- Bullying Report: How Are Washington State Schools Doing? Final report, December 2003. Sponsored by the Washington State PTA and the the Safe Schools Coalition.
The Washington State Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) Act of 2002 took effect on August 1, 2003. This final report examines the variety and scope of anti-bullying policies and procedures that school districts in the state have adopted. 92%, or 156 of the school districts that submitted policies, prohibit all 8 of the categories included in the law: race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and mental or physical disability.
- America's Adolescents: Are They Healthy? 2003 edition, published by the National Adolescent Health Information Center.
About 15% of adolescents live in poverty. And while the South is currently home to the largest number of adolescents, the West is projected to have the greatest growth. [pdf]
- National Adolescent Health Information Center
Based in UCSF's Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and the Institute for Health Policy Studies.
- Delivering Culturally Effective Health Care to Adolescents
An AMA workbook for health care practitioners.
- Adolescent Health On-Line
Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS). American Medical Association
- National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
School-based study of health-related behaviors of adolescents grades 7-12, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and other federal agencies.
- The Impact of Poverty on Adolescent Health
National Association of Social Workers, April, 2003. [pdf]
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