Research
Adolescent Health and Well-being Project
The Adolescent Health and Well-being Project (AHWP) is a 5-year project supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The project is led by the Stanford University Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health, in partnership with the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the International Association for Adolescent Health, and is guided by experts in pediatrics, nursing, psychology, education, youth development, and research.
Research and initiatives of the AHWP are designed to advance the goals of Take Action for AdolescentsTM and support improvements in young peoples’ health and well-being. Take Action for Adolescents – A Call to Action for Adolescent Health and Well-being (“Take Action for Adolescents”) is the U.S. Government commitment to ensuring that all adolescents in the United States have the safety, support, and resources to thrive, be healthy, and have opportunities to realize their full potential. As a Call to Action, Take Action for Adolescents outlines eight goals that, if achieved, will help address young peoples’ health and well-being needs. Take Action for Adolescents details initial actions that can help lead to achieving each goal. Action steps are available for multiple audiences,
including health care and human service providers, policy makers, youth-serving professionals and organizations, parents and caregivers, and researchers.
The project's specific aims are to:
1) engage key stakeholders in the Take Action for Adolescents agenda;
2) conduct research to identify the impact of national, state, and local policies on access, availability, and quality of health care and health education for adolescents;
3) develop a series of policy briefs summarizing the research and identify strategies to improve adolescent health services and outcomes; and
4) disseminate the policy briefs through publications and events to support progress.
See the Overview of Take Action for Adolescents, a brief for State and Federal policy makers, for an outline of the eight goals of take action for decision makers.
Get in touch with us at: adolescenthealth@stanford.edu