Adolescent and young adult health in the united states in the past decade: Little improvement and young adults remain worse off than adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-16

  Park, M Jane ^a   Scott, Jazmyn T ^a   Adams, Sally H ^a   Brindis, Claire D ^a,b   Irwin, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health status; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASSAULT; ASTHMA; BINGE DRINKING; CANNABIS USE; CHLAMYDIA; COITUS; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; GAME; GONORRHEA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; INTERNET; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG ADULT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRENDS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903139530     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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