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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study

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Published on: February 2, 2017

What gets measured gets done: assessing data availability for adolescent populations.

David K Knopf¹, M Jane Park, Claire D Brindis

¹National Adolescent Health Information Center, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. david.knopf@ucsf.edu

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Limited data exists for adolescent sub-populations

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Area of Science:

Adolescent Health
Public Health Data
Health Disparities

Background:

Healthy People 2010 established 21 national adolescent health objectives.
Significant gaps exist in national health data for specific adolescent sub-populations.
Understanding these gaps is crucial for reducing health disparities.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify distinct adolescent sub-populations.
To assess available national health data for these groups against 21 key objectives.
To propose strategies for enhancing data collection and addressing health disparities.

Main Methods:

A consensus process identified 18 adolescent sub-populations across four categories: demography, legal status, chronic health, and special characteristics.
Extensive literature reviews of academic and government sources were conducted.
Internet search techniques were employed to locate national data for each sub-population and objective.

Main Results:

National data was available for only 36% of the 21 health objectives across identified sub-populations.
Data availability varied significantly: ethnic/racial groups had the most data (57-81%), followed by rural/urban groups (approx. 50%).
Substance abuse objectives were most frequently measured (56-78%), while data for objectives like "drug-or alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths" and "depression among the developmentally disabled" was absent.

Conclusions:

A critical lack of specific health data hinders efforts to improve adolescent well-being.
A national adolescent data-priority agenda is essential for developing targeted strategies.
Recommendations include creating national health profiles, incorporating population markers in studies, and developing tools for specific assessments, especially for youth in government care.