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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2009;301(4):368.

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Even when they grow up in the best of circumstances with strong family support, stable surroundings, and adequate health insurance, adolescents often find that the US health care system is not structured to meet their unique needs.

In a report released in December, the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommend a number of steps the nation's health system should take to help adolescents protect their health now and set the stage for good health during adulthood.

Unintentional injury, often tied to risky behaviors, is the leading cause of death in adolescents. (Photo credit:)

"Health services and settings in the United States today are not consistently designed to help young people during these critical years," said Robert Lawrence, MD, of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md. Lawrence chaired an 18-member committee that prepared the report, Adolescent Health Services: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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