University of California San Francisco
April 18, 2025
Adolescence is a critical stage of development during which physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological changes occur. While adolescence is a relatively healthy period of life,...
Preventive visits among adolescents and young adults offer a key opportunity to promote healthy choices and screen for emerging potential problems. In a new article,...
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:
This original research article, Improvement in Preventive Care of Young Adults After the Affordable Care Act: The Affordable Care Act Is Helping, by researchers in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
These information briefs give an overview of the causes of each issue, followed by information on evidence-based programs addressing the issues. They also provide other...