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 ing of sexual and gender minority youth and young adults
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DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ryan Watson\, associate professor of human develop
 ment and family studies at the University of Connecticut\, who will discus
 s his team's ongoing work with his large national datasets focused on sexu
 al and gender diverse (SGD) populations. Most recently in 2022\, his team 
 collected a dataset of over 17\,000 SGD youth aged 13-18 from across the U
 nited States in collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign. Many of thes
 e youth have given permission to be recontacted\, providing a rich opportu
 nity for interested researchers. A complimentary body of research funded b
 y NIH has focused on preventing health disparities (e.g.\, HIV) through pr
 evention and intervention strategies (e.g.\, PrEP) attuned to intersecting
  social positions. His team is leveraging longitudinal data from N=300 Bla
 ck/Latine sexual diverse men aged 18-29\, including 5 waves of surveys for
  all 300 and qualitative interviews for 30/300. Dr. Watson will discuss th
 e contemporary challenges collecting large data online\, highlight a quant
 itative method his team is using to explore intersectionality\, and provid
 e areas for collaboration with his existing data. \n\nWatson's program of 
 research is focused on reducing health disparities among sexual and gender
  diverse (SGD) youth and young adults. Motivated by the urgent need to red
 uce the inequities in health for vulnerable populations\, he has focused h
 is scholarship on SGD youth and young adults\, their relationships within 
 family and school contexts\, and their health experiences. Watson has been
  awarded over a million dollars in federal funding and published more than
  185 peer-reviewed papers in the spirit of better understanding the mechan
 isms that drive well-documented injustices in health\, school\, and commun
 ity experiences for SGD individuals.
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LOCATION:Public Health\, G23
SUMMARY:Leveraging national datasets to explore the health and well-being o
 f sexual and gender minority youth and young adults
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 to-explore-the-health-and-well-being-of-sexual-and-gender-minority-youth-a
 nd-young-adults
CATEGORIES:Lectures\, Symposia\, Etc.
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