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Childhood Gender Diversity and Mental Health: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Gender Journey Project

Childhood Gender Diversity and Mental Health: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Gender Journey Project

These sites are US gender centers considered national leaders delivering similar models of multidisciplinary pediatric care and include the University of Southern California (USC) and the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA; MAH, formerly and JO-K), Northwestern University (NU) and the Gender & Sex Development Program at Ann & Robert H.

Marco A Hidalgo, Diane Chen, Amy C Tishelman, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Yee-Ming Chan, Robert Garofalo, Hanno Petras, Stephen M Rosenthal, Diane Ehrensaft

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e55558

Findings From the Step Up, Test Up Study of an Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting for HIV Testing: Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial

Findings From the Step Up, Test Up Study of an Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting for HIV Testing: Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial

The protocol was approved by the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board (review #2015-703) with a waiver of parental permission for participation of minors (aged 16-17 years). All enrolled participants were consented prior to the start of any research activities using an electronic consent form. The consent form indicated that the purpose of the study was to learn more about whether screening and brief intervention for substance use is effective in reducing that use.

Niranjan S Karnik, Lisa M Kuhns, Anna L Hotton, Natascha Del Vecchio, Moira McNulty, John Schneider, Geri Donenberg, Kristin Keglovitz Baker, Rose Diskin, Abigail Muldoon, Juan Rivera, Faith Summersett Williams, Robert Garofalo

JMIR Ment Health 2023;10:e43653

An Employment Intervention Program (Work2Prevent) for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Youth of Color (Phase 1): Protocol for Determining Essential Intervention Components Using Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups

An Employment Intervention Program (Work2Prevent) for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Youth of Color (Phase 1): Protocol for Determining Essential Intervention Components Using Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups

In a separate study of YTW of color, aged 16 to 24 years, Garofalo et al [3] found that 22% of YTW reported being HIV positive, and 59% reported engaging in condomless anal sex in the past year. HIV among YTW, YMSM, and GNC youth is further complicated by high rates of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), low rates of HIV testing [4,5], high rates of HIV risk behaviors, and poor outcomes at each step of the HIV continuum of care [6-8].

Brandon J Hill, Darnell N Motley, Kris Rosentel, Alicia VandeVusse, Robert Garofalo, John A Schneider, Lisa M Kuhns, Michele D Kipke, Sari Reisner, Betty M Rupp, Maria Sanchez, Micah McCumber, Laura Renshaw, Matthew Shane Loop

JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(8):e16384

Impact of Early Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Trans Youth Care Study

Impact of Early Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Trans Youth Care Study

The Gender Development Program at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides outpatient services aimed at supporting the physical, mental, and social health of patients and their families as youth progress through gender identity development. Their specialists in pediatric and adolescent gender development recognize that when it comes to providing effective care, “no one size fits all.”

Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Yee-Ming Chan, Robert Garofalo, Norman Spack, Diane Chen, Leslie Clark, Diane Ehrensaft, Marco Hidalgo, Amy Tishelman, Stephen Rosenthal

JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(7):e14434