Ybarraa ML, Price-Feeney M,Prescott T, Goodenow C, Saewyc E, Rosariod M.Girl2Girl: How to develop a salient pregnancy prevention program for cisgender sexual minority adolescent girls. Journal of Adolescence. 2020; 85 (41-58). doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.09.006 Abstract: Introduction Although sexual minority girls are more likely than heterosexual girls to be pregnant during adolescence, programs tailored to their needs are non-existent. Here we describe the iterative development of Girl2Girl, a text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for cisgender lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority (LGB+) girls across the United States. Methods Four activities are described: 1) 8 online focus groups to gain feedback about intended program components (n = 160), … [Read more...]
Motivations of sexual minority girls for sex with females and males
Goodenow C, Ybarra ML, Saewyc E, Rosario M, Price-Feeney M, Prescott T. Motivations of sexual minority girls for sex with females and males. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 11 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Motivations of sexual minority girls for sex with females and males from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research
Prescott T, Price-Feeney M, Ybarra ML. Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Developing Girl2Girl: A text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for LGB girls 14-18 years of age
Ybarra ML, Prescott T, Price-Feeney M. Developing Girl2Girl: A text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for LGB girls 14-18 years of age. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Developing Girl2Girl from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Reasons why sexual minority girls in the United States have sex with girls and guys: A national qualitative study
Saewyc E, Ybarra ML, Wolowic J, Santana-Parrilla J, Prescott T, Goodenow C, Rosario M. Reasons why sexual minority girls in the United States have sex with girls and guys: A national qualitative study. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Reasons why sexual minority girls in the United States have sex with girls and guys: A national qualitative study from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Survey development for Girl2Girl, a text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for sexual minority adolescent girls
Price-Feeney M, Ybarra ML, Prescott T. Survey development for Girl2Girl, a text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for sexual minority adolescent girls. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Survey Development for Girl2Girl from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States
Ybarra M, Price-Feeney M, Prescott T, Rosario M, Saewyc E. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States. Poster presentation at the 2017 International Association for Adolescent Health conference; 28 Oct 2017; New Delhi, India. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States
Ybarra M, Prescott T, Price-Feeney M, Saewyc E, Rosario M. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 2017 Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12-13 Jul 2017. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
What sources do adolescents turn to for information about their health concerns?
Baheiraei A, Khoori E, Foroushani AR, Ahmadi F, Ybarra ML. What sources do adolescents turn to for information about their health concerns? Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2014;26(1):61-8. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2012-0112 Abstract: BACKGROUND: Adolescents are developmentally normatively interested in information about sexuality and other health-related issues. In the absence of available health programming, identifying the sources of information that youth are currently accessing will help adolescent health researchers understand where youth 'are,' thereby informing where and how future interventions can be targeted. This is particularly important in resource-limited settings, such as Iran, where funding for public health programming is scant. This study aimed to examine primary and preferred … [Read more...]
Using text messaging to affect teen health
Ybarra M. Using text messaging to affect teen Health. Oral presentation at the Texting 4 Health Conference; 29 Feb 2008; Palo Alto, CA. Data from the Growing up with the Media study collected in 2006 are discussed. … [Read more...]