Technology and Wellbeing (*indicates student author)

Campos-Castillo, C., Tamla Rai, V., & Laestadius, L.I. (in press). The Double-edged Sword of Online Learning for Ethnoracial Differences in Adolescent Mental Health during Late Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S. JMIR Form Res.doi:10.2196/557

Tamla Rai, V., Laestadius, L.I., & Campos-Castillo, C. (2024). School modality, race and ethnicity, and mental health of U.S. adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. doi: 10.1186/s13034-024-00773-5

Kohler, T.*, Guidry, J.P.D., Perrin, P., & Laestadius. L. (2023). Oh Baby! A Content Analysis of Contraception Pins on Pinterest. Health Education & Behavior, online first. doi: doi.org/10.1177/10901981231152238

Laestadius, L. & Witt, A. (2022). Instagram Revisited. In: L. Sloan and A. Quan-Haase (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods (pp. 581-597). 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Laestadius, L., Bishop, A.*, Illencik, D.*, Gonzalez, M.*, Campos-Castillo, C. (2022). Too Human and Not Human Enough: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Mental Health Harms on the Social Chatbot Replika. New Media & Society, online first. doi:10.1177/14614448221142007

Kong, G., Laestadius, L., Vassey, J., Majmundar, A., Stroup, A., Meissner, H., Ben Taleb, Z., Boley Cruz, T., Emery, S., & Romer, D. (2022). Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media. Tobacco Control. doi:10.1136/tc-2022-057348.  

Campos-Castillo, C., Thomas, B.*, Reyes, F.*, Laestadius, L. (2021). Seeking Help From Trusted Adults in Response to Peers’ Social Media Posts About Mental Health Struggles: Qualitative Interview Study Among Latinx Adolescents. JMIR Mental Health, 8(9):e26176. doi: 10.2196/26176

Laestadius, L., Craig, K.*, & Campos-Castillo, C. (2021). Perceptions of Alerts Made by Social Media Platforms in Response to Self-injury Posts among Latinx Adolescents: Qualitative Analysis. JMIR, 23(8):e28931. doi: 10.2196/28931

Guidry, J.P.D., Vraga, E., Miller, C.A., Laestadius, L.I., Occa, A., Nan, X., Ming, H., Qin, Y., Fuemmeler, B.F. & Carlyle, K.E. (2020). HPV Vaccine on Pinterest: Before and After Pinterest’s Actions to Moderate Content. American Journal of Public Health. 110, no. S3: S305-S311. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305827

Marketing and Messaging for Health Relevant Products

Laestadius, L.I., Van Hoorn, K., Wahl, M., Witt, A., Carlyle, K.E., Guidry, J.P.D. (2023). Promotion of an Algorithm Based Tool for Pregnancy Prevention by Instagram Influencers. Journal of Women’s Health. online first. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0251

Yan, D., Wang, Z., Laestadius, L., Mosalpuria, K, Wilson, F., Yan, A. Lv, X., Zhang, X., Bhuyan, S., & Wang, Y. (2023). A Systematic Review for the Impacts of Global Approaches to Regulating Electronic Nicotine Products. Journal of Global Health, 13:04076. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.04071

Laestadius, L., Vassey, J., Kim, M., Ozga, J., Li, D., Stanton, C., Wipfli, H., & Unger., J. (2022). Themes in e-liquid concept names as a marketing tactic: evidence from premarket tobacco product applications in the United States. Tobacco Control. doi:10.1136/tc-2022-057657

Vassey, J., Valente, T., Barker, J., Stanton, C., Li, D., Laestadius, L., Cruz, T.B., & Unger, J.B. (2022). E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis. Tobacco Control. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057053

Algiers, O.*, Wang, Y, & Laestadius, L. (2021). Content Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Causes and Solutions to Vaping-Associated Lung Injury. Substance Use & Misuse, 56(4):522-528.doi:10.1080/10826084.2021.1883663.

Laestadius, L., Wahl, M.*, Vassey, J., & Cho, Y. (2020). Compliance with FDA nicotine warning statement provisions in e-liquid promotion posts on Instagram. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(10): 1823-1830. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaa092.

COVID and Long COVID

Laestadius, L.I., Guidry, P.D., Wahl, M.,*Perrin, P.B., Carlyle, K., Dong, X., Garbo, F., Campos-Castillo, C. (2024). “The dream is that there's one place you go”: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences Seeking Care from Long COVID Clinics in the U.S. BMC Medicine, 22(1):243.doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03465-1

Guidry, J.P.D., Miller, C.A., Perrin, P.B., Laestadius, L.I., Zurlo, G., Savage, M., Stevens, M., Fuemmeler, B.F.,Burton, C.W., Gültzow, T., & Carlyle, K.E. (2022). Faith Between healthcare practitioners and clergy: Evangelicals and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17). doi:10.3390/ijerph191711120

Campos-Castillo, C. & Laestadius, L. (2022). Mental health care utilization, modalities, and disruptions during Spring 2021 of the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.06.012

Laestadius, L.I., Guidry, J.P.D., Bishop, A.,* & Campos-Castillo, C. (2022). State Health Department Communication about Long COVID in the United States on Facebook: Risks, Prevention, and Support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10). doi:10.3390/ijerph19105973.

Lathen, L., & Laestadius, L. (2021). Reflections on online focus group research with low socio-economic status African American adults during COVID-19. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.doi:0.1177/16094069211021713

Guidry, J., Perrin, P., Laestadius, L., Vraga, E., Miller, C., Fuemmeler, B., Burton, C., Ryan, M., & Carlyle, K. (2021). U.S. Public Support for COVID-19 Vaccine Donation to Low- and Middle-Income Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccine, 39(17):2452-2457. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.027

Guidry, J.P.D., Laestadius, L.I., Vraga, E.K., Miller, C.A., Perrin, P.B., Burton, C.W., Ryan, M., Fuemmeler, B.F., & Carlyle, K.E. (2021). Willingness to get the COVID-19 Vaccine with and without emergency use authorization. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(2):137-142. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.018. (Selected for 2022 APIC/AJIC Award for Publication Excellence; see Honors/Awards below)

Laestadius, L., Yang, W., Ben Taleb, Z., Kalan, M.E., Cho, Y., & Manganello, J. (2020). Online National Health Agency Mask Guidance for the Public in light of COVID-19: Content Analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. doi: 10.2196/19501