Policy Center :: Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Posted: September 2008

Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Facilitating a Healthy Transition to Young Adulthood (2008)

This editorial describes the challenges for youth with special health care needs as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood.

Author(s)

M. Jane Park and Charles E. Irwin, Jr.

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Park, M.J., & Irwin, C.E., Jr. (2008). Youth with special health care needs: Facilitating a healthy transition to young adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43(1), 6-7. Click here to access this article.

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