Topic :: Development & Trajectories
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- 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 adolescent health and well-being. Topics addressed include family meals, family demographics and parents’ health-related behaviors in areas such as exercise and smoking. The 2014 brief can be downloaded here: The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-Being
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- Led by our partners at Child Trends, NAHIC developed three briefs examining how youth are faring in the transition to adulthood, with respect to having problems related to heavy alcohol use, illicit drug use, criminal behavior, and financial hardship. Encouraging news from the first brief is that most young adults avoid these problems and most of those who have moderate…
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- This policy analysis, coauthored by NAHIC’s Claire Brindis, discusses school-based sex education for adolescents. It argues that policy makers should take a scientific approach by using developmental neuroscience to policies surrounding this matter. The authors suggest that developments in the field of neuroscience can be used to inform innovative approaches to sex education policy and practice.
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- This study, led by researchers at Child Trends through a partnership with NAHIC, examined data that were analyzed from 6,763 heterosexual adults who completed three waves of Add Health (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative study). The researchers found that young, heterosexual adults who reported depressive or suicidal symptoms during adolescence are significantly more likely to report:…
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- This presentation discusses general principles of clinical adolescent care including psychosocial screening, and physical examination. Clinical, public health and other professionals are welcome to adapt these slides for their own professional use. We request that you acknowledge the original presentation, and our funders, as follows: This product was supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)…
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- On April 25th The Lancet published its second series devoted exclusively to adolescent health. The series of articles make the case for a more holistic approach to adolescent medicine. Four papers explore the role of adolescence as a foundation for future health, the social determinants of adolescent health, the potential of the worldwide application of prevention science, and the current availability…
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- 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). Research and conceptual frameworks addressing successful transitions and functioning were reviewed. Although most national efforts to define skills needed for the transition have focused on career/vocational skills, a few frameworks integrate broader issues such as health, psychosocial…
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- Positive youth development (PYD) is a strong and growing field that complements the traditional problem-focused view of youth, and describes and promotes the healthy development and positive outcomes of young people. The PYD perspective can be applied in clinical and community intervention settings. Frameworks such as the “Five Cs” and the Search Institute’s developmental assets model have guided researchers and…
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- This 2008 brief was a first of its kind to synthesize a range of national mental and behavioral data, including positive measures of emotional/mental well being. The brief provides a benchmark and framework for health, education and other professionals and community leaders who are concerned with adolescent mental health—an issue that remains as salient as it was when this was…
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- This article reviews the overall health of adolescent males and discusses the issues we should focus on to improve male health. It is the second in a series of four adolescent male health columns authored by Jane Park and David Breland for the American Journal of Men’s Health. The article is available here: Park, M. J., & Breland, D. J.…
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