Midcourse Review of the Healthy People 2010: 21 Critical Health Objectives for Adol’s & Young Adults
This article reviews the progress on the 21 Critical Health Objectives as part of the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review.
03/20/08 at 09:09 AM
The National Initiative to Improve Adolescent & Young Adult Health (National Initiative) is a collaborative effort to improve the health, safety, and well-being of adolescents and young adults, launched by two federal agencies. A range of national organizations partner to advance the goals of the National Initiative.
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Goals
- ♦ Elevate national, state, and community focus and commitment to the health, safety, and well-being of adolescents, young adults and their families.
- ♦ Increase adolescents' and young adults' access to quality health care, including comprehensive general health, oral health, mental health, and substance abuse prevention and treatment services.
- ♦ Improve health and safety outcomes for adolescents and young adults in such areas as unintentional injury, violence, mental health, substance use, reproductive health, and nutrition and physical activity.
- ♦ Eliminate health disparities among adolescents and young adults, and for these age groups compared to other age groups.
The National Initiative Logic Model provides a roadmap for achieving the four goals; to review the Logic Model, click here.
Partners
The National Initiative was launched as a unique partnership between two federal agencies:
For more information on the National Initiative, visit the Official Federal National Initiative web site! The official web site includes information about the National Initiative's Partners. More information and resources from the partner organizations are available at the NAHIC Partner Resources database.
21 Critical Objectives
The National Initiative aims to achieve the 21 Critical Health Objectives for Adolescents & Young Adults found in Healthy People 2010. These objectives focus on individual health outcomes and related behaviors that pose the greatest threat to the health of adolescents and, subsequently, adults. They focus on the following six areas:
- ♦ Mortality
- ♦ Unintentional Injury
- ♦ Violence
- ♦ Mental Health & Substance Abuse
- ♦ Reproductive Health
- ♦ Chronic Disease
The National Initiative takes a broad view of adolescent health, recognizing that healthy youth development and safe, nurturing environments are important in helping young people make healthy decisions. For more information about our philosophy and approach, go here.
Resources
LEAH and SAHC Teleconferences
The Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) programs and State Adolescent Health Coordinators (SAHCs) present and discuss current research on adolescent health topics at a teleconference series.
12/01/06 at 02:20 PM
Non-Federal Resources
This document complements the federal resources that are part of the 2010 Guide (Chapter 8 of Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities). Click here to access the publication.
07/26/05 at 01:45 PM
National Initiative Promotion and Evaluation Materials
Core Partners and Other Professionals Engaged in the National Initiative are able to easily and quickly submit evaluation forms for National Initiative materials (click here to go to the evaluation page).
11/16/04 at 05:06 PM
National Initiative - Brief documents
NAHIC is producing a series of briefs based on Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities and other national adolescent health publications.
11/10/04 at 02:05 PM
21 Critical Health Objectives for Adolescents and Young Adults
11/10/04 at 02:03 PM
Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities
This 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.
10/18/04 at 05:08 PM
Youth Development and the National Initiative
To achieve the 21 Critical Health Objectives, the National Initiative takes a broader view of adolescent health, recognizing the importance of healthy youth development and safe, nurturing environments that help young people make healthy decisions. Read more about what National Initiative Partners and other organizations are doing to promote youth development.
08/04/04 at 09:48 AM
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.
