SubscribeI co-authored a letter to the editor that ran in the Star Tribune yesterday regarding the urgent need to modernize HIV prevention efforts. This sparked a handfull of comments on the strib website about how preventable HIV is (just like the flu, which kills ~36k people per year), and how we’re wasting money on [...]
John Schrom
Epidemiologist and political junkie
Tag: Adolescence
How long have we known?
As I’m sure you’re well aware, Minnesota saw an 83% increase in HIV cases among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in 2009. This prompted the Department of Health, Hennepin County (Part A), and the Department of Human Services (Part B) to plan a YMSM Provider’s Summit.
Someone at the summit made a [...]
HIV Prevention 2.0
There’s a definite and urgent need to adapt our HIV prevention strategy to reflect the needs and styles of adolescents and young adults. This is clear from the 9 year history of increasing newly diagnosed HIV cases among young men who have sex with men (YMSM), including the 83% increase in the last year.
I [...]
Drunk and Horny
I attended the Minnesota YMSM Provider Summit yesterday, and that (alcohol, hormones) emerged as one theme partially attributable to the increase in HIV infections in men under 24. Honestly, I’m just trying hard to find a legitimate and professional excuse to say “horny” in a blog title…
We received an epidemiology update, with additional information [...]
Minnesota HIV Rates
The Minnesota Department of Health released initial 2009 HIV epidemiology data last week — something that they normally wait until April to do. MDH saw an urgent need to release the information due to the dramatic rise in incidence over the past year, particularly the 83% increase in young men who have sex with [...]
High Schoolers on Twitter
One of the three high schools I attended (don’t ask) is apparently jumping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon with the help of the U of Mn. Roosevelt High School is somehow integrating Twitter and other social media websites with their English class to help engage students. Very interesting idea. Perhaps most interesting [...]
I’m good enough, smart enough…
Apparently, for minority children, self-affirmation has a significant effect on their GPA. A two-year follow-up study was published last week in Science. This study had children, starting in 7th grade, write about relationships, interests, and personal values. Students in the test group showed as much as a 0.41 increase in their GPA [...]
I Do Like Sponge Bob
Sometimes I wonder if “adults” (~35+) really do ever understand adolescents. Well, I sometimes wonder if journalists portraying youth in the media actually understand them. I read an article this week about the link between TV watching and depression in teens. Depressed teens watched 2.64 hours of TV a day, compared with [...]
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