NAHIC :: Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities

Posted: October 2004

Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities (2004)

Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities is the official companion document to the Healthy People 2010 21 Critical Health Objectives. It offers guidance and resources for national, state and local adolescent health leaders to undertake the initiatives related to the 21 Critical Health Objectives. Additionally, Chapter 8 offers a comprehensive list of federal resources. Click here to download the Guide.

Contact the CDC to order a free hard copy (full report or executive summary) or CD-ROM of the document.

For more information about the National Initiative, click here.

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2010 Guide, Healthy People 2010, 21 Critical Health Objectives, Adolescents, Young Adults, States, Communties

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.