scholarly journals Generating Intervention Concepts for Reducing Adolescent Relationship Abuse Inequities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Protocol for an Online, Longitudinal, Human-Centered Design Study (Preprint)

10.2196/26554 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. S. Coulter ◽  
Shannon Mitchell ◽  
Kelly Prangley ◽  
Seth Smallwood ◽  
Leyna Bonanno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minority Youth ◽  
Design Study ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Relationship Abuse ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
Adolescent Relationship Abuse ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

scholarly journals Developing Intervention Concepts for Reducing Adolescent Relationship Abuse Inequities for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Protocol for an Online, Longitudinal, Human-Centered Design Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. S. Coulter ◽  
Shannon Mitchell ◽  
Kelly Prangley ◽  
Seth Smallwood ◽  
Leyna Bonanno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methods ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Design Study ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Relationship Abuse ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
Adolescent Relationship Abuse ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

BACKGROUND Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY; e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth) are at greater risk than their cisgender heterosexual peers for adolescent relationship abuse (ARA; physical, sexual, or psychological abuse in a romantic relationship). However, there is a death of efficacious interventions for reducing ARA among SGMY. To address this intervention gap, we designed a novel online methodology leveraging the field of human-centered design to have SGMY generate multiple ARA intervention concepts. OBJECTIVE This protocol paper aims to describe study procedures for a pilot study to rigorously test the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness for using online human-centered design methods with SGMY to create novel, stakeholder-driven ARA intervention concepts. METHODS We are conducting a longitudinal online human-centered design study with 45-60 SGMY (aged 14-18) recruited via social media from across the U.S. Using MURAL (a collaborative visual online workspace) and Zoom, SGMY participate in 4 group-based sessions (1.5 hours each). In Session 1, SGMY use Rose-Thorn-Bud to individually document their ideas about healthy and unhealthy relationship characteristics, and then use Affinity Clustering as a group to categorize their self-reported ideas by similarities and differences. In Session 2, SGMY use Rose-Thorn-Bud to individually critique a universal evidence-based intervention reducing ARA, and Affinity Clustering to aggregate their ideas as a group. In Session 3, SGMY use a Creative Matrix to generate intervention ideas for reducing ARA among SGMY, and force-ranked the intervention ideas based on their potential ease of implementation and potential impact using an Importance-Difficulty Matrix. In Session 4, SGMY generate and refine intervention concepts (from Session 3 ideations) for reducing ARA using Round Robin (for rapid iteration) and Concept Poster (for fleshing out ideas more fully). We will use content analyses to document the intervention concepts. In a follow-up survey, SGMY complete validated measures about the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of the online human-centered design methods (a priori benchmarks for success: means>3.75 on each 5-point scale). RESULTS The study was funded in February 2020. Data collection started in August 2020, and will be completed by April 2021. CONCLUSIONS By rigorously testing the feasibility of our online human-centered design methodology, our study has the potential to help legitimize the use of human-centered design methods to engage hard-toreach stakeholders in the field of public health and to actively involve them in the co-creation of interventions that may impact them directly. Successful completion of this project also has the potential to catalyze intervention research for addressing ARA inequities for SGMY. Finally, our method can be transported to other populations and health topics, thereby more generally advancing prevention science and health equity.

scholarly journals Prevalence and clinical indices of risk for sexual and gender minority youth in an adolescent inpatient sample

2020 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra H. Bettis ◽  
Elizabeth C. Thompson ◽  
Taylor A. Burke ◽  
Jacqueline Nesi ◽  
Anastacia Y. Kudinova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minority Youth ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Adolescent Inpatient ◽  
Clinical Indices ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Promoting the Sexual Self-efficacy of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth through a Group Intervention

Groupwork ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-57
Author(s):  
Shelley L Craig ◽  
Wook Yang ◽  
Ashley Austin
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Gender Minority ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

The current study examined the efficacy of an affirmative group cognitive behavioral intervention on the sexual self-efficacy level of sexual and gender minority youths (SGMY). SGMY (n=30) between the age of 15 and 18 participated in a series of eight cognitive behavioral-focused groups. They also completed measures on sexual self-efficacy before and after the intervention. Paired sample t-test was chosen as method of analysis. The results indicated a statistically significant increase in protection sexual self-efficacy but not in abstinence sexual self-efficacy post intervention.The current study concluded that affirmative groups that utilize cognitive behavioral therapy show promise for SGMY. Group content and process is detailed, and key components of groups designed to improve the sexual health of SGMY are discussed.

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