Topic :: Program & Policy
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- This article was part of supplement based on the 1998 Health Futures II meeting that created a comprehensive set of recommendations for adolescent health. This article reviews the historical trends and current status of the health of America’s adolescents. An abstract of the article is available here: Irwin, C. E., Jr., Burg, S. J., & Cart, C. U. (2002). America’s…
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- This article was part of supplement based on the 1998 Health Futures II meeting that created a comprehensive set of recommendations for adolescent health. Written by NAHIC’s Dr. Claire Brindis, this article reviews reproductive health issues for adolescents and recommends policies to promote an agenda. An abstract of the article is available here: Brindis, C. D. (2002). Advancing the adolescent…
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- After health care legislation is enacted, attention to implementation is needed to ensure that new programs help all intended beneficiaries. This is especially true for adolescents, whose have unique health care needs. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP), launched in 1998, aims the benefit the entire pediatric population. NAHIC, in partnership with AMCHP, wrote a report to…
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- This tool serves as a checklist for professionals to plan and evaluate health care components for adolescents. Originally developed in 1998, in response to the expansion in managed care settings, the checklist includes features still important for creating youth-friendly health care services. The tool was developed as the result of a collaborative project conducted the San Francisco Department of Public…
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- In 1998, NAHIC researchers led a review of more than 1,000 adolescent health policy recommendations developed by government agencies, private foundations, and various task forces and commissions. The resulting report: synthesizes recommendations into an adolescent health agenda that is still relevant for current efforts to improve adolescent health. advances the field beyond the recommendation, the report also delineates barriers that…
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- This classic report has its roots in efforts to reform health care in 1993. NAHIC coordinated a meeting of experts to recommend how health care reform could best address the needs of adolescents. The meeting, convened with support from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Services and Resources Administration, led to this report that addresses benefits, financing, special…
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