Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families (2024)

Chapter: Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.

Appendix B

Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform

Despite remarkable advancements in medical science and developmental understanding, pediatric health care in the United States has yet to fully evolve to meet the complex challenges facing children and adolescents today. While strides have been made in treating acute illnesses and managing chronic conditions, this report reveals that the landscape of child and adolescent health care includes persistent gaps and disparities that demand urgent attention. There have been myriad calls across agencies and organizations looking to address critical shortcomings and ensure that all children and youth have access to the high-quality care they need and deserve.

Previous consensus reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have also provided insights into promising mechanisms and levers for innovation that can be implemented to improve the health and wellbeing of children and youth. Concerted collaborative, cross-sector efforts are still needed to translate these recommendations into actionable reforms that result in meaningful change.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.
Area of Focus Report Title (Year)
Access to Care
  • Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care (2021)
  • Children’s Health, the Nation’s Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health (2004)
  • Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001)
  • America’s Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care (1998)
Adolescent and Young Adult Health
  • Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Thriving in the 21st Century (2020)
  • The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth (2019)
  • Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults (2015)
  • Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities (2009)
  • Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Concepts and Measurement (2001)
Cancer
  • Childhood Cancer and Functional Impacts Across the Care Continuum (2021)
  • Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life (2003)
Community and Social Care
  • Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health (2019)
  • Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity (2017)
  • Community-Oriented Primary Care: New Directions for Health Services Delivery (1983)
Early Childhood
  • Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation (2015)
  • Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention (2009)
  • From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Child Development (2000)
Health Care Professionals and Workforce
  • The Future Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Workforce: Meeting the Needs of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (2023)
  • Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs (2014)
Health Disparities
  • Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children (2023)
  • Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity (2023)
  • Reducing Intergenerational Poverty (2023)
  • Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity (2019)
  • A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty (2019)
  • The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding (2011)
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.
Immunizations
  • The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies (2013)
  • Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism (2004)
Injury Prevention
  • Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice (2016)
  • New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research (2014)
  • Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment (1999)
  • Injury in America: A Continuing Public Health Problem (1985)
Mental and Behavioral Health
  • Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda (2019)
  • Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (2009)
  • Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders: Frontiers for Preventive Intervention Research (1994)
National Children’s Study
  • The National Children’s Study 2014: An Assessment (2014)
Obesity Prevention
  • Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity (2009)
  • Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2005)
Parenting, Children, and Families
  • Addressing the Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families (2023)
  • Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice (2020)
  • Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0–8 (2016)

SOURCE: Adapted from Perrin, Cheng, et al., 2023. All reports available at nap.edu.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Previous National Academies Reports on Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Reform." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27835.
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