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An Online Family-based Program to Prevent Alcohol Use and Dating and Sexual Violence among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
Research Team
Principal Investigator: Lorey Wheeler
Funding Information
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Award Date: Jan 1, 2025
End Date: Dec 31, 2025
Abstract
Transgender and other gender minority youth experience concerning rates of psychosocial and behavioral health issues such as self-harm, alcohol and drug use, sexual risk-taking and violence victimization and perpetration, such as teen dating violence. Research suggests that peer and family rejection, as well as internalized transphobia, predict numerous negative health outcomes in transgender and other gender minority youth.
Mentoring programs, which have been found to be effective for diverse youth, may be especially impactful for these youth because they may help to alleviate negative outcomes associated with peer and family rejection and to promote self-acceptance.
This project will utilize an interdisciplinary team of experts in affirming, culturally grounded prevention and intervention efforts for transgender and other gender minority youth and/or youth of color, who will collaborate with eHealth interventions, youth mentoring programs and social-emotional learning programs to develop and complete pilot testing of a group-delivered eHealth mentoring and skill-building program for transgender and other gender minority youth ages 14 to 17.
Research, Measurement and Evaluation Methods, Social, Emotional and Behavioral Well-being