This supplement includes papers examining adolescent health issues facing the nation. It includes healthy adolescent physical and psychosocial development; effective strategies to improve individual adolescents' health; increasing capacity of parents, families, schools, and communities to improve adolescent health outcomes; and the influence of law and public policy on adolescent health. The supplement presents recommendations from the Health Futures of Youth II: Pathways to Adolescent Health Conference.
It includes figures, tables, and references.
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