America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (annual report)

A report detailing recent findings on trends in health care insurance enrollment for children, adolescent smoking habits, and teen birthrates.

This article was taken from Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Dance Safe

National harm reduction organization promoting health and safety within the rave and nightclub community. Provides peer-based educational programs to reduce drug abuse and empower young people to make healthy, informed lifestyle choices. California chapters in Sacramento, Los Angles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Harm Reduction Coalition

National advocacy and training organization focusing on the harm reduction model of substance use intervention. Direct service programs for youth in California include needle exchange, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, counseling.

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National Adolescent Health Information Center Information (NAHIC)

The overall goal of NAHIC is to improve the health of adolescents by serving as a national resource for adolescent health information and research, and to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information. NAHIC briefs and fact sheets are concise and easy to use. They have the most up-to-date information on specific topics, including: 2007 Fact Sheet on Substance Use: Adolescents & Young Adults

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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Provides links to the latest research on alcohol and drug abuse, including club drugs and methamphetamine. Special sections for researchers, parents, students, young adults, and teachers. NIDA for Teens http://teens.drugabuse.gov/ is targeted towards adolescents and provides scientific facts about the affect of drugs on the body as well as quizzes, and sections for parents and teachers.

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Provides biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. Many pamphlets, brochures, training manuals and reports are specific to youth and can be downloaded from the web site. Also features information about the Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a multiyear effort in support of a highly visible national campaign led by Governors’ spouses to prevent early onset drinking among children aged 9 to 15.

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CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source

Provides comprehensive educational materials and research on tobacco use and prevention. Also provides educational materials, fact sheets and information about prevention campaigns targeting youth.

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CDC’s School Health Tobacco Guidelines

Features guidelines identifying strategies that are most likely to be effective in preventing tobacco use and addiction among young people and outlines action plans to implement these. Also provides fact sheets detailing the prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents.

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CDC’s Tobacco Information and Prevention Source

Serves as a comprehensive source for tobacco information and prevention materials, intervention strategies, and reports on tobacco use impact. Some materials and data are youth specific.

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Partnership for a Drug Free America

Features information about its national anti-drug advertising campaign and other forms of media communication. Includes samples of TV and radio commercials and print advertisements.

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