Adolescent Medicine Research

Division of Adolescent Medicine faculty have active research programs in a range of areas relevant to the health and health services of adolescents. The Adolescent Health Services Research Group and General Pediatrics Health services research are housed in the Robert J. Haggerty Laboratories for Child Health Services Research. Division faculty are also active participants in the American Academy of Pediatric Julius B. Richmond Center , a national Center of Excellence dedicated to the elimination of exposure to tobacco smoke, and the U of R/NTID National Center for Deaf Health Research , a Center for Disease Control Prevention. Research projects include:

Improving adolescent preventive services
Care and outcomes of eating disorders, including obesity
Evaluation of the delivery of health services to adolescents
Children and youth with special health care needs
Smoking cessation and tobacco control
Cultural competency in medicine
Health insurance and managed care
Public health and youth development program evaluation
Post partum weight
Adolescent neurocognitive development
Community-based youth development initiatives
Internet and cyberspace use by teens
Survey methodology
Alternative and complimentary medicine
Deaf and hard of hearing populations

Adolescent Medicine Research

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