A Shifting Health Landscape for Adolescents and Young Adults: Planning for the Implementation of Federal Health Care Reform in New York
This brief is the second in a series of publications associated with a multi-year evaluation of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), which provides comprehensive health services to adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 in the New York City metro area.
The Supreme Court ACA Decision: What Happens Now For Adolescents and Young Adults?
This brief examines major issues in health insurance and preventive services affecting adolescents and young adults, as implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act proceeds.
Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Policy | Young Adults
Access to Health Care for Young Adults: The Affordable Care Act of 2010 is Making a Difference
This 2012 brief, created by the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law (CAHL) and NAHIC, discusses gains in private insurance coverage for young adults over the past two years and describes other provisions ACA that will further expand health insurance coverage and improve access to preventive services for this age group.
Examining State-Level Patterns in Teen Childbearing: 1991 to 2009
This 2012 research brief uses state-level data to examine declines in the teen birth rate over 19 years, from 1991 to 2009, including the uptick in 2006 and 2007.
Adolescents | Pregnancy | State Data | Trends
What Works To Prevent Or Reduce Internalizing Problems Or Socio-Emotional Difficulties in Adolescents
This 2012 paper presents lessons learned from 37 random-assignment social intervention programs for adolescents that are designed to prevent or treat internalizing problems.
Adolescent Health Strategic Planning Guide
This 2011 guide was designed to provide tools and practical ideas for developing and implementing an adolescent health strategic plan.
Adolescents | Policy | Programs | Recommendations | Tools
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: How Does it Help Adolescents and Young Adults?
This 2010 brief, created by the Center of Adolescent Health and the Law (CAHL) and NAHIIC, reviews major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act highlighting those of greatest significance for these young people.
Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Medicaid | Policy | Young Adults
Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Bills Do for Adolescents and Young Adults?
This fact sheet provides an analysis of the major health care reform bills before the House and Senate as of November 2009.
Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Policy | Young Adults
Health Care for Homeless Youth: Policy Options for Improving Access
This issue brief, developed by the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, presents an overview of the health care issues faced by homeless adolescents and young adults.
Adolescents | Health Care | Medicaid | Policy | Special Populations | Young Adults
Tracking Adolescent Health Policy: An Annotated List, 2008 Update
This 2008 brief provides an annotated list of organizations and agencies that monitor trends in state and federal policies related to the 21 Critical Health Objectives.
Adolescents | Health Behavior | Health Care | Mental Health | Obesity | Policy | Pregnancy | State Data | STIs/STDs | Substance Use | Youth Development