Other 'What Works' Topics
Adolescent Health and Safety
By Juliet L. Hatcher, M.P.H., and Juliet Scarpa
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Tobacco Use Physical Activity and Nutrition Sleep Dental Health Unintentional Injuries: Motor Vehicles Unintentional Injuries: Bicycles Occupational Injuries
Adolescent Health and Safety

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Sleep

- Changing school start times (preliminary results suggest both positive and negative consequences).

Individual Level
-Reduce tobacco use through prevention and cessation programs.

-Treat and prevent adolescent depression.

-Address other behavioral and emotional problems, including rebelliousness and stress.

-Alleviate-or improve management of-time pressures resulting from the demands of school-work, employment, and other activities.


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