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
Conceptualizing a Monitoring System for Indicators in Middle Childhood
This paper takes a distinctively developmental approach and draws on existing conceptual models and research for adolescence and middle childhood to identify domains and constructs that describe the health and well-being of the middle childhood population.
09/17/08 at 04:00 PM
Developing a Monitoring System for Indicators in Middle Childhood
This paper builds on the initial paper, Conceptualizing a Monitoring System for Indicators in Middle Childhood, that conceptualizes elements of well-being relevant for the middle childhood period, identifies potential constructs and develops criteria for indicators.
09/17/08 at 04:01 PM
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
Preventive Care for Adolescents
This article examines rates and disparities in access to preventive care and receipt of recommended preventive services among adolescents.
04/13/09 at 02:45 PM
Adolescent and Young Adult Health
This chapter, written by two faculty members, focuses on the health status and clinical interventions of adolescents and young adults.
04/13/09 at 02:39 PM
Health Care for Homeless Youth
This issue brief, developed by the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, presents an overview of the health care issues faced by homeless adolescents and young adults.
02/12/09 at 10:52 AM
Youth with Special Health Care Needs
This editorial describes the challenges for youth with special health care needs as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood.
09/23/08 at 04:45 PM
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
Policy
Tracking Adolescent Health Policy: An Annotated List, 2008 Update
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.
11/04/08 at 12:20 PM
A Federal Monitoring System for Early Adult Health
This article reviews existing federal data collection efforts and reporting systems that may support an effective health monitoring system for young adults and makes recommendations for enhancing the current system by improving data access and quality.
09/23/08 at 05:06 PM
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
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.
