Adolescent
Health
Resource Brief
Advocates for Youth
Information for professionals, youth, and parents on
reproductive and sexual health.
American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
(AACAP)
Materials for health professionals and families, including
audio interviews with experts on adolescent mental
health issues and reproducible family fact sheets in
Spanish and English on topics such as teen suicide,
teen driving safety, and psychiatric medication for
adolescents. AACAP policy statements, a database of
child and adolescent psychiatrists, and links to related
Web sites are also provided.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Adolescent Health
Resources for professionals, patients, and families,
including news, handouts, policy statements, educational
tools, related Web sites, and links to state projects
and promising practices.
American Psychological Association (APA): Teens
News related to adolescent psychology; tips for parents;
links to external Web sites for adolescents, parents,
and professionals.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Adolescent Health
Adolescent health topics such as alcohol and tobacco
use, injury prevention, nutrition and food safety,
physical activity, school health, sexual behavior,
suicide, violence, youth risk behavior. Includes links
to key resources, programs and campaigns.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division
of Adolescent and School Health: Healthy Youth, Adolescent
Health
Information on critical adolescent health behaviors,
data and statistics, science-based strategies, state
and local programs, and related resources.
Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)
More than 40,000 bibliographic records related to the
education of adolescents. [To search the database for
articles books, policy papers, technical reports, and
other materials, use the ERIC descriptor “adolescents” or
select narrower age groups such as “early adolescents” or “late
adolescents.”]
Medline Plus: Teen Health
Publications, news updates, research findings, clinical
trials, statistics, and links to related information
and organizations.
National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center (NAHIC)
Adolescent health data, tools for state and local programs, and resources related to health care services (access and financing, for example), and state and federal policy.
National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
Site for professionals, with model teen programs, publications
(fact sheets, issue briefs, reports, and journal articles),
and links to adolescent health organizations.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
National and state data, fact sheets, videos, and public
service advertisements for teens, parents, and professionals.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Resources for local government and community leaders
on community-wide youth violence prevention strategies;
topics include alcohol abuse, bullying, dating violence,
depression, school violence, and others.
Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM)
Position papers, clinical care resources, and brochures
for teens and parents.
TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups
Resources for the early identification of mental illness
in youth, including kits for developing a mental health
screening initiative in a community; evidence based
resources for providing mental health checkups to adolescents
as part of their routine health care; fact sheets on
mental health, depression, and suicide; and a state
resource center with information about youth suicide,
mental health issues, policy, and state and federal
government contacts.
Urban Institute: Children and Youth
Online studies, reports, and papers on adolescents
covering topics such as economic well-being, delinquency
and crime, secondary education, and sexual attitudes
and behaviors.
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Parents organizations list
- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention knowledge path
- Adolescent
Prenatal Care bibliography
- Adolescent Violence Prevention knowledge path
- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs knowledge path
- Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges in Children and Adolescents knowledge path
- Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adolescents knowledge path
- Nutrition in Children and Adolescents knowledge path
- Physical Activity and Children and Adolescents knowledge path
- School Health resource brief
- Sexuality Education resource brief
- Smoking Tobacco Use/Prevention bibliography
- Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents knowledge path
Authors: Beth DeFrancis Sun, Olivia K. Pickett, M.S.,
M.L.S., MCH Library
February 2009. Updated May 2012
