Adolescent Health Policies and Programs

Catalog description

This course serves to: (1) increase knowledge and awareness of the context, design, and effectiveness of interventions to prevent and respond to adolescent health risk taking; and (2) develop professional skills in the use of quantitative methodologies to determine the health needs/problems of adolescents and in the formulation of workable strategies to respond to identified needs. The course includes discussion of major policy issues and controversies surrounding specific adolescent health program approaches. Students will compare interventions for addressing common health problems in adolescence and meeting the needs of special youth populations in low- and middle-income countries with similar interventions in developed countries. The key components of successful and unsuccessful programs in specific health areas will be addressed.