Specific Populations: Adolescents
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Guide designed to help health care professionals identify youth who may be at risk of alcohol-related problems.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/EducationTrainingMaterials/YouthGuide
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's Healthy Youth! topics page on sexual risk behaviors in adolescents, offering information on data and statistics; science-based strategies; and national, state, and local programs.
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/sexualbehaviors/index.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Slide set detailing rates of HIV and AIDS diagnoses among adolescents and young adults in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/adolescents/index.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fact sheet that describes the HIV/AIDS epidemic in young people between 13 and 24 years of age, including information on statistics, risk factors and barriers to prevention, and prevention strategies.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/youth.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines about preventing the spread of HIV among children and adolescents in school settings.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001751.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommendations on HIV testing procedures for health care providers working in hospital emergency departments, urgent care clinics, inpatient services, substance abuse treatment clinics, public health clinics, community clinics, correctional health care facilities, and primary care settings.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5514a1.htm
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Information about HIV/AIDS targeted to teenagers, including risk factors for and symptoms of HIV/AIDS.
http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//PHD725/PHD725.pdf