Adolescence
Adolescent health has long been a major focus of the Policy Center's work. Reflecting the Policy Center's comprehensive approach to adolescents, the projects and publications presented below address a wide range of topics including health care delivery and financing, clinical preventive services, risky behaviors and healthy development. More adolescent health data are also available from our sister center, NAHIC; click here to go to the web site.
Data
A Profile of Adolescent Health: The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2002)
This article reviews the gender and racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent health.
02/23/05 at 11:46 AM
Adolescent Substance Use: Beware of International Comparisons (2003)
This article compares prevalence estimates of adolescents’ cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use from one Australian and two U.S. surveys, and considers the effect of methodological differences on reported use.
07/12/05 at 09:59 AM
America’s Adolescents: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going? (2002)
This article reviews the historical trends and current status of the health of America’s adolescents.
07/25/05 at 11:55 AM
Fact Sheets on Middle Childhood
The fact sheets contain up-to-date information regarding the health status of children ages 6 to 11. Currently available fact sheets include Demographics and Mortality.
07/12/05 at 09:36 AM
Finding the Child and Adolescent Health Statistics You Want
This Guide was created to help users locate child and adolescent health statistics among the many available health data resources (e.g., articles, reports, & on-line databases). Covering over 100 health topics, this Guide serves as a catalogue of existing data resources.
07/12/05 at 09:55 AM
Health Care
Innovations in Preventive Mental Health Care Services for Adolescents
This descriptive study examined programs designed to provide mental health-related preventive services to at-risk adolescents.
03/20/08 at 09:44 AM
Health Insurance Across Vulnerable Ages
This article presents an analysis of patterns of health insurance, both public and privately funded, among young people from early adolescence through their early 30s.
06/26/07 at 01:09 PM
Young People’s Health Care: A National Imperative
In collaboration with the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, faculty and staff at the Policy Center created an issue paper that examines the health status of young people, with an emphasis on health care access and utilization.
08/11/06 at 09:24 AM
Trends in Private and Public Health Insurance for Adolescents
This article presents data on health insurance coverage for adolescents, including trends from 1984-2002.
06/19/06 at 06:32 PM
The Unique Health Care Needs of Adolescents
This article describes the particular health care needs of adolescents and explores the extent to which public health insurance programs are meeting those needs.
05/24/06 at 02:36 PM
School-based Health Centers: Accessibility and Accountability
This article examines the current experience of school-based health centers in meeting the needs of children and adolescents, changes over time in services provided and program sponsorship, and program adaptations to the changing medical marketplace.
05/22/06 at 03:03 PM
Eligibility and Enrollment of Adolescents in Medicaid and SCHIP
This article examines the effect of federal and state policy changes on adolescents’ eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
05/21/06 at 03:13 PM
Receipt of Psychological or Emotional Counseling by Suicidal Adolescents
This article examines the utilization of psychological or emotional counseling by suicidal adolescents to answer questions about the extent to which health services can contribute to the prevention of adolescent suicide.
05/20/06 at 03:27 PM
Disparities in Adolescent Health and Health Care
This article assesses the relationship between income and a broad set of health status, access, and utilization indicators.
05/20/06 at 03:16 PM
Adolescent Health Insurance Coverage
This article assesses the health insurance status of adolescents, the trends in adolescent health care coverage, the demographic and socioeconomic correlates of insurance coverage, and the role that insurance coverage plays in influencing access to and use of health care.
05/19/06 at 03:44 PM
Is the Routine Pelvic Examination Needed with the Advent of Urine-based Screening for STDs?
This article explores the most cost-effective method of screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in asymptomatic sexually active adolescent females.
05/19/06 at 03:36 PM
Policy
Advancing the Adolescent Reproductive Health Policy Agenda
This article reviews reproductive health issues for adolescents and recommends policies to promote an agenda.
06/26/06 at 01:52 PM
Health Futures of Youth II
This overview summarizes adolescent health issues as presented at the meeting, Health Futures of Youth II.
06/25/06 at 04:45 PM
Healthy Adolescent Psychosocial Development
This article was created for a work group that focused on adolescent health and psychological development.
06/25/06 at 03:21 PM
Adolescent Health at the Crossroads
This was the presidential address at the SAM 2003 meeting focusing on the future of adolescent health.
05/30/06 at 01:24 PM
Health Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Leaving Foster Care
This issue brief addresses the significant health care needs of a vulnerable and underserved population of young people. The brief is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law and the Policy Center.
02/24/06 at 01:30 PM
Tracking Adolescent Health Policy: An Annotated List
This brief provides an annotated list of organizations and agencies that monitor trends in state and federal policies related to the 21 Critical Health Objectives. This publication is currently being updated and the new version will be available in later Summer, 2008.
01/30/06 at 03:20 PM
Please be sure to visit our Sister Site, NAHIC. Resources on the site include a Brief highlighting priority health issues for adolescent & young adult males and many more publications.
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Child Trends. Together we will conduct research, create resources and offer assistance to improve the health of young people and their families.
