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These adolescent health Concepts provided by the Adolescent Health Section of the Office of Family Health Services.
National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health
The National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health (National Initiative) is a collaborative effort to improve the health, safety, and well-being of adolescents and young adults.
The National Initiative aims to achieve the 21 Critical Health Objectives for Adolescents & Young Adults found in Healthy People 2010. These objectives focus on individual health outcomes and related behaviors that pose the greatest threat to the health of adolescents and, subsequently, adults. They focus on the following six areas:
- Mortality
- Unintentional Injury
- Violence
- Mental Health & Substance Abuse
- Reproductive Health
- Chronic Disease
The National Initiative takes a broad view of adolescent health, recognizing that healthy youth development and safe, nurturing environments are important in helping young people make healthy decisions. For more information about our philosophy and approach, go here. The National Initiative was launched as a unique partnership between two federal agencies:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adolescent and School Health, and
- Health Services and Resources Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Adolescent Health
Improving the Health of Adolescent & young adults
- A Guide for States and Community
- A new resource for developing adolescent & young adult health program
- Increase the role of schools in health
- Promoting positive health
- Improving transitions to adulthood & collaborative relationships
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