Topic :: Mental/Behavioral health
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- Review article on Clinical Preventive Services. (Harris SK, Aalsma MC, Weitzman ER, et al. Research on clinical preventive services for adolescents and young adults: Where are we and where do we need to go? J Adolesc Health. 2017; 60(3): 249-60.) AYAH-Research Network partners authored a review article on AYA clinical preventive services (CPS), examining evidence for increasing access to CPS,…
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- Parent-focused educational materials to prevent opioid abuse (S. Harris, PhD, BCH/HU) With support from the AYAH-RN, Dr. Sion Harris at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University (BCH/HU) led a project to create on-line teaching materials to engage parents in helping prevent opioid abuse. The project built on existing parent education website materials developed by BCH/HU that address other substance abuse issues. The…
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- Recent data show that nearly half of American children – 35 million kids – had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) — traumas and exposure that can have devastating, long-term effects on children’s health and well-being that extend far into adulthood. Dr. Claire Brindis, Co-Project Director of the AYAH Center, contributed to the September special issue of Academic Pediatrics…
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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 brief examines several policies, as well as individual, family and peer factors relevant to substance use. Research findings suggest that policies to promote a positive school environment are more likely to influence substance use in…
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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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- 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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- In May 2015, NAHIC’s Dr. Charles Irwin presented at the 48th Annual Advances & Controversies in Clinical Pediatrics Conference in San Francisco, CA. This presentation focuses on primary care management of adolescent depression, including screening, diagnosis and treatment options. Clinical, public health and other professionals are welcome to adapt these slides for their own professional use. We request that you acknowledge…
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