Adolescent Health Care 

Developed in 2011, Adolescent Health Care SIG's (AHC SIG) purpose is to provide opportunites for increased awareness by all members of the NAPNAP organization and potentially increase membership by PNPs/NPs specifically interested in adolescent health care across different settings. 

Adolescence spans the ages of 10-23, roughly half of childhood.  Adolescents benefit from high quality, developmentally appropriate health care and prevention strategies, and NAPNAP as an organization can benefit from focused attention to this age group by members who have adolescent interest and expertise.

Interim SIG Officers 2011-2012

Interim Chair:  Alison Moriarty Daley, MSN, APRN-BC, PNP
Interim Co-Chair:  Naomi Schapiro, MSN, CPNP
Email:  adolescent@napnap.org

Articles of Interest

Improving Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality:  Report From the Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures Committee of the Institue of Medicine
Deborah Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Journal Of Pediatric Health Care
November/December 2011, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. - 405-408

Transition of Chronically Ill Youth to Adult Heath Care:  Experience of Youth With Hemoglobinopathy
Rosalind Bryant, MN, APRN-BC, PNP; Anne Young, EdD, RN; Sandra Cesario, PhD; & Brenda Binder, PhD
Journal Of Pediatric Health Care
September/October 2011, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. - 275-283

Living With Juvenile Arthritis:  Adolescents' Challenges and Experiences
Molly Secor-Turner, PhD, MS, RN; Peter Scal, MD, MPH; Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LMFT, LP, FAAN; Keith Horvath, PhD; & Courtney Kellerman Wells, BA
Journal Of Pediatric Health Care
September/October 2011, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. - 302-307