New research from the Institute for Health Policy Studies aims to provide a clearer understanding of the role of communities in shaping adolescents' health.
New research from Kate Coleman-Minahan of the University of Colorado School of Nursing and Goleen Samari of ANSIRH shows that policies that keep families together and give them access to employment directly affect children and adolescents. Exploitation of immigrants and policies that separate families undermine their sexual and reproductive health.
A new study by UCSF’s ANSIRH and Institute for Health Policy Studies examines the impacts of the parental notification law in Illinois and shows that increased parental involvement did not increase parental support or the minor’s certainty about her decision.
Op-ed by Christine Dehlendorf, MD makes the case for investing more, not less, in the innovative federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, which is facing a 50 percent budget cut.
Associate Researcher, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Senior Researcher, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)