Search Results - "Saewyc, Elizabeth"

Research on Adolescent Sexual Orientation: Development, Health Disparities, Stigma, and Resilience by Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…The decade between 1998 and 2008 saw rapid increases in research on adolescent sexual orientation development and related health issues, both in the quantity…”
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Mental Health Disparities Among Canadian Transgender Youth by Veale, Jaimie F., Ph.D, Watson, Ryan J., Ph.D, Peter, Tracey, Ph.D, Saewyc, Elizabeth M., Ph.D., R.N

“…Abstract Purpose This study documented the prevalence of mental health problems among transgender youth in Canada and made comparisons with population-based…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Disparities in Childhood Sexual Abuse, Parental Physical Abuse, and Peer Victimization Among Sexual Minority and Sexual Nonminority Individuals by FRIEDMAN, Mark S, MARSHAL, Michael P, GUADAMUZ, Thomas E, CHONGYI WEI, WONG, Carolyn F, SAEWYC, Elizabeth M, STALL, Ron

“…We compared the likelihood of childhood sexual abuse (under age 18), parental physical abuse, and peer victimization based on sexual orientation. We conducted…”
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Disordered eating behaviors among transgender youth: Probability profiles from risk and protective factors by Watson, Ryan J., Veale, Jaimie F., Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…ABSTRACT Purpose Research has documented high rates of disordered eating for lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth, but prevalence and patterns of disordered eating…”
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A Media-Based School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Orientation Prejudice and Its Relationship to Discrimination, Bullying, and the Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents in Western Canada: A Population-Based Evaluation by Burk, Jillian, Park, Minjeong, Saewyc, Elizabeth M

“…School interventions to address sexual orientation discrimination can be important tools for fostering inclusive school climate, and improving student…”
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Hormone therapy decision-making processes: Transgender youth and parents by Clark, Beth A., Marshall, Sheila K., Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…This study explored how transgender (trans) youth and parents of trans youth made decisions around hormone therapy initiation as well as trans youth…”
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Influence of socio-contextual factors on the link between traditional and new media use, and young people's sexual risk behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: a secondary data analysis by Okoye, Helen Uche, Saewyc, Elizabeth

“…Traditional and new media use links to young people's sexual risk behaviour. The social contexts of young people's daily lives that influence media use and…”
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Health and Healthcare Service Use: The Experiences of Runaway Trans Adolescents Compared to their Peers by Ferguson, Max, Peled, Maya, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…This study is the first trans-inclusive exploration of the relation between running away from home, health, and access to healthcare and supportive figures as…”
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Trends and Disparities in Suicidality Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority/Two-Spirit Indigenous Adolescents in Canada by Polonijo, Andrea N., Beggs, M. Kate, Brunanski, Dana, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…To explore trends in sexual orientation group differences in suicidality among Indigenous adolescents and evaluate whether gaps between heterosexual and sexual…”
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Enacted Stigma, Mental Health, and Protective Factors Among Transgender Youth in Canada by Veale, Jaimie F., Peter, Tracey, Travers, Robb, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…Purpose: We aimed to assess the Minority Stress Model which proposes that the stress of experiencing stigma leads to adverse mental health outcomes, but social…”
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Challenges and Changes Experienced by Canadian LGBTQ/2S+ Youth during COVID-19 by Lin, Chichun, Rana, Monica, Nath, Ronita, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, LGBTQ/2S+ youth globally reported experiencing loss of social supports, substance use, and mental health challenges. However,…”
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“Kicked out”: LGBTQ youths' bathroom experiences and preferences by Porta, Carolyn M, Gower, Amy L, Mehus, Christopher J, Yu, Xiaohui, Saewyc, Elizabeth M, Eisenberg, Marla E

“…Abstract Attention toward who can use which gender binary, multi-stall bathroom has brought to the forefront, once again, the ways in which youth are supported…”
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Boys are not exempt: Sexual exploitation of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa by Adjei, Jones K, Saewyc, Elizabeth M

“…Abstract Research on youth sexual exploitation in Africa has largely neglected the experiences of exploited boys. To date, much of the research in sub-Saharan…”
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Promoting cardiovascular nursing practice and research: A model for a university joint appointment by B. Lauck, Sandra, E. Thorne, Sally, M. Saewyc, Elizabeth, Heppell, Leanne, Black, Agnes T, A. Virani, Sean

“…Background University joint appointments promote continuity of academic leadership and the acceleration of nurses’ impact on improved outcomes and health…”
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Conditions for shared decision making in the care of transgender youth in Canada by Clark, Beth A, Virani, Alice, Marshall, Sheila K, Saewyc, Elizabeth M

“…Abstract Information is lacking on the role shared decision making plays in the care of transgender (trans) youth. This qualitative, descriptive study explored…”
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“I would have preferred more options”: accounting for non‐binary youth in health research by Frohard‐Dourlent, Hélène, Dobson, Sarah, Clark, Beth A., Doull, Marion, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…As a research team focused on vulnerable youth, we increasingly need to find ways to acknowledge non‐binary genders in health research. Youth have become more…”
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School-Based Strategies to Reduce Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and Discrimination among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adolescents in Western Canada by Saewyc, Elizabeth M, Konishi, Chiaki, Rose, Hilary A, Homma, Yuko

“…This study explored the relationships between the existence of and length of time since implementation of school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) and…”
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Are alcohol‐related disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual youth decreasing? by Fish, Jessica N., Watson, Ryan J., Porta, Carolyn M., Russell, Stephen T., Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…Background and Aims Although sexual orientation‐related alcohol use disparities are well established, researchers have not identified whether disparities are…”
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Respecting variations in embodiment as well as gender: Beyond the presumed ‘binary’ of sex by Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…Although societies and health care systems are increasingly recognizing gender outside traditional binary categories, the notion persists of two, and only two…”
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Trends in substance use among sexual minority adolescents in South Korea by Joung, Kyoung Hwa, Okoye, Helen, Rana, Monica, Saewyc, Elizabeth M.

“…Purpose Substance use, that is of cigarettes, alcohol and chemical inhalants, is a major contributor to health‐compromising behaviors and the related…”
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