Topic :: Health Related Behaviors
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- 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 health behaviors, including tobacco use, to adolescents at their annual health care provider visit. The program was implemented by UCSF Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine in partnership with a large HMO. The program…
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- 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 Child Trends, presents national data showing that these youth differ from their reportedly healthier peers on several health, family, school and neighborhood characteristics. This brief provides a comprehensive portrait of this special population of adolescens. The…
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- 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 alcohol use. Higher beer taxes and laws requiring that beer kegs be registered are associated with decreases in adolescent drinking, laws that impose a driver’s license penalty for consumption are associated with higher rates alcohol…
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- 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 programs and practical tools, this valuable implementation information is difficult to locate in one place. This resource has two aims: To serve as a guide to communities and practitioners for locating effective adolescent health interventions…
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- Sleep deprivation and noise-induced hearing loss are two critical emerging health issues among adolescents and young adults. Both health concerns have multiple causes and contributing factors. Healthy People 2020, the nation’s public health agenda, has highlighted these two issues as part of its core objectives for adolescent and young adult health, yet little is known about effective ways to prevent each from occurring.…
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- NAHIC has long been a trusted source of data on adolescent and young adult health. This 2014 review article, cited at least monthly as of 2023, has two aims: (1) to examine trends in key indicators in outcomes, behaviors, and health care over the past decade for U.S. adolescents and young adults; and (2) to compare U.S. adolescents and young…
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- This presentation covers risk-taking behaviors, substance abuse trends, substance use in the context of adolescent development, implications, and guidance for clinical practice. 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…
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- This presentation includes prevalence of risk taking behaviors, theoretical models, risk taking in the context of the bio-psycho-social development of adolescents, and screening and counseling techniques for clinicians. 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…
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- This report by NAHIC and Child Trends discusses the importance of nurturing healthy habits during adolescence to support physical growth. It discusses the effects of habits including diet, physical activity, sleep, and oral health. The report can be accessed here. It is one portion of “Adolescent Health Highlights,” a three-part mini-series produced by NAHIC and Child Trends, which focus on important…
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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.
University of California San Francisco
