Updated Demographics Fact Sheet
The Demographics Fact Sheet on Adolescent and Young Adult Health has been updated! Please go to the Briefs & Fact Sheets Page to download this fact sheet.
07/07/08 at 09:27 AM
NAHIC Goals
The goals of NAHIC are:
- ♦ to serve as a national resource for adolescent health information and research; and
- ♦ to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information.
What's New
Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Culturally Competent Health Care Among Youth and Young Men
This article discusses gaps in research and offers recommendations for improving health care quality and strengthening the research base on gender and disparities during adolescence.
06/11/08 at 09:29 AM
Midcourse Review of the Healthy People 2010: 21 Critical Health Objectives for Adol’s & Young Adults
This article reviews the progress on the 21 Critical Health Objectives as part of the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review.
03/20/08 at 09:09 AM
The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile, 2008
This brief presents national data on measures ranging from well-being to substantial impairment. Please go to the Briefs & Fact Sheets Page to download this brief.
03/17/08 at 09:02 AM
Depression: Focus on the Adolescent Male
This article discusses clinical considerations for and summarizes national data on depression among male adolescents.
02/14/08 at 01:08 PM
What's Featured This Month
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Assessing Data Availability for Adolescent Populations
This paper provides an overview of the availability of data for specific adolescent sub-populations by the 21 Critical Health Objectives. The expanded tables provide the actual data for each sub-population by each specific 21 Critical Health Objective. Click here to access this article06/21/07 at 02:34 PM
NAHIC is honored to be the 2006 recipient of the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. Please click on the picture below to download the Award presentation.
Please be sure to visit our Sister Site, the Policy Center. Resources on the site include papers on Young Adult health, Middle Childhood documents, a Brief listing organizations that track state and federal policies in adolescent health, and many more publications.
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Child Trends. Together we conduct research, create resources and offer assistance to improve the health of young people and their families.
