovulation and ovulation disturbances in Menstrual Cycle Diary© data collected daily during a 1-year study of ovulation, exercise, and bone change. A validated quantitative basal temperature-based methodology was used to determine the onset of the luteal phase. ‘Feeling depressed’, ‘feeling anxious’, and ‘feeling angry/frustrated’ were scored […]
Ioannidis G., Papaioannou A., Hopman W.M., Akhatar-Danesh N., Anastassiades T., Pickard L., Kennedy C.C., Prior J.C., Olszynski W.P., Davison K.S., Goltzman D., Thabane L., Gafni A., Papadimitriopoulos E.A., Brown J.P., Josse R.G., Hanley D.A., Adachi J.D. (2009) Relationship between fractures and mortality: results from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 181: 265-271.
Fractures have largely been assessed by their impact on quality of life or health care costs. We conducted this study to evaluate the relation between fractures and mortality. A total of 7753 randomly selected people (2187 men and 5566 women) aged 50 years and older from across Canada participated in a 5-year observational cohort study. […]
Bedford J.L., Prior J.C., Hitchcock C.L., & Barr S.I. (2009). Detecting evidence of luteal activity by least squares quantitative basal temperature analysis against urinary progesterone metabolites and the effect of wake-time variability. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 146:76-80.
Objective: To assess computerised least-squares analysis of quantitative basal temperature (LS-BT) against urinary pregnanediol glucuronide (PdG) as an indirect measure of ovulation, and to evaluate the stability of LS-QBT to wake-time variation. Study design: Cross-sectional study of 40 healthy, normal-weight, regularly menstruating women aged 19–34. Participants recorded basal temperature and collected first void urine daily […]
Langsetmo L., Goltzman D., Kovacs C.S., Adachi J.D., Hanley D.A., Kreiger N., Josse R., Papaionnou A., Olszynski W.P., Jamal SA, CaMOS Research Group (2009). Repeat low-trauma fractures occur frequently among men and women who have osteopenic BMD. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, (9):1515-22.
Fracture risk assessment based solely on BMD has limitations. Additional risk factors include the presence of a previous low-trauma fracture. We sought to quantify the fracture burden attributable to first versus repeat fracture. We studied 2179 men and 5269 women, 50–90 yr of age, participating in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). We included all […]
Jamal S.A., Swan V.J., Brown J.P., Hanley D.A., Prior J.C., Papaioannou A., Langsetmo L., Josse R.G., Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group. (2009) Kidney Function and Rate of Bone Loss at the Hip and Spine: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. American Journal of Kidney Function, 55(2):291-299.
Background: The relationship between kidney function and bone loss is unclear. Study Design: A prospective observational study. Setting & Participants: 191 men and 444 women aged ≥50 years participating in a population-based observational study designed to determine risk factors for bone loss and fractures. Predictors: The primary predictor of change in bone mineral density (BMD) […]
Hopman WM, Berger C, Joseph L, Towheed T, Prior JC, Anastassiades T, Poliquin S, Zhou W, Adachi JD, Hanley DA, Papadimitropoulos EA, Tenenhouse A, CaMos Research Group (2009). Health-related quality of life in Canadian adolescents and young adults: Normative data using the SF-3. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100:449-52.
Normative data for the SF-36 measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) exist for those over 25 years of age, based on data from the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). CaMos recently recruited a sample of young Canadians aged between 16 and 24 years. The purpose of this study was to develop normative SF-36 […]
Saewyc, E., MacKay L., Anderson, J, and Drozda, C. (2008). It’s not what you think: Sexually exploited youth in British Columbia. Vancouver: University of British Columbia School of Nursing.
The images of sexual exploitation of youth in Canada are pervasive and stereotyped, most commonly depicting an older teen girl in a short skirt and high heels standing on a street corner. The stereotypes of sexually exploited youth are wrong. The research in this report shatters some of the myths about sexual exploitation among youth […]
Saewyc E, Bingham B, Brunanski D, Smith A, Hunt S, Northcott M, & the McCreary Centre Society. (2008). Moving Upstream: Aboriginal Marginalized and Street-Involved Youth in B.C. Vancouver, B.C.: McCreary Centre Society.
In 2000 the McCreary Centre Society conducted a health survey of marginalized and street-involved youth in six communities across British Columbia. The study was repeated in nine communities in 2006 and was completed by 762 youth, 410 of whom identified as Aboriginal (54%). In the communities that participated in both surveys there was a rise […]
Saewyc, E., Poon, C., Homma, Y,. & Skay, C. (2008). Stigma management? The links between enacted stigma and teen pregnancy trends among gay, lesbian, and bisexual students in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 17(3) 123-139.
Over the past decade, several large-scale school-based studies of adolescents in Canada and the U.S. have documented health disparities for lesbian, gay and bisexual teens compared to their heterosexual peers, such as higher rates of suicide attempts, homelessness, and substance use. Many of these disparities have been linked to “enacted stigma,” or the higher rates […]
Edinburgh, L., Saewyc, E., & Levitt, C. (2008). Caring for young sexual abuse victims in a hospital-based children’s advocacy center. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32, 1119-1126.
This study compared health care assessments, referrals, treatment, and outcomes for young adolescent sexual assault/sexual abuse victims seen at a hospital-based Child Advocacy Center (CAC), to that provided to similar victims evaluated by other community providers. A second purpose was to document how common DNA evidence is found among such cases. A retrospective matched case-comparison […]
Saewyc, E., Taylor, D., Homma, Y., & Oglivie, G. (2008). Trends in sexual health and risk behaviours among adolescent students in British Columbia. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 17(1-2), 1-13.
Regular monitoring of trends in sexual health and sexual behaviours among adolescents provides strong evidence to guide intervention programs and health policies. Using the province-wide, school-based British Columbia (BC) Adolescent Health Surveys of 1992, 1998, and 2003, this study documented the trends in sexual health and risk behaviours among adolescents in grades 7 to 12 […]
Saewyc, EM, Poon C, Skay C, Homma Y. (2008). The role of protective factors in reducing the odds of teen pregnancy involvement among bisexual adolescents in Canada and the U.S., [abstract], International Journal of Psychology, Volume 43, Issue 3-4, page 555.
Population surveys of youth in school have consistently found higher rates of teen pregnancy among bisexual vs. heterosexual adolescents, but few studies have examined predictors of teen pregnancy for sexual minority youth. This study examined whether protective factors similarly reduced the odds of pregnancy involvement for sexually active bisexual and heterosexual male and female students […]
Saewyc E, Tonkin R. (2008). Surveying adolescents: Focusing on positive development. Paediatrics & Child Health, 13(1), 43-47.
Although risk behaviours can threaten healthy youth development, reducing risks alone is not sufficient to help youth successfully negotiate adolescence. Promoting protective factors that buffer risk, such as family and school connectedness, community engagement and positive peer support, are also important for helping youth to thrive. Since 1992, the Adolescent Health Surveys conducted by McCreary […]
Parkes S, Saewyc EM, MacKay LJ, Cox D. (2008). The relationship between body image, dieting behaviors, and stimulant use among adolescents in British Columbia. Journal of Adolescent health, 43(6), 616-618.
This study investigated the relationship between body image, dieting, disordered eating behaviors, and stimulant use in a sample of more than 30,000 British Columbian students. For both males and females, significant associations were found between stimulant use and body satisfaction, binging and purging, and efforts to lose weight. Find article here.
Chen W., Bottorff J, Johnson J, Saewyc E, Zumbo B. (2008). Susceptibility to smoking among White and Chinese non-smoking adolescents in Canada. Public Health Nursing, 25 (1), 18-27.
This study aimed to document the prevalence of susceptibility to smoking among a sample of White/Caucasian and Chinese Canadian adolescent nonsmokers, and to explore the factors that might explain who is susceptible to smoking. This study used a secondary analysis of data from students participating in the British Columbia Youth Survey on Smoking and Health […]
Saewyc EM, Solsvig W, Edinburgh L. (2008). The Hmong Youth Task Force: Evaluation of a coalition to address the sexual exploitation of young runaways. Public Health Nursing, 25(1), 69-76
The Minnesota Wheel of Public Health Nursing Interventions identifies coalition building and community organizing as effective strategies for addressing population health issues. One program that exemplifies these strategies is the Hmong Youth Task Force, a coalition formed to address a growing issue of young Hmong girls in a Midwest state running away from home, being […]
Saewyc, E. (2008, April 3). Building resilience among vulnerable youth.
Workshop presented at the Canadian Association for Adolescent Health, Montreal, Quebec.
Saewyc, E. (2008, June 5). Community needs identified by sexually exploited youth in British Columbia.
Invited presentation at the Federal Committee Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, chaired by Senator Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, Ottawa, Ontario.
Saewyc, E & Anderson, J. (2008, Sept. 11). It’s not what you think: Sexually exploited youth in British Columbia.
Invited presentation at BC Persons’ with AIDS Society, Vancouver, BC.
Albert, M., Saewyc, E., and MacKay, L. (2008, March). Changes in substance use patterns for street-involved youth cohorts in British Columbia.
Poster presented at the 40th Annual Society for Adolescent Medicine Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Poon, C & Saewyc, E. (2008, June). Mind the gap: Rural-urban health disparities among sexual minority youth in BC.
Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Saewyc, E., MacKay, L., Alexander, J., & Drozda, C. (2008, April). You can’t ask that: Doing population research about sexually-exploited youth without stigmatizing.
Workshop given at the Knowledge without Harm: Strategies for Ethical Research with Youth Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Saewyc, E. (2008, April 3). Sexually Exploited Youth.
Paper presented at Plenary for Canadian Association for Adolescent Health, Montreal, Quebec.
Auerswald, C. (2008, April 26). Learning from vulnerable youth: youth as theorists.
Closing keynote presented at Knowledge without Harm: Ethical Strategies for Research with Youth. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Knight, RE, Shoveller, JA, Chabot C. (2008, May). Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth sexual health in rural and Northern British Columbia.
Paper presented at British Columbia Rural and Remote Health Research Network Conference, Prince George, BC.
Saewyc E, MacKay, L, Henderson A, Peled M & Northcott M. (2008, June 3). Which comes first: Sexual exploitation or other risk exposures among street-involved youth?
Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association annual meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Saewyc EM, Poon C, Skay C, & Homma Y. (2008, July). The role of protective factors in reducing the odds of teen pregnancy involvement among bisexual adolescents in Canada and the U.S.
Paper presented at symposium, “Protective factors and supportive environments for lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents,” International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Brunanski D, Bingham, B, Smith, A & Saewyc, E. (2008, July). Mental health issues among Aboriginal street-involved youth in Western Canada.
Paper presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Brunanski, D., Bingham, B, Smith, A, & Saewyc E. (2008, July). Situating mental health issues in a cultural context: Aboriginal street-involved youth in Western Canada.
Paper presented at the International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Crossing Borders: (Cross-) Cultural Psychology as an Interdisciplinary Multi-Methods Endeavor, Bremen, Germany.
Saewyc, E. & Drozda, C. (2008, Sept. 17). Its Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia.
Invited presentation at Vancouver Community Action Team against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, Vancouver, BC
Smith, A., Peled, M., Albert, M., MacKay, L., Stewart, D, Saewyc, E., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2008). Making the Grade: A Review of Alternate Education Programs in British Columbia. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
A review of alternative education programs in BC, involving three hundred thirty-nine youth attending 34 alternative education programs for “at-risk” and “high risk” youth across the province, and 62 adult stakeholders. The review documents the positive impact of these programs for at-risk youth. ISBN #: 978-1-895438-86-1 Find the report here.
Saewyc E, & Duncan S. (November 2008). Evidence for healthy child and youth development interventions for core public health functions. Report for the BC Ministry of Healthy Living & Sport, Core Functions in Public Health.
For children and youth in British Columbia, the school years are important periods of physical, cognitive, social, and moral development. Choices made during this time influence health and behaviours throughout their lives, but these choices are influenced by social environments and broader determinants of health. There is a large body of research focused on effective […]
Albert M, Saewyc E, Smith A, MacKay L. (2008). Changes in substance use patterns for street-involved youth cohorts in British Columbia [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 42, Issue 2 Supplement, page S49.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether substance use patterns among younger street-involved youth have changed in 5 cities across British Columbia between 2000 and 2006. Methods: This study involved data from two surveys of street-involved youth in 2000 and 2006. Both surveys were conducted using nearly identical community-based participatory methods in […]
Homma Y, & Saewyc E. (2008). Acculturation and sexual behavior among East Asian adolescents in British Columbia, Canada. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 42, Issue 2 Supplement, page S45.
Purpose: Culture is believed to shape people’s values and beliefs, which influence their behavior; thus, acculturation may help to explain health behavior among ethnic-minority youth. To develop culturally-relevant sexual health education programs, we need to assess how culture influences adolescent sexual behavior. The purpose was to examine associations between levels of acculturation and prevalence of […]
Clarke M, Lin L, Saewyc E, Whitehouse S. (2008). Alcohol-related visits in youth: Pediatric emergency department utilization [abstract]. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 3, page 106.
Introduction: The incidence of binge drinking is increasing in Canadian youth. Its impact on emergency department resource utilization is unknown. This study characterizes the demographics, clinical features and management of youth who present to the pediatric emergency department (PED) with alcohol ingestion. Methods: A retrospective study in an academic, urban, tertiary care PED with an […]
Brunanski D, Bingham B, Smith A, & Saewyc E. (2008). Mental health issues among Aboriginal street-involved youth in Western Canada. [abstract] International Journal of Psychology, Volume 43, Issue 3-4, 230.
This study explored health issues of younger Aboriginal street-involved youth (< 19 years) from nine communities of a Western Canadian province. A participatory research population-based survey (N = 762) found disproportionate Aboriginal representation (54%) vs. census data (~9%). Despite high levels of risk exposures, Aboriginal youth reported connectedness to family and school, and hope for […]
Bingham, B., Saewyc,E., Brunanski, D., Smith, A., Hunt, S., & Simon, S. (2008). “Moving Upstream: Aboriginal marginalized and street-involved youth in British Columbia.”
Presented at the Annual General Meeting of the BC Child and Youth Health Research Network, Vernon, BC, November 25, 2008.
Saewyc, E. (2008). “Stigma management? The links between enacted stigma and teen pregnancy trends among gay, lesbian and bisexual students in British Columbia.”
Invited paper presented at An Interdisciplinary Dialogue towards an Empowering Sexual and Reproductive Health Education for Canadian Adolescents, University of Ottawa, Mar. 14-15, 2008, Ottawa.
Saewyc, E. (2008). “Stigma on the streets: LGBTQ street-involved and marginalized youth in BC.”
Invited speaker for Raising the Roof national conference on homeless youth, Toronto, November 19-21.
Saewyc, E. (2008). “What about the guys? Young men’s invisibility in sexual risk and sexual health research.”
Invited speaker for an annual seminar series by the Centre for Urban Health Initiative, York University, Toronto, on November 20, 2008.
Saewyc, E. (2008). “Gaining unlikely allies: Making the case for sexual violence prevention and treatment within other agendas.”
Invited workshop, for the North Dakota Conference on Injury Prevention & Control, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, Oct. 28-30, 2008.
Homma Y, & Saewyc E. (2008). “Acculturation and sexual behavior among East Asian adolescents in British Columbia, Canada.”
Poster presented at the 40th annual Society for Adolescent Medicine conference, held in Greensboro, North Carolina, March 25-28.
MacKay L, Cox D, Saewyc E, Slaney K, & Poole G. (2008). “Psychosocial strengths related to positive adolescent health and development.”
Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, held in Boston August 13-16.
Devries K, Free C, Morison L, Saewyc E. (2008). “Sexual health promotion for Canadian indigenous youth: a mixed-methods study.”
Poster presented at the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2008.
Carpiano R., Brown D., Kelly B., Saewyc E. (2008). “Push and pull factors: Evidence for distinct sub-populations of street-involved youth in British Columbia.”
Oral presentation at the 7th International Conference on Urban Health, Vancouver, October 29-31.
Saewyc, E. (2008, Oct 30). “Preventing sexual violence is good public health practice.”
Keynote, for the Intentional and Unintentional Injury Prevention Conference, sponsored by the North Dakota Health Department and the North Dakota Domestic Violence Coalition/Sexual Assault Task Force, in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
Berger, C., Langsetmo, L., Joseph, L., Hanley, D.A., Davison, K.S., Josse, R., Krieger, N., Tenenhouse, A., Goltzman, D., & CaMos Research Group. (2008). Change in bone mineral density as a function of age in women and men and association with the use of antiresorptive agents. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 178(13): 1660-8.
Measurement of bone mineral density is the most common method of diagnosing and assessing osteoporosis. We sought to estimate the average rate of change in bone mineral density as a function of age among Canadians aged 25–85, stratified by sex and use of antiresorptive agents. We examined a longitudinal cohort of 9423 participants. We measured […]
Papaioannou, A., Kennedy, C.C., Ioannidis, G., Gao, Y., Sawka, A.M., Goltzman, D., Tenenhouse, A., Pickard, L., Olszynski, W.P., Davison, K.S., Kaiser, S., Josse, R.G., Kreiger, N., Hanley, D.A., Prior, J.C., Brown, J.P., Anastassiades, T., Adachi, J.D., & CaMos Research Group. (2008). The osteoporosis care gap in men with fragility fractures: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. Osteoporosis International, 19(4): 581-587.
We examined osteoporosis diagnosis/treatment in 2,187 community dwelling men age 50+. After five years in the study, 90% of men with fragility fractures remained undiagnosed and untreated for osteoporosis. The need to treat fragility fractures is well established in guidelines, and these numbers represent an important care gap. Whether physicians in the community are recognizing […]
Langsetmo, L., Hanley, D.A., Kreiger, N., Jamal, S.A., Prior, J.C., Adachi, J.D., Davison, K.S., Kovacs, C., Anastassiades, T., Tenenhouse, A., Goltzman, D., & CaMos Research Group. (2008). Geographic variation of bone mineral density and selected risk factors for prediction of incident fracture among Canadians 50 and older. Bone, 43 (4): 672-678.
Background: Striking geographic variation in the incidence of osteoporotic fracture has been shown in national and international studies. The contributing risk factors for this variation are not fully understood. Objective: To determine the geographic variation of bone mineral density (BMD) values, prevalent low-trauma fracture, prior falls, and vertebral deformity and to determine how this variation […]
Harris A., Prior J.C., Koehoorn M. (2008). Age at menarche in the Canadian population: secular trends and relationship to adulthood BMI. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43:548–554.
Studies from around the world indicate a trend toward younger ages of menarche. The extent of this trend in the Canadian population is unknown, and the relationship to later-life health indicators has not yet been fully elucidated. The objective of this study is to estimate the trend in age at menarche (AAM) in the Canadian […]
Saewyc, E. (2007). Contested conclusions: Claims that can (and cannot) be made from the current research on gay, lesbian, and bisexual teen suicide attempts. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(1), 79-87.
As the press and communities interpret research reports, their conclusions may go far beyond a study’s evidence, especially if groups are trying to support politically-motivated claims about controversial causes and solutions to health problems. Few research designs can “prove” cause and effect, especially in population health research. However, some designs are better than others at […]
Saewyc, E. (2007, June 28). Sexual exploitation of Aboriginal youth in BC.
Invited presentation presented at the Federal Comittee Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, chaired by Senator Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, Ottawa, Ontario.
Saewyc, E. (2007, Nov.). Preventing sexual violence is good public health: The link between sexual health and other health issues of populations.
Closing keynote presented at Roots of Change: Preventing Sexual Violence Through Partnerships and Action, sponsored by the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, Eugene, Oregon.
Saewyc, E. (2007, Nov. 9). Gaining unlikely allies: Making the case for sexual violence prevention and treatment within other agendas.
Workshop presented at Roots of Change: Preventing Sexual Violence Through Partnerships and Action, sponsored by the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, Eugene, Oregon.
Smith A., Saewyc E., Albert M., MacKay L., Northcott M., & the McCreary Centre Society (2007). Against the Odds: A Profile of Marginalized and Street-Involved Youth in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
The lives of marginalized and street-involved youth are complex and filled with challenges, dangers and opportunities. This report summarizes the results of surveys with marginalized youth in the North, Interior, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and Vancouver. It also serves as a follow-up to McCreary’s 2000 health survey of marginalized and street-involved youth (street youth) in […]
Saewyc E., Poon C., Wang N., Homma Y., Smith A., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2007). Not Yet Equal: The Health of Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Youth in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.
Not Yet Equal: The Health of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth in BC takes a closer look at the health of LGB youth, their life experiences, and risk behaviours across all three Adolescent Health Surveys. This report reveals both hopeful and worrying trends, fewer than expected differences between rural and urban LGB youth, and ongoing […]
Saewyc E.M. (2007). Chapter 2. Substance abuse among non-mainstream youth. In Substance Abuse in Canada: Youth In Focus. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
While most adolescents do not have substance abuse problems, certain groups of youth are more likely than their peers to report heavy use, multi-drug use, social and economic problems due to use, and substance abuse or dependence disorders. Emerging research exploring the reasons for this higher risk suggests that some teens may be self-medicating to […]
Meininger E, Saewyc E, Skay C, Clark T, Poon C, Robinson E, Pettingell S, & Homma Y. (2007). Enacted stigma and HIV risk behaviors in sexual minority youth of European heritage across three countries. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 40, Issue 2 Supplement, page S27.
Purpose: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are stigmatized at home, at school, and in communities. They can be targeted for exclusion, discrimination, harassment, bullying, or physical assault (enacted stigma). LGB teens also have higher rates of HIV risk behaviors than heterosexual (HET) peers. Does experiencing enacted stigma help explain higher HIV risk? Methods: International […]
Saewyc EM, Edinburgh L, Richtman K. (2007). Outcomes of a runaway intervention project for sexually exploited young girls. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 40, Issue 2 Supplement, page S40.
Purpose: A growing number of sexually exploited young runaway Hmong girls in the Midwest prompted a multi-agency intervention designed to address mental health issues, reduce risky behaviors, promote reproductive health, and help re-connect these vulnerable girls to family and school. The purpose was to evaluate outcomes at 3 months vs. baseline for girls enrolled during […]
Homma Y, & Saewyc EM. (2007). The emotional well-being of Asian-American sexual minority youth in school. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(1), 67-78.
This study examined family and school correlates of emotional distress among Asian-American sexual minority youth in the Midwestern United States. Responses from 91 predominantly Hmong Asian-American youth who participated in a state-wide, school-based census survey and reported recent same-gender sexual activity were analyzed. Results showed that sexual minority youth who perceived lower levels of family […]
Garcia CM & Saewyc EM. (2007). Perceptions of mental health among recently-immigrated Mexican adolescents. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 37-54.
Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation are high among Latino adolescents in the U.S., many of whom are immigrants. Immigration during adolescence creates risk factors for mental health problems. The purpose of this study was to explore the health-related perceptions of Mexican-origin immigrant adolescents to inform the design of culturally and developmentally appropriate mental […]
Garcia CM, Duckett LJ, Saewyc EM, Bearinger LH. (2007). Perceptions of Health among Immigrant Latino Adolescents from Mexico. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25, 81-91.
Purpose: This ethnographic study describes the health-related perceptions of immigrant Latino adolescents from Mexico. Method: Fourteen adolescents, purposively recruited from two non-health-based community settings, participated. Each was interviewed twice and completed a visual narrative project using disposable cameras. Audiotaped transcripts and photographs were inductively analyzed. Findings: Being healthy is holistically perceived by these adolescents and […]
Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Hynds P, Pettingell S, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Reis E. (2007). Suicidal ideation and attempts among adolescents in North American school-based surveys: Are bisexual youth at increasing risk? Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(2), 25-36.
This study explored the prevalence, disparity, and cohort trends in suicidality among bisexual teens vs. heterosexual and gay/lesbian peers in 9 population-based high school surveys in Canada and the U.S. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to calculate age-adjusted odds ratios separately by gender; 95% confidence intervals tested cohort trends where surveys were repeated over multiple […]
Saewyc, E. (2007). “Risk-taking behaviours among BC adolescents: Myths, realities, and protective factors for promoting healthy youth.”
Presented at the BC Pediatric Society joint meeting with the BC Neonatology Society, October 12, 2007, Vancouver.
Saewyc, E. (2007). “Queer Teen Pregnancy?! A Paradox from Population-based Research.”
For Inside/OUT speaker series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, November 27, 2007.
Saewyc, E. (2007). “Stigma influences on the health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and yes, even Heterosexual youth in BC.”
Workshop presented at the Rethinking Risk conference, Vancouver, BC, April 27.
Saewyc, E. (2007). “Monitoring the health of LGB youth in British Columbia, Canada.”
Invited speaker. Presented at the semi-annual Sexual Minority Assessment Research Team Meeting, April 30-May 1, held in San Francisco, USA.
Saewyc E.M., Edinburgh L., Richtman, K. (2007). “Outcomes of a runaway intervention project for sexually exploited young girls.”
Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, March 28-31, Denver, USA.
Meininger E., Saewyc E., Skay C., Clark T., Poon C., Robinson E., Pettingell S., & Homma Y. (2007). “Enacted stigma and HIV risk behaviors in sexual minority youth of European heritage across three countries.”
Poster presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, March 28-31, Denver, USA.
