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Print this page The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law is a unique national organization that works exclusively to promote the health of adolescents and their access to comprehensive health care. The Center addresses a broad range of complex legal and policy issues that affect access to health care for the most vulnerable youth in the United States. The Center provides information and analysis, publications, consultation, and training to health professionals, policy makers, researchers and advocates who are working to protect the health of our adolescents.
   
   
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  State Minor Consent Laws: A Summary, 3rd Edition

 

The highly anticipated 3rd edition of State Minor Consent Laws: A Summary will be available in December 2009. Keep checking back for more information on how to order your copy!
   
   
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  Studies
  Teen Vaccine Study
  The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law and the Adolescent Medicine Program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, with support from the CDC, are conducting a nationwide research study to understand factors that influence adolescent immunization. Click here for more details.
   

 

Publications
  Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Reform Bills Do for Adolescents & Young Adults? (2009)
  The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, in collaboration with the National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has released "Highlights and Hazards: What Do the Current Health Care Reform Bills Do for Adolescents & Young Adults?" For a description of this issue brief, click here.
   
  Health Care for Homeless Youth: Policy Options for Improving Access (2008)
  The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, in collaboration with the Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Middle Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Health at the University of California, San Francisco, has released "Health Care for Homeless Youth: Policy Options for Improving Access." For a description of this issue brief, click here.
   
  Policy Compendium on Confidential Health Services for Adolescents (Second Edition) (2005)
  The Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, in collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA), the AMA National Coalition on Adolescent Health, and the AMA Educational Forum on Adolescent Health, has released "Policy Compendium on Confidential Health Services for Adolescents" (Second Edition). For a description of this compendium, click here.
   
   
   
   
   
   

             


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