Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents in the United States have raised questions about

Adolescence is a time of major transition, however, health care services in the United States today are not designed to help young people develop healthy routin

More children born today will survive to adulthood than at any time in history. It is now time to emphasize health and development in middle childhood and adole

Several positive and negative lifelong behaviors are established during adolescence including diet and exercise, sexual conduct, practices related to oral healt