Posted: February 2005
Adapted from Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities, this brief provides an overview on how to use data to shape health programs for youth. Supplemented with tables and case studies, this brief reviews major data sources and offers guidance for developing a youth profile and conducting a needs-and-assets assessment based on the 21 Critical Health 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.
