Young Adult Health and Well-Being: A Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Health care reform and adolescents-an agenda for the lifespan: a position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.

New opportunities now exist in the United States to achieve significant health care reform. The Society for Adolescent Medicine believes that health care reform must address the needs of everyone, whatever their age, race, national origin, income level, social circumstance, or health care needs. To achieve reforms that are meaningful for all, it is essential to address the specific needs of ado...

Positive youth, healthy adults: does positive well-being in adolescence predict better perceived health and fewer risky health behaviors in young adulthood?

PURPOSE To examine the prospective, longitudinal associations between positive well-being during adolescence and health outcomes in young adulthood, using a large, nationally representative sample of youth. METHODS On the basis of the data from the first three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we examined positive well-being during adolescence (averaged across Wav...

Adolescent inpatient units: a position statement of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.

It is imperative that appropriate care of hospitalizd adolescents be included in the planning of health care services at local, regional, and national levels. The Society for Adolescent Medicine advocates the continuation and establishment of adolescent medicine inpatient units in both pediatric and general hospitals as an optimal approach to the delivery of developmentally appropriate health c...

Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults.

Contrary to popular perception, young adults-ages approximately 18-26 years-are surprisingly unhealthy. They are less healthy than adolescents, and they also show a worse health profile than those in their late 20s and 30s. The Affordable Care Act provisions to extend coverage for young adults are well known, and some states had already been pursuing similar efforts before the Affordable Care A...

School-entry vaccination requirements: a position statement of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.