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Low Medical Home Attainment Rates for Adolescents

A new study shows that barely half of U.S. adolescents receive care in a medical home; rates are even lower for those with mental health problems, as well as minority, low-income, and uninsured youths.

Adolescent Depression and Unhealthy Relationships in Young Adulthood

A new study found that individuals who reported depressive or suicidal symptoms as adolescents were more likely to be in unhealthy relationships as young adults.

The Supreme Court ACA Decision: What Happens Now for Adolescents and Young Adults?

This brief examines major issues in health insurance and preventive services affecting adolescents and young adults as implementation of the ACA proceeds.

Out-of-School Time Programs That Have Significant Positive Impacts

This brief identifies 46 out-of-school time programs that have shown positive impacts on adolescent or young adult outcomes.

STATE AND NATIONAL PROFILES

of Adolescent and Young Adult Health >

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 >

Researchers link adolescent depression with unhealthy relationships in young adulthood

This study, led by researchers at Child Trends through a partnership with NAHIC, examined data that were analyzed from 6,763 heterosexual adults who completed three waves of Add Health (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative study). The researchers found that young, heterosexual adults who reported depressive or suicidal symptoms during adolescence are

Adolescents | Depression | Young Adults
Medical Home for Adolescents: Low Attainment Rates for Those With Mental Health Problems and Other Vulnerable Groups

This 2012 study by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examined the current rates of medical home attainment for adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents receive care in a medical home, which the AAP defines as an environment in which care is accessible, continuous, comprehensive,

Adolescents | Disparities | Health | Health Care | Medical Home | Mental Health
A Shifting Health Landscape for Adolescents and Young Adults: Planning for the Implementation of Federal Health Care Reform in New York

This brief is the second in a series of publications associated with a multi-year evaluation of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), which provides comprehensive health services to adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 in the New York City metro area.

Adolescents | Health Insurance | Young Adults
Health Insurance Access and Counseling Receipt and Their Association With Later Depressive and Suicidal Symptoms

This 2012 brief analyzes panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health for 9,996 adolescents to assess whether the receipt of supportive (psychological or emotional) counseling and access to health insurance is related to the persistence of adolescent depression and/or suicidality into young adulthood.

Adolescents | Depression | Health Insurance | Mental Health
The Supreme Court ACA Decision: What Happens Now For Adolescents and Young Adults?

This brief examines major issues in health insurance and preventive services affecting adolescents and young adults, as implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act proceeds.

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

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A Shifting Health Landscape for Adolescents and Young Adults: Planning for the Implementation of Federal Health Care Reform in New York

This brief is the second in a series of publications associated with a multi-year evaluation of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), which provides comprehensive health services to adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 in the New York City metro area.

Adolescents | Health Insurance | Young Adults
The Supreme Court ACA Decision: What Happens Now For Adolescents and Young Adults?

This brief examines major issues in health insurance and preventive services affecting adolescents and young adults, as implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act proceeds.

Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Policy | Young Adults
Access to Health Care for Young Adults: The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is Making a Difference

This 2012 brief, created by the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law (CAHL) and NAHIC, discusses gains in private insurance coverage for young adults over the past two years and describes other provisions ACA that will further expand health insurance coverage and improve access to preventive services for this age group.

Health Care | Health Insurance | Policy | Young Adults
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 | Best Practices | Mental Health | Programs

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Researchers link adolescent depression with unhealthy relationships in young adulthood

This study, led by researchers at Child Trends through a partnership with NAHIC, examined data that were analyzed from 6,763 heterosexual adults who completed three waves of Add Health (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative study). The researchers found that young, heterosexual adults who reported depressive or suicidal symptoms during adolescence are

Adolescents | Depression | Young Adults
Medical Home for Adolescents: Low Attainment Rates for Those With Mental Health Problems and Other Vulnerable Groups

This 2012 study by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examined the current rates of medical home attainment for adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents receive care in a medical home, which the AAP defines as an environment in which care is accessible, continuous, comprehensive,

Adolescents | Disparities | Health | Health Care | Medical Home | Mental Health
Health Insurance Access and Counseling Receipt and Their Association With Later Depressive and Suicidal Symptoms

This 2012 brief analyzes panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health for 9,996 adolescents to assess whether the receipt of supportive (psychological or emotional) counseling and access to health insurance is related to the persistence of adolescent depression and/or suicidality into young adulthood.

Adolescents | Depression | Health Insurance | Mental Health
Access is a Prerequisite to Quality: Can Children Who Need Specialty Health Care Get in the Door?

A video of Dr. Karin Rhodes’ presentation at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, recorded September 13, 2012.

Best Practices | Disparities | Health Insurance | Special Needs | Special Populations | Web Video
Lancet Series on Adolescent Health

The special edition of The Lancet explores the role of adolescence as a foundation for future health, the social determinants of adolescent health, the potential of the worldwide application of prevention science, and the current availability of data on 25 suggestedcore indicators in all countries.

Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | International | Lifespan | Trends

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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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NEWS AND NOTES

Drs. Brindis and Irwin Speak at IOM Conference
NAHIC was represented by senior faculty Dr. Claire Brindis and Dr. Charles Irwin at the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council conference held in Washington, D.C. on May 7-8. The focus of the workshop was “Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults.” To view recordings of their presentations, please click here.

Jane Park Presents in ACA Webcast
Jane Park, MPH, NAHIC Project Coordinator, presented during a webcast on the impact of the ACA on adolescents and young adults, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Ms. Park began the webcast by reviewing issues in health and healthcare in for youth transitioning out of adolescence, as well as young adults’ health care utilization and access before the ACA was enacted in 2010. The webcast was hosted by the Youth Solutions Desk— Helping Youth Transition, a service of the Interagency Working Group for Youth Programs, managed by the National Resource Center for Youth Development through the Children’s Bureau. Her slides are available here.

Coming Soon: Resource pages on the ACA, Healthy People 2020, and Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults!