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What do teens & young adults need to get through the COVID-19 pandemic?
Last spring, the pandemic sent them home from high school or college, derailed their sports and activities, and sent them into “essential” workplaces that carried a new health risk. The summer has come and gone, and now they’re facing months more of living, learning, working and trying to have a social life in the time of COVID-19. But what do people in their teens and early 20s need to get through these times? New data from a MyVoice study based at the University of Michigan give some important insights.
Back to School During COVID-19: What Youth Experience and What They Need
The 2020 school year will be unlike any other. MyVoice is here to capture the near real-time thoughts and experiences of youth in America, and that includes how 14 to 24 year olds are navigating a learning and work environment that may look and operate in radically...
The National Academy of Medicine Hosts MyVoicers in Virtual Listening Session
Adolescents need to be heard to ensure that health programs that serve them are reaching them effectively, according to Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes, a report released in December 2019 by the National Academies. Following its own...
COVID Contract Tracing and Youth: MyVoice on NPR
As COVID cases rise among teens and young adults, a national public health response must quickly adapt. Speaking to NPR, Tammy Chang shared findings from the MyVoice national poll of youth. According to NPR, from June to August 2020, several counties in Michigan...
New Research: Many youth say active shooter drills are harmful
While 56% stated that drills made students more prepared for an active shooter event, there was a lack of consensus over whether they make schools safer—60% reported feeling unsafe, scared, helpless or sad as a result of experiencing active shooter drills.
Experience the 2020 MyVoice Annual Report
2020 has been a lot. Current events have rearranged our lives, reworked our priorities, and reenergized our visions for a better future for youth in America. We wanted to share our 2020 Annual report, which covers much of the work that we've been doing behind the...
Hear MyVoice Perspectives on Racism in Upcoming Book from the American Academy of Pediatrics
The second edition of Reaching Teens from the AAP features quotes from MyVoice, in a chapter titled “The Traumatic Impact of Racism and Discrimination on Young People and How to Talk About It.” As Americans of all ages protest systemic racism in policing, many adults...
MyVoice explains Why Youth Juul in a new JAMA Pediatrics paper
Why young people to Juul, despite the health risks? “It’s not just about the flavors, it’s about understanding the motivations for using these products, and their attitudes toward risk.” “Youth are more savvy than we think they are, and they’re using it because it’s about being cool and about the experimentation that happens naturally in adolescence. Reducing teen and young adult use of these products, especially under current policies, will require an evidence-based approach.”
MyVoice Helps to Power New Interactive Adolescent Health Site
Check out this new interactive website from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) that promotes their 2020 national report on adolescent health. Take a minute to explore the site; it’s full of MyVoice easter eggs! You might be surprised to find your MyVoice text message hidden behind one of their interactive features.