2024
Brief Parent-Child Substance Use Education Intervention for Black Families in Urban Cities in New Jersey: Protocol for a Formative Study Design
Opara I, Pierre K, Cayo S, Aneni K, Mwai C, Hogue A, Becker S. Brief Parent-Child Substance Use Education Intervention for Black Families in Urban Cities in New Jersey: Protocol for a Formative Study Design. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e55470. PMID: 38722676, PMCID: PMC11117129, DOI: 10.2196/55470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlack or African AmericanChildFemaleHealth EducationHumansMaleNew JerseyParent-Child RelationsSubstance-Related DisordersUrban PopulationConceptsINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERBlack youthBlack familiesSubstance useUrban communitiesPrevention programsCulturally tailored interventionsAdvisory boardCommunity advisory boardFamily advisory boardEvidence-based interventionsEnvironment-level factorsInfluence substance useDelay substance useSubstance use educationPrevention education programUrban citiesProtective factorsPublic health issueParent-child dyadsADAPT-ITTTheater testingNew JerseyTailored interventionsEducational intervention
2023
Cannabis use disorder, suicide attempts, and self-harm among adolescents: A national inpatient study across the United States
Oladunjoye A, Li E, Aneni K, Onigu-Otite E. Cannabis use disorder, suicide attempts, and self-harm among adolescents: A national inpatient study across the United States. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0292922. PMID: 37847698, PMCID: PMC10581466, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInpatientsMarijuana AbuseSelf-Injurious BehaviorSubstance-Related DisordersUnited StatesConceptsUse disordersSuicide attemptsPotential confoundersTenth Revision diagnostic codesSuicide riskCross-sectional observation studyDiagnosis of CUDNational Inpatient StudyNationwide Inpatient SamplePresence of depressionNicotine use disorderRevision diagnostic codesSubstance use disordersStimulant use disorderAlcohol use disorderCocaine use disorderPrimary outcomeInpatient studyHigh-risk adolescentsInpatient SampleDiagnostic codesInpatient settingHigh riskInternational ClassificationAdolescent hospitalizationPerceived racial discrimination and polysubstance use among racial/ethnic minority adolescents in the United States
Baiden P, Onyeaka H, Aneni K, Wood B, LaBrenz C, Muoghalu C, Peoples J, Szlyk H, Gobodzo E, Baiden J, Adeku Y, Mets V, Brown F, Cavazos-Rehg P. Perceived racial discrimination and polysubstance use among racial/ethnic minority adolescents in the United States. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 248: 109894. PMID: 37167795, PMCID: PMC11003345, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolysubstance useHigher oddsSignificant public health concernTimes higher oddsSymptoms of depressionPublic health concernBinary logistic regressionMinority adolescentsHierarchical binary logistic regressionEthnic minority adolescentsEarly identificationPsychosocial stressorsLogistic regressionHealth concernDemographic characteristicsAdolescent substanceCOVID-19AdolescentsAssociationOddsRepresentative sampleExperiences SurveyMost studies