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.
Measuring the Positives: Review of Positive Indicators and Guidelines for their Use
In four 2004 papers, NAHIC conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of approaches to and measures of positive youth development.
Adolescents | Guidelines | Measurement | Transitions | Youth Development
Who Gets Confidential Care? Disparities in a National Sample of Adolescents
This paper uses the 2001–2004 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey to examine rates of past-year adolescent time alone with a clinician by visit type, and among youths with a preventive visit, examined age, gender, and race/ethnicity differences.
Adolescents | Clinical Preventive Services | Disparities | Guidelines | Health Care
National Network of State Adolescent Health Coordinators Assessment
This preliminary report highlights the key findings of the 2005-06 National Network of State Adolescent Health Coordinators (NNSAHC) assessment.
Marijuana: Use Among Young Males and Health Outcomes
This 2009 article reviews relevant literature, including trends in young males’ marijuana use and health effects of marijuana use.
The Family Environment & Adolescent Well-Being: Exposure to Positive & Negative Family Influences
In adolescence, the influence of friends and peers take on greater importance, but research demonstrates the continued significance of parents in shaping the behaviors and choices of teens as they face the challenges of growing up. This brief provides data on the influences of parents on their adolescents, addressing issues such as parental monitoring and
Adolescents | Demographics | Disparities | Families | Health Behavior
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
A Question of Hope: Reducing Latina Teen Childbearing in California
NAHIC Executive Director Claire Brindis, PhD, is featured in A Question of Hope, a film that examines childbearing among young Latina Californians.
Demographics | Disparities | Pregnancy | Web Video | Women
The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile
This brief aims to inform health professionals, policymakers, educators, administrators, and school-based health centers concerned with the health and well-being of adolescents.
Depression: Focus on the Adolescent Male
This 2008 article discusses clinical considerations for and summarizes national data on depression among male adolescents.