Quantum Units Education®

Highlights

1. Those youth who did not use a condom for protection cited which of the following as the reason?

2. Although most of the youth had positive things to say about the youth programs and services offered to them, some recounted negative experiences, especially feeling discriminated against based on their:

3. Of the unmet needs of youth who sought services, which of the following did the highest proportion of youth wish had been offered by the provider they visited?

Literature Review

4. LGBTQ youth, overall, are at a disproportionately greater risk for negative health outcomes compared with heterosexual and cisgender youth.

5. LGBTQ youth who experience discrimination, including verbal abuse, from their peers often exhibit which of the following that ultimately contribute to severe emotional distress?

6. LGBTQ youth who have experienced sexual abuse are more likely to experience all of the following mental health issues, except for:

7. Due to the discrimination LGBTQ youth experience within schools, communities, and families, many turn to drugs or alcohol to help cope with these challenges.

LGBTQ Youth Health Issues, Substance Use, and Treatment Service Experiences

8. The most common form of barrier and nonbarrier protection that youth reported using was:

9. For the youth who reported using condoms, the highest proportion cited getting them:

10. Although youth knew they could access free condoms at various programs, many still insisted on purchasing their own because they believed condoms purchased in a store have not been tampered with.

11. Among the youth reporting a previous or current STI, the most common type of infection was:

12. Among youth who reported suffering from other health problems beyond those transmitted sexually, the highest rates of self-reported health issues were among:

13. Physically, the primary health problem youth reported was diabetes.

14. Some of the young people that had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a child or teenager felt they were misdiagnosed, and many of the symptoms and behaviors that suggested bipolar disorder, depression, and mania were actually typical reactions and emotions for a young person who has been through a number of traumatic experiences.

15. The PTSD from which many young people suffer stems from a variety of concurrent and even contemporaneous traumatic experiences for which it is usually easy to pinpoint a single source.

16. Having access to medical care through service providers, clinics, and mobile vans was cited as a major motivator for getting frequent HIV and STI screenings and other medical care.

17. Among the youth who had not visited a doctor in the past year, all of the following were given as reasons, except for:

18. Youth who reported having an STD were asked how they treated that infection, with an overwhelming majority reporting they did nothing to treat it.

19. The majority of youth had last obtained medical treatment through:

20. Many of the youth sought out clinics, mobile vans, and other medical services geared toward youth because they felt staff would:

21. Transgender youth, especially, looked for medical staff who had experience working with transgender individuals and were knowledgeable about hormone therapy and other gender-affirming medical treatment.

22. Of the youth who reported current or past substance use, the most common substance used was tobacco.

23. Most or all of the youth in the study were all of the following, except for:

24. Family members played a big role in the first experience with drugs for many of the young people.

25. Of the services offered by the organizations and programs the youth visited, which of the following was offered most often?

26. Of the youth that stated they had never sought assistance from a service provider, almost all said that they did not seek help because they did not believe the program could help them or had heard negative things about the organization, specifically those that offered emergency shelter beds.

27. Youth who refused services from providers cited which of the following as the reason?

Service Provider Perspectives

28. Client connection activities involve:

29. Legal services provided by many organizations include all of the following, except for:

30. A key characteristic among the service providers interviewed was their formal and informal partnerships with one another and dependence on each other to provide supplemental services.

31. There is a particular lack of _____ for youth between the ages of 21 and 24 year.

32. Some clients are comfortable acknowledging trading sex, but others often do not use the label owing to embarrassment or shame, or they do not even consider it trading sex.

33. The service providers viewed _____ as the most common health issue among their client population and an area that was critical to address.

34. One service provider identified the _____ as the prime challenge for noncitizen clients.

Discussion and Summary

35. For LGBTQ youth, YMSM, and YWSW, safety means:

36. The key to youth developing a good rapport with doctors and feeling comfortable disclosing their engagement in survival sex was a safe, nonjudgmental space in which youth felt they could say or ask anything without:

Policy and Practice Recommendations

37. Although the youth who received medical treatment from a medical van were appreciative of the convenience of the vans, the medical staff tended to park in areas where the young people were less likely to congregate.

38. Having medical care providers in walk-in clinics and emergency rooms trained in how to serve teenagers and young adults is crucial to establish trust and ensure young people will continue to seek medical care when needed.

39. Increasing awareness of and access to preexposure prophylaxis, which has been shown to reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than _____, is a crucial and necessary step to preventing HIV infection among this population.

40. Youth often move around from provider to provider, which results in their being seen, and ultimately diagnosed, by different psychologists and psychiatrists.  This lack of continuity can lead to conflicting diagnoses, misdiagnoses, and overdiagnoses of Axis I and Axis II mental health disorders, especially: