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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.
Young Adult Preventive Health Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found
This review of existing preventive health guidelines for adolescents and adults recommends the establishment of “Young Adult Preventive Care Guidelines” that reflect the current evidence-based recommendations that overlap with the young adult age group.
Clinical Preventive Services | Guidelines | Health Insurance | Recommendations | Transitions | Young Adults
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
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The State and National Data Profiles Updated With Final Year Data For Healthy People 2010
The State and National Data Profiles allows users to assess recent progress on Healthy People 2010’s 21 Critical Health Objectives by presenting data and text highlights that correspond to the baseline (1998-99) and final (2007-09) measures.
Adolescents | Demographics | Healthy People | Mortality | Obesity | Sexual Health | State Data | Substance Use | Tools | Young Adults
Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: Trends in Achieving the 21 Critical National Health Objectives by 2010
This study assessed trends in the 21 Critical National Health Objectives between 1991 and 2009, and from baseline years for which 2010 targets were established to 2009, and the extent to which targets were achieved.
Adolescents | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Monitoring | Trends | Young Adults
Trends in Adolescent and Young Adult Health in the United States
This article reviews health trends for adolescents and young adults, providing a single source for a national health profile. Data are presented on demographics, mortality, health-related behaviors, and healthcare access and utilization and major gender and racial/ethnic disparities are highlighted.
Adolescents | Demographics | Disparities | Health Behavior | Health Care | Monitoring | Mortality | Trends | Young Adults
Health Care Services and the Transition to Young Adulthood: Challenges and Opportunities
This study examines the potential role of the health care system in the successful transition to young adulthood for all adolescents, with emphasis on adolescents with special health care needs (ASHCN).
Adolescents | Health Care | Policy | Special Needs | Transitions | Young Adults
Young Adult Preventive Health Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found
This review of existing preventive health guidelines for adolescents and adults recommends the establishment of “Young Adult Preventive Care Guidelines” that reflect the current evidence-based recommendations that overlap with the young adult age group.
Clinical Preventive Services | Guidelines | Health Insurance | Recommendations | Transitions | Young Adults
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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.
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Young Adult Preventive Health Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found
This review of existing preventive health guidelines for adolescents and adults recommends the establishment of “Young Adult Preventive Care Guidelines” that reflect the current evidence-based recommendations that overlap with the young adult age group.
Clinical Preventive Services | Guidelines | Health Insurance | Recommendations | Transitions | Young Adults
The State and National Data Profiles Updated With Final Year Data For Healthy People 2010
The State and National Data Profiles allows users to assess recent progress on Healthy People 2010’s 21 Critical Health Objectives by presenting data and text highlights that correspond to the baseline (1998-99) and final (2007-09) measures.
Adolescents | Demographics | Healthy People | Mortality | Obesity | Sexual Health | State Data | Substance Use | Tools | Young Adults
Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: Trends in Achieving the 21 Critical National Health Objectives by 2010
This study assessed trends in the 21 Critical National Health Objectives between 1991 and 2009, and from baseline years for which 2010 targets were established to 2009, and the extent to which targets were achieved.
Adolescents | Health Behavior | Healthy People | Monitoring | Trends | Young Adults
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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