POPLINE Document Number: 281945
Author(s):
Brindis CD
Ozer EM
Handley M
Knopf DK
Millstein SG
Source citation:
San Francisco, California, University of California, San Francisco, National Adolescent Health Information Center, 1998. [120] p.
Abstract:
The policy analysis embodied in Improving Adolescent Health: An Analysis and Synthesis of Health Policy Recommendations was compiled by the National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC) to help create a common agenda, and clarify the steps critical to improving the health of America’s adolescents. This document is intended to provide a framework for considering the policy recommendations outlined in 36 nationally-focused reports and books produced during the past decade. Promising future directions are also suggested for developing policy action, establishing priorities, and mobilizing the private and public sectors. The goal of our analysis is four-fold: 1. To identify consensus policy recommendations; 2. To highlight strategies reflecting consensus policy priorities; 3. To delineate health policy areas that have been overlooked or have recently emerged; 4. To define critical barriers that may hamper implementation of consensus policy. A major premise of this report is that there is an “economy of effort” by bringing together the collective wisdom represented by the over 1,000 policy recommendations synthesized here. These recommendations, representing significant professional concurrence, can be utilized to plan for substantially improving the health status of adolescents. It is time to use these recommendations to develop and evaluate the next generation of programmatic and policy efforts. (excerpt)
Keywords:
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Recommendations
Adolescents
Health
Health Policy
Goals
Delivery of Health Care
Public Health
Behavior
North America
Americas
Developed Countries
Youth
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Policy
Planning
Organization and Administration