To assess the state of
adolescent health care, the Office of Technologhy.
TWENTY-TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MODIFYING
ADOLESCENT HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS(Natalie C.
The reason for the epidemic is multifaceted, say
adolescent health experts.
Director of the Adolescent AIDS Program at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City and coauthor of the book Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling, Donna Futterman has helped shape the field of
adolescent health, This summer she will launch the first-ever Gay and Lesbian
Adolescent Health Resource Center, which will train health care providers and youth and initiate a national campaign to promote HIV testing to young people at risk, "I really love teenagers," Futterman says, "Doing work with young people gives me the opportunity to tap into their spirit of optimism, engagement, and hopefulness for the future.
The second, which appears in the December issue of the Journal of
Adolescent Health, indicates that pre-teens with eating disorders tend to lose weight more quickly than adolescents with the condition and weigh comparatively less at diagnosis.
New Global Standards for quality health-care services for adolescents developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS aim to help countries improve the quality of
adolescent health care.
The Case for Improving
Adolescent Health demonstrates the need for increased attention to adolescent preventive healthcare in the US and emphasizes the role(s) that parents, teens, providers, and adults who influence teens (coaches, youth leaders, school professionals) can play to help make improvements.
For their study, Robert Crosnoe, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, Aprile Benner, an assistant professor of human ecology at the University of Texas at Austin, and Barbara Schneider, a professor of sociology and education at Michigan State University, analyzed National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health (Add Health) data on 8,271 adolescents from 126 schools.
Child and
adolescent health and health care quality; measuring what matters.
This new initiative will be run by of the newly established Office of
Adolescent Health under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel) compiles 36 papers published in 2008 in the International Journal of Child and
Adolescent Health (by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel and Nova Science Publishers) on aspects of child and
adolescent health and human development, including international health aspects, positive youth development, growth, and eating disorders.
Nova Science Publishers (Hauppauge, NY) has begun the publication of three new journals, including "Journal of Tribology and Surface Engineering," "Journal of Machining and Forming Technologies" and "International Journal of Child and
Adolescent Health.
