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Recent News & Research
This is the Adolescent Health Working Group’s latest toolkit in their provider toolkit series: “Trauma and Resilience.” The toolkit is designed for all levels of youth/young adult service providers, from front line staff, to clinicians, to administrators. We hope this…
Locating “youth voice:” Considering the contexts of speaking in foster care
Within social services, an increasingly significant movement supports giving “voice” to children and youth, enabling them to express their views and to have those views taken into account in matters that affect them. In this article, the author draws from…
This 2012 study by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examined the current rates of medical home attainment for adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents receive care in a medical…
Researchers Link Adolescent Depression with Unhealthy Relationships in Young Adulthood
This study, led by researchers at Child Trends through a partnership with NAHIC, examined data that were analyzed from 6,763 heterosexual adults who completed three waves of Add Health (the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative study).
The…
No Longer Alone A Resource Manual for Rural Sexual Minority Youth and the Adults Who Serve Them
The resource manual is designed to assist concerned adults in creating safe environments for rural gay youth. It was written by Christopher J. Stapel, a teacher and advisor at the Boston Community Leadership
Academy, part of Boston Public Schools.…
The study examines associations between young women’s (aged 15-24) perceptions of benefi ts of childbearing and their contraceptive use and pregnancy experience over the next year. Perceptions of the benefits of childbearing decreased with increasing age, and white women perceived…
Upcoming Events
Healthy Teen Network’s 34th Annual National Conference celebrates “Embracing Innovation” to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health and the needs of parenting teens. Healthy Teen Network will showcase innovative strategies and research focused on adolescent sexual health, pregnant and parenting…
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care:
A Training for Providers
Who Serve Youth and Young Adults
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative and
the Yolo County Health Department, MCAH Branch
Friday, May 17, 2013
9:00AM‐11:00AM
Yolo County Health Department…
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative
Saturday, May 18, 2013
11320 Cholla Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Cost: $20
Understanding Adolescence: Seeing youth through a developmental lens
Registration 8:30AM || Training: 9:00AM-12:30PM
Developing a Youth-Friendly Clinic
Training: 1:30PM-4:30PM…
CAHC offers a variety of trainings that can be provided to your community or region. We can work with you to coordinate and conduct outreach for the training or workshop. We offer the following topics: Minor Consent and Confidentiality, Adolescent…
ASHWG Core Competencies
Developed by the Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group (ASHWG), these resources are specifically intended for adult providers and educators of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
CA Adolescent Data Set
Recently updated with 2010 data, this is a collection of county-specific data about the health status of adolescents in Excel format
Data Tables
The ASHWG Data for Adolescent Births, AIDS and STD are now updated with 2010 data
HEART Primer
Check out our Healthcare Education, Assessment & Response Tool for Teen Relationships (HEART) Primer.
