The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life e...

Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them...

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems....

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requ...

America's health care system is being reshaped by a variety of market-driven changes, and states ...

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six mil...

Mental health and substance use disorders among children, youth, and young adults are major threa...

In response to a mandate from Congress in conjunction with the Protection of Children from Sexual...

This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled Opportunities to P...

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric...

Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are n...