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Vaccines for Adolescents and Young Adults
Dr. Charles Irwin, Project Director of the AYAH-NRC, presented at the Marin Healthcare District Community Health Seminar on “Vaccines, Immunizations, and Public Health” (June 19,...
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Resources available from this page were supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under cooperative agreement 4H06MC0002 (National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information and Innovation Center) and U45MC27709 (Public Policy and Analysis Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health). The information, content and/or conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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Child Well-Being and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the US (AAP September Special Issue)
Recent data show that nearly half of American children – 35 million kids – had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) — traumas and...
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T.I.P.S. Program
The Teens Increasing Preventive Services (T.I.P.S.) program was an intervention to improve delivery of clinical preventive services, such as screening and counseling rates for risky...
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Role of the Family in Promoting Adolescent Well-Being
This brief, released in November 2014, in partnership with Child Trends, provides an accessible summary of research on adolescents’ families and family factors related to...
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Profiles of Adolescents Who are Not in Good Health
Only a small proportion of American adolescents are described by a parent as being only in fair or poor health. However, a 2014 brief from...
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State Policies and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Consistent with prior research, a 2014 Research Brief from our partners at Child Trends presented mixed findings on the relationship between state policy and adolescent...
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How High School Policies Shape Substance Use
In partnership with NAHIC, researchers at Child Trends used national longitudinal data to examine how high school policies shape substance use in young adulthood. The...
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A Guide to Evidence-Based Programs for Adolescent Health: Programs, Tools, and More
The past decade has witnessed a tremendous expansion of research and resources on “what works” to improve adolescent health. Despite the greater selection of effective...
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Emerging Issues: Sleep and Hearing Information Briefs
These information briefs give an overview of the causes of each issue, followed by information on evidence-based programs addressing the issues. They also provide other...
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Young Adults’ Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Prior to the Affordable Care Act
This 2014 original article by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examines young adults’ health care utilization and expenditures prior to...