The research brief examines survey results on several dimensions of reproductive health by age and by race and ethnicity. The report draws on the male data file from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to present a descriptive portrait of reproductive health behaviors among U.S. adolescent and young adult males (ages 15-24).
In this publication, two districts share their successes of using superintendent leadership and collaboration to create healthy school environments conducive to learning.
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prevalence and impact of trauma and traumatic stress among youth in the juvenile justice system and to describe emerging responses for identifying and treating these problems.
This handbook is designed to assist community leaders in using indicator reporting programs to identify their most important local substance use problems,
National Initiative to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health by the Year 2010
This updated brief provides an annotated list of organizations and agencies that monitor trends in federal and state policies related to adolescent health priorities. It begins with three groups of lists of organizations and agencies that track policies pertaining to multiple subject areas (general adolescent health, youth development, and access to health care).
In this policy brief, the authors draw on articles in a recently released volume of The Future of Children devoted to juvenile justice to examine the problem of youth confinement in correctional fa
The relational worldview model was developed by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) in the 1980's and continues to be refined in practice by NICWA staff.
In this paper, the authors propose a more systemic alignment of high school reform efforts in New York City with Out-of-School (OST) time programs for high school students. The paper offers new models for high school OST programming to prepare young people for college and the workforce.
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When children, teens, and adults are dealing with the stress from crisis situations, talking may not be enough. These resources provide ideas about what to do you can do at home to help children, family members, and yourself cope.
