TY - JOUR
T1 - Principles and policies to strengthen child and adolescent health and well-being
AU - Perrin, James M.
AU - Duncan, Greg
AU - Diaz, Angela
AU - Kelleher, Kelly
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Project HOPE— The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Four recent reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine framed around the issues of poverty; mental, emotional, and behavioral health; adolescence; and young family health and education build on extensive recent evidence of what can be done to improve the health and well-being of children, youth, and families. We describe the process of generating the reports, briefly summarize each report’s content, and identify crosscutting themes and recommendations. We also note how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlights major disparities and systemic problems addressed in the reports and heightens the relevance of their policy recommendations. The reports issue a unified, urgent call for measures with the potential to change the trajectory and outcomes for children and youth. Among these are basic income supports, other family supports, universal health care structured to meet family needs, and a broad national policy that prioritizes children and youth.
AB - Four recent reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine framed around the issues of poverty; mental, emotional, and behavioral health; adolescence; and young family health and education build on extensive recent evidence of what can be done to improve the health and well-being of children, youth, and families. We describe the process of generating the reports, briefly summarize each report’s content, and identify crosscutting themes and recommendations. We also note how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlights major disparities and systemic problems addressed in the reports and heightens the relevance of their policy recommendations. The reports issue a unified, urgent call for measures with the potential to change the trajectory and outcomes for children and youth. Among these are basic income supports, other family supports, universal health care structured to meet family needs, and a broad national policy that prioritizes children and youth.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092646128&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00709
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00709
M3 - Article
C2 - 33017241
AN - SCOPUS:85092646128
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 39
SP - 1677
EP - 1683
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 10
ER -