Posted: August 2004
This chapter reviews the origin of the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010. First, we provide a brief history of Healthy People 2010, which is important for understanding the National Initiative; next, we elaborate on the National Initiative, the 21 Critical Health Objectives, and the strategies in place to attain these objectives.
NAHIC is honored to be the 2006 recipient of the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. Please click on the picture below to download the Award presentation.
Please be sure to visit our Sister Site, the Policy Center. Resources on the site include papers on Young Adult health, Middle Childhood documents, a Brief listing organizations that track state and federal policies in adolescent health, and many more publications.
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Child Trends. Together we conduct research, create resources and offer assistance to improve the health of young people and their families.
