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Type: Tools National Resource Center

NEW! A Compendium of State and Local Strategies

This compendium presents promising strategies to improve access to health insurance and quality preventive visits among AYAs. This resource stems from an exploratory study conducted...

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Type: Presentations National Resource Center

CDC Grand Rounds- Adolescence: Preparing for Lifelong Health and Wellness

Adolescence is a critical stage of development during which physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological changes occur. While adolescence is a relatively healthy period of life,...

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Type: Information NAHIC

Realizing the Dream for Californians Eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): A Two-Part Series on the DACA-Eligible Population in California

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health care insurance for many adolescents and young adults. Among the those not covered by the ACA are teens...

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Type: Information NAHIC

Adolescent Health Highlight: Chronic Conditions

This report by NAHIC and Child Trends starts off by describing the prevalence of different chronic conditions in the adolescent population including allergies, obesity, ADHD,...

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Type: Information NAHIC

Implementing the Affordable Care Act: How Much Will It Help Vulnerable Adolescents and Young Adults?

NAHIC and the Center for Adolescent Health and the Law (CAHL) have partnered to examine the Affordable Care Act’s impact on three special populations of adolescents...

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Type: Information NAHIC

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.

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Type: Information NAHIC

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...

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Type: Information NAHIC

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...

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Type: Information NAHIC

Health Care Reform: Opportunities for Improving Adolescent Health

This report is the result of a working seminar in 1994 that brought together experts to make recommendations on how health care reform can best...

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