{"id":1327,"date":"2025-07-11T12:24:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/leaplab\/?page_id=1327"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:24:45","slug":"allies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/leaplab\/allies\/","title":{"rendered":"An Adolescent-Led Initiative for Exploring Sexual Health and Screen Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The <b>A<\/b>do<b>L<\/b>escent <b>L<\/b>ed<b> I<\/b>nitiative for <b>E<\/b>xploring <b>S<\/b>exual health and screen use (<b>ALLIES<\/b>) is a research group composed of enthusiastic youth leaders aiming to secure better sexual and reproductive health outcomes for their peers. ALLIES is working with TARGet Kids!, a Canadian research network that studies the health of children as they grow. TARGet Kids! has collected data on early childhood screen use behaviours amongst their cohort of adolescents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ALLIES has co-developed a teen health survey that asks adolescents questions about attitudes, knowledge, and experiences of screen and media use, relationships, and sexual activity. 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