Adolescents Archives

10.30.2025 Close-up portrait of a young person holding a beer and smoking a cigarette. Teen substance use concept

How Family Incarceration Sparks Teen Addiction

Teens with a loved one in prison were 2.5 times more likely to drink alcohol and 1.6 times more likely to use cannabis than those without.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

10.22.2025 Group of adolescents using mobile phones in hallway at high school

Helping Adolescents Navigate Their Digital Lives

While online spaces can hold a lot of benefits for adolescents, they also come with particular risks that can be difficult to handle alone.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

02.10.2025 close-up portrait of a young man. disordered eating concept

Disordered Eating Among Sexual and Gender Minorities

LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately affected by eating disorders due to stressors such as discrimination, harassment, and trauma.

Fellow Heather Sherr

12.04.2024 young girl doing schoolwork, running on limited sleep

Snooze or Lose: The Mismatch Between Sleep Patterns and School Timing

Early school start times often force teens to wake up before their bodies are fully rested, negatively impacting their academic performance.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

11.21.2024 a bullet hole with cracks in the glass isolated on a black background

Enhancing School Safety: How Adolescents Obtain Firearms

Research shows that a majority of school shooters obtain firearms at home, highlighting the risks of insecure gun storage.

Guest Author Brent R. Klein

11.04.2024 A classic hookah with colorful rays of light and smoke in background

Hooked on Hookah

Hookah use is rising among high school and college students, but few of these young people are aware of the health risks associated with it.

Fellow Heather Sherr

06.28.2024 A hand-drawn illustration of five young, diverse, queer individuals in front of a brick wall with a purple haze of smoke surrounding them

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

Fellow Abby Varker

06.20.2024 young man sitting on steps on street with head in hands

Lost Time

People of color who died by violence had 11-12 more potential years of life lost than their White counterparts.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

06.04.2024

A Toast to Health: Celebrating the Decline in Teenage Drinking

Teenagers may be delaying drinking, with recent research showing a decline in adolescent alcohol use across all ages.

Fellow Heather Sherr

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