Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults [electronic resource] : workshop summary / Clare Stroud, Tara Mainero, and Steve Olson, rapporteurs ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

0309285623
9780309285629
9780309285636 electronic book

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013]

©2013

English

1 online resource (201 pages) : color illustrations

HQ799.7 .I47 2013eb

305.2

"Young adults are at a significant and pivotal time of life. They may seek higher education, launch their work lives, develop personal relationships and healthy habits, and pursue other endeavors that help set them on healthy and productive pathways. However, the transition to adulthood also can be a time of increased vulnerability and risk. Young adults may be unemployed and homeless, lack access to health care, suffer from mental health issues or other chronic health conditions, or engage in binge drinking, illicit drug use, or driving under the influence. Young adults are moving out of the services and systems that supported them as children and adolescents, but adult services and systems--for example, the adult health care system, the labor market, and the justice system--may not be well suited to supporting their needs. Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) in May, 2013. More than 250 researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and young adults presented and discussed research on the development, health, safety, and well-being of young adults. This report focuses on the developmental characteristics and attributes of this age group and its placement in the life course; how well young adults function across relevant sectors, including, for example, health and mental health, education, labor, justice, military, and foster care; and how the various sectors that intersect with young adults influence their health and well-being. Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults provides an overview of existing research and identifies research gaps and issues that deserve more intensive study. It also is meant to start a conversation aimed at a larger IOM/NRC effort to guide research, practices, and policies affecting young adults"--Publisher's description.

"A Workshop on Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults, May 7 and 8, 2013, National Academy of Sciences Building"--Agenda.

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