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  1. Building the foundations for sustainable development: a case for global investment in the capabilities of adolescents, Peter Sheehan et al., The Lancet (2017).

    This study presents findings from models estimating the benefit to cost ratio (BCR)—the average value of an intervention relative to its cost—of various interventions affecting adolescents in a number of low, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countrie ...

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  2. Integrated Community Strategies for Linking Youth to Adolescent Reproductive Health Services: A Case Study, Joy Sotolongo, M.S. et al., 60 Journal of Adolescent Health 45-50 (2017).

    This article describes the development and promotion of a Teen Wellness Center (TWC)—a teen-centered, full-service clinic—intended to increase teen access to contraceptive and reproductive health care. Responding to historically high rates of teen birth i ...

    admin - 6/8/2017 2:48pm

  3. Karen M. Abram et al., Disparities in HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors After Youth Leave Detention: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study, 139 Pediatrics 2 (2017)

    This study examines HIV/AIDS risk behaviors in delinquent youth during the 14 years after leaving juvenile detention settings, with a focus on gender and racial/ethnic differences. The study, based on 1829 subjects, sought to explain, for example, why Bla ...

    admin - 6/8/2017 2:46pm

  4. The Rights of Youth In State Custody to Comprehensive Sexual Health Care

    Sexual health care for adolescents—including disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and literacy in human sexuality—is central to reaching and maintaining a healthy adulthood. This aspect of health care is particularly important for youth in state cust ...

    admin - 4/18/2017 3:14pm

  5. A Rights-Based Approach to Sexuality Education: Conceptualization, Clarification, and Challenges, Nancy Berglas & Emily J. Ozer, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (2014)

    This article explores the scope of a rights-based approach to sexuality education. Presenting findings from in-depth interviews of U.S. and international sexuality education experts, the article defines this framework as encompassing four elements: (1) a ...

    admin - 4/6/2017 1:49pm

  6. AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Inc. v. Town of Barnstable, Civil Action No. BACV2015-00586 (2015).

    The Barnstable County Superior Court of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of a cease and desist order against a needle distribution program of the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Inc. (ASGCC). The program distributes cl ...

    admin - 9/21/2016 3:08pm

  7. New York State Youth Sexual Health Plan, AIDS Institute, New York Department of Health (2016)

    This strategic plan from the New York State AIDS Institute presents data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (“YRBS”) about New York youth’s sexual health behaviors and risks, and it provides ...

    admin - 9/21/2016 12:56pm

  8. Global AIDS Update 2016, UNAIDS (2016)

    This report combines data from 160 countries to analyze the progress made and progress needed to meet UNAIDS’ goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. In terms of progress, in the last two years the number of people living with HIV on antiretroviral trea ...

    admin - 6/14/2017 3:56pm

  9. Effect of Removal of Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program, Amanda J. Stevenson, M.A. et al., The New England Journal of Medicine (2016)

    Texas excluded Planned Parenthood affiliates from the state-funded replacement for a Medicaid fee-for-service program, effective in 2013. This study assessed rates of contraceptive-method provision, method continuation through the program, and childbirth ...

    admin - 8/8/2016 11:06am

  10. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis for People Who Inject Drugs in the United States, Cora L. Bernard, MS et al., Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

    Many trials have shown daily oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can prevent HIV transmission. PrEP treatment is expensive, however, costing $10,000 annually even without regular HIV screening and adverse effects assessment recommended by the CDC. This em ...

    admin - 7/14/2016 10:56am

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