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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: How Does it Help Adolescents and Young Adults?

This brief reviews major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act highlighting those of greatest significance for adolescents and young adults.

Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: Trends in Achieving the 21 Critical National Health Objectives by 2010

This study assesses trends in the 21 Critical National Health Objectives between 1991 and 2009 and the extent to which targets were achieved.

What Works to Prevent or Reduce Internalizing Problems or Socio-Emotional Difficulties in Adolescents

This brief describes lessons learned from rigorously evaluated programs designed to prevent or treat internalizing problems.

STATE AND NATIONAL PROFILES

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The state and national summary pages and data tables have been updated with 2009 data for each of the 21 Critical Health Objectives of Healthy People 2010.

NIIAH: National Initiative to Improve Adolescent & Young Adult Health >

Examining State-Level Patterns in Teen Childbearing: 1991 to 2009

This 2012 research brief uses state-level data to examine declines in the teen birth rate over 19 years, from 1991 to 2009, including the uptick in 2006 and 2007.

Adolescents | Pregnancy | State Data | Trends
What Works To Prevent Or Reduce Internalizing Problems Or Socio-Emotional Difficulties in Adolescents

This 2012 paper presents lessons learned from 37 random-assignment social intervention programs for adolescents that are designed to prevent or treat internalizing problems.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Mental Health
The State and National Data Profiles Updated With Final Year Data For Healthy People 2010

The State and National Data Profiles allows users to assess recent progress on Healthy People 2010’s 21 Critical Health Objectives by presenting data and text highlights that correspond to the baseline (1998-99) and final (2007-09) measures.

Adolescents | Demographics | Healthy People | Mortality | Obesity | Sexual Health | State Data | Substance Use | Tools | Young Adults
Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: Trends in Achieving the 21 Critical National Health Objectives by 2010

This study assessed trends in the 21 Critical National Health Objectives between 1991 and 2009, and from baseline years for which 2010 targets were established to 2009, and the extent to which targets were achieved.

Adolescents | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Monitoring | Trends | Young Adults
The Association of BMI Status With Adolescent Preventive Screening

This recent study by NAHIC staff investigated whether providers target adolescent preventive screening on the basis of BMI status, with a focus on overweight adolescents, given recent guidelines.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Guidelines | Health Care | Healthy Eating | Obesity

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Examining State-Level Patterns in Teen Childbearing: 1991 to 2009

This 2012 research brief uses state-level data to examine declines in the teen birth rate over 19 years, from 1991 to 2009, including the uptick in 2006 and 2007.

Adolescents | Pregnancy | State Data | Trends
What Works To Prevent Or Reduce Internalizing Problems Or Socio-Emotional Difficulties in Adolescents

This 2012 paper presents lessons learned from 37 random-assignment social intervention programs for adolescents that are designed to prevent or treat internalizing problems.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Mental Health
Adolescent Health Strategic Planning Guide

This 2011 guide was designed to provide tools and practical ideas for developing and implementing an adolescent health strategic plan.

Adolescents | Policy | Programs | Recommendations | Tools
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: How Does it Help Adolescents and Young Adults?

This 2010 brief, created by the Center of Adolescent Health and the Law (CAHL) and NAHIIC, reviews major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act highlighting those of greatest significance for these young people.

Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Medicaid | Policy | Young Adults
Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Bills Do for Adolescents and Young Adults?

This fact sheet provides an analysis of the major health care reform bills before the House and Senate as of November 2009.

Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Policy | Young Adults

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The State and National Data Profiles Updated With Final Year Data For Healthy People 2010

The State and National Data Profiles allows users to assess recent progress on Healthy People 2010’s 21 Critical Health Objectives by presenting data and text highlights that correspond to the baseline (1998-99) and final (2007-09) measures.

Adolescents | Demographics | Healthy People | Mortality | Obesity | Sexual Health | State Data | Substance Use | Tools | Young Adults
Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: Trends in Achieving the 21 Critical National Health Objectives by 2010

This study assessed trends in the 21 Critical National Health Objectives between 1991 and 2009, and from baseline years for which 2010 targets were established to 2009, and the extent to which targets were achieved.

Adolescents | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Monitoring | Trends | Young Adults
The Association of BMI Status With Adolescent Preventive Screening

This recent study by NAHIC staff investigated whether providers target adolescent preventive screening on the basis of BMI status, with a focus on overweight adolescents, given recent guidelines.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Guidelines | Health Care | Healthy Eating | Obesity
Health Care Services and the Transition to Young Adulthood: Challenges and Opportunities

This study examines the potential role of the health care system in the successful transition to young adulthood for all adolescents, with emphasis on adolescents with special health care needs (ASHCN).

Adolescents | Health Care | Policy | Special Needs | Transitions | Young Adults
Who Gets Confidential Care? Disparities in a National Sample of Adolescents

This paper uses the 2001–2004 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey to examine rates of past-year adolescent time alone with a clinician by visit type, and among youths with a preventive visit, examined age, gender, and race/ethnicity differences.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Disparities | Guidelines | Health Care

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A Question of Hope: Reducing Latina Teen Childbearing in California

NAHIC Executive Director Claire Brindis, PhD, is featured in A Question of Hope, a film that examines childbearing among young Latina Californians.

Demographics | Disparities | Pregnancy | Web Video | Women

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE

A Single Source – The National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center (NAHIIC) and The Policy Center have merged to form a single website, renamed NAHIC: The National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center. The new site design is intended to make it easier to find online resources, research articles, and access data on adolescent and young adult health.

New Search Options - You can now access content in a variety of ways – Browse articles by type (Self-published Downloads, External links to peer-reviewed Articles, or Multimedia); Search a list of Popular Topics; or Use your own search term in the search box.

Social Networking Features – You can now easily share or save any page on the website with your peers using popular social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Find the “share/save” features in the upper right hand corner of the site.

Improved National and State Data Project Section – We’ve modified the National and State Data Project pages and will be updating the tables with 2009 data in the coming months.