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
Trends in Adolescent and Young Adult Health in the United States
This article reviews health trends for adolescents and young adults, providing a single source for a national health profile. Data are presented on demographics, mortality, health-related behaviors, and healthcare access and utilization and major gender and racial/ethnic disparities are highlighted.
Adolescents | Demographics | Disparities | Health Behavior | Health Care | Monitoring | Mortality | Trends | Young Adults
Midcourse Review of the Healthy People 2010: 21 Critical Health Objectives for Adol’s & Young Adults
Progress on the 21 Critical Health Objectives was reviewed as part of the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review. The review found little or no improvement on most objectives.
Adolescents | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Mortality | Policy | Recommendations | Trends | Young Adults
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Assessing Data Availability for Adolescent Populations
This 2007 paper provides an overview of the availability of data for specific adolescent sub-populations, such as rural and homeless/runaway youth, by the 21 Critical Health Objectives of Healthy People 2010.
Adolescents | Demographics | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Measurement | Monitoring | Mortality | Special Populations
The Health Status of Young Adults in the U.S.
This 2006 article synthesizes national data to present a health profile of young adults, reviewing social indicators that describe the context of young adulthood and presenting measures of health status.
Demographics | Disparities | Health Behavior | Health Care | Health Insurance | Mortality | Recommendations | Young Adults
A Health Profile of Adolescent and Young Adult Males
This brief highlights priority health issues for adolescent & young adult males and identifies key gender & racial/ethnic disparities.
Adolescents | Health Behavior | Health Care | Males | Mortality | Young Adults