Emily Hotez, Candace M Gragnani, Priyanka Fernandes, Kashia A Rosenau, Apsara Chopra, Ada Chung, Julie Grassian, Sydney Huynh, Tayloneei Jackson, Kevin Jimenez, Eric Jue, Nancy Le, Jennifer Lenghong, Alejandrina Lopez, Lizzet Lopez, Pearl Omo-Sowho, Kennedy Pennington, Richard Tirado, Alice Kuo
Emerging adulthood (ages 18-30 years) coincides with "aging out" of pediatric care. As a result, combined internal medicine and pediatrics (Med-Peds) providers are tasked with promoting the health and well-being of this population during and post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In order to inform the response efforts, we aimed to capture emerging adults' COVID-19 experiences and challenges during a two-week period of the pandemic in June 2020. We administered items from the California Health Interview Survey and an open-ended qualitative item via Qualtrics to 242 diverse emerging adults enrolled in a large US public university (mean age = 20...
August 2021: Curēus