adolescent health

Kids Incarcerated

February 11, 2020

Incarcerated adolescents exhibit a troublingly high lifetime prevalence of mental and physical health challenges—from suicidal ideation to substance use, abnormal cervical screening results, and premature death, according to a

Itayi, 16, and Alice, 13, serve as youth ambassadors raising awareness of HIV in in Mozambique. Image: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

We Can Beat AIDS with Youth in the Lead

December 1, 2019

The future of global HIV response must be very different from today’s efforts. It must be youth focused and youth led. Otherwise, many of our successes against HIV may be endangered by the rapid growth of vulnerable youth populations in the highest burden countries.

Self Defense

November 13, 2019

Until recently, there was little research dedicated to understanding nonsuicidal self-injury like cutting. 1 in 5 adolescents (particularly girls) report self-harm. For 20% of them, the behavior can become an addiction.

Raising the Alarm on Firearm Deaths

December 21, 2018

Firearm deaths—the No. 2 cause of child and adolescent mortality—get appallingly short shrift in terms of prevention in America, where gun deaths of children are 36 times higher than other high-income countries.

The Decline and Fall of Sex

November 19, 2018

All the elements are in play for this to be a banner era for sex—so why is America experiencing a “sex recession”? The percentage of high schoolers who’d had sexual intercourse dropped from 54-40% between 1991 and 2017, according to CDC numbers. And they may not catch up…

Repairing Trust

February 12, 2018

A YouTube video challenging the benefits of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, by filmmaker Joan Shenton, demonstrates why film has become a choice tool for vaccine critics.

Subscribe to adolescent health