Rural Latino Adolescents
A significant proportion of California’s Latino adolescents live in rural or non-suburban or metropolitan communities. This series of briefs presents quantitative and qualitative data on the current health status of Latino adolescents in rural counties and identifies trends and inequities in their health outcomes and examines factors that can promote or risk their health.
The three briefs in this series provide data on the following:
- A snapshot of Latino adolescents in California’s rural counties, including health outcomes in injury, overweight and obesity, asthma and sexual and reproductive health, as well as findings from key informant interviews with adolescent health professionals in rural counties.
- Access to Health Care for Latino adolescents in rural counties, including rates of health insurance and delays in care and numbers and availability of health care providers, as wells as findings from focus groups with Latino adolescent in rural counties.
- Educational and economic opportunity for Latino adolescents in rural areas, including graduation rates, unemployment rates, as well as findings from focus groups with Latino adolescents in rural counties
Brief 1: Latino adolescents in California’s rural counties: a snapshot of health status
Coming soon: Briefs on health care access and educational and economic opportunity
Rural Latino Adolescents
Recent News & Research
Examining State-Level Patterns in Teen Childbearing: 1991-2009
Child Trends’ latest brief uses state-level data to examine declines in the teen birth rate over 19 years. The brief describes variation across states during this time frame, in the degree of decline and in patterns over time.…
Having “The Talk” With Your Kids
Dr. Elizabeth Miller discusses healthy relationships and the launch a campaign in the Bay Area to raise awareness of teen dating violence. As a physician who specializes in care for adolescents, a researcher on teen dating abuse, and a parent…
The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families
This clinical report by the American Academy of Pediatrics reviews social media use by teens and tweens as well as looks at benefits, risks, and other issues such as influence of advertisements and the roll of the pediatrician.…
Recent Publications
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
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 2009 data
Provider Resource
Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California
Upcoming Events
Helping Schools Address the HIV and STDs Prevention Needs of Heterosexual and LGBTQQ Youth
This training takes places Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 8:30AM-4:30PM at the California Endowment Conference Center in downtown Oakland. This event is sponsored by the Alameda County STDs Community Interventions Program (SCIP), the California Adolescent Health Collaborative, the Alameda County Maternal,…
Southern California Sexual Health Summit
The Southern California Sexual Health Collaborative will be hosting a Sexual Health Summit on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at the California Endowment in Downtown Los Angeles.
This event is a time to share programs, ideas and best practices with colleagues across…
California School Health Centers Association (CSHC) Conference
CSHC’s annual conference takes place March 12-13 in Sacramento. This year’s conference will be a statewide event. Workshops will range from youth-led research and leadership programs to how to start, sustain, or expand services, improve student health and learning, and…
