Article: Tool to Identify Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Risk
February 22, 2019 Link: https://www.publichealthpost.org/research/a-screening-tool-to-identify-adolescents-at-risk-of-cigarette-smoking-initiation/ Cigarette smoking typically begins in adolescence. The younger the age of initiation, the greater the risk of daily smoking, heavy cigarette consumption, nicotine dependence and difficulty quitting. Pediatricians and family practitioners are important sources of preventive counseling, but the lack of a screening tool to rapidly identify which adolescents need tobacco […]
Where They’re At: Phones and Homeless Youth
Homelessness affects about one in ten youth ages 18-25 and one in 30 youth ages 13-17 in the United States. Nearly three quarters of unaccompanied youth “couch surf,” making them especially difficult to reach—and to count. Before I arrived at Boston University’s School of Public Health, I was an outreach worker in central California. My co-worker and […]