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 ResearchConceptsINTERNATIONAL 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
Perceived 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