Topic :: Developmental Science / Approach
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- Dr. Claire Brindis, co-project director of the AYAH-NRC, has been featured on an American Public Health Association webinar focused on positive youth development (PYD). Dr. Brindis discussed findings from a recent National Academies report on adolescent development science and its implications for PYD. The webinar teaches participants to: Discuss the importance of applying positive youth development approaches to public health…
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- Supplement on the Integration of Innovative Technologies to support improving AYAH health (E. Ozer, PhD, UCSF) Led by Dr. Ozer, AYAH-RN PI, this supplement in the Journal of Adolescent Health will feature several articles focused on utilizing innovative technology to improve the health of AYAs, including three manuscripts based on AYAH-RN projects described elsewhere: 1) “A Developmental Science Approach to…
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- Leveraging technology in adolescent prevention and intervention: The importance of a development framework (A. Giovanelli, PhD, UCSF; E. Ozer, PhD, UCSF; R. Dahl, MD, UCB) This paper, developed by the AYAH Research Network, aims to provide an integrated, trans-disciplinary view of the future of intervention and prevention in adolescent health. The authors make the case for the importance of a developmental…
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- Meaningful social roles among young adolescents (P. Ballard, PhD, Wake Forest U; L.T. Hoyt, PhD, Fordham U) The AYAH Research Network is exploring meaningful social roles among young adolescents. The investigators will pilot an assessment tool for assessing meaningful social roles and examine correlations between meaningful social roles, health risk taking behaviors, and mental health, as well as moderation by…
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- August 4th, 2020 Primarily funded by an NIH, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), the HealthQuest program aims to develop the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce through a multi-faceted program for middle-school students. The program includes interactive videos about different fields and the daily lives of professionals and a narrative-driven health sciences adventure game that allows youths, as well as tools for…
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- December 13th, 2018 INSPIRE builds on gaming techniques to create an environment in which teens participate in unfolding narratives that address peer pressure, social norms, and alternative consequences of alcohol use. Players adopt the role of a teenage protagonist who “relives” a high-school get-together involving alcohol, with virtual characters who model a range of health behaviors. Outcomes in the story line are actively shaped…
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- Review article on developmental science and healthy development (Suleiman AB, Dahl RE. Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: The need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2017; 60(3): 240-8.) In this article, Network researchers consider how to leverage some of the rapid advances in developmental neuroscience in ways that can improve adolescent health. We provide…
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- Ron Dahl, MD from the Center on the Developing Adolescent presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) Annual Meeting on March 9, 2016. Read more below about this presentation. Title: Adolescent Brain Development in Context: Implications for Health, Education, and Social Policy. Description: We are in the midst of an explosion of advances in several areas of…
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- Dr. Elizabeth Ozer, AYAH-RN’s Principal Investigator, was interviewed in a recent article on how parenting practices need to evolve as teenagers get older and enter early adulthood. Read the article here.
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- The Resource Center led a skills building session at the AMCHP Annual Conference in Washington, DC in January 2015. This presentation covers the following topics: the health issues and health care needs of adolescents and young adults how Title V Block Grant transformation addresses adolescents opportunities to improve adolescent and young adult health and healthcare, with a special focus on…
