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Adolescent Connectedness and Adult Health Outcomes – June 24, 2019

Helping young people feel engaged and cared for at home and at school — also called connectedness — may have substantial health benefits that last well beyond their teenage years, suggests a CDC study published in Pediatrics.

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CDC Data Provide Insights on the Risk of HIV & STDs Among Nation’s Youth – June 14, 2018

The 2017 YRBS data reveals disparities across multiple health risk behaviors and experiences in the areas of sexual risk behavior, substance abuse, violence victimization, mental health and suicide for all U.S. high school students.

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Graphic illustrates that persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness increased 40 percent between 2009-2019 for U.S. high school students.

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This graphic illustrates data from a new CDC study. The three data points highlighted are that when teens felt connected to family and school, they were 65% less likely to use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs as adults, 54% less likely to be diagnosed with an STD as adults, and 51% less likely to report having experienced physical violence in the past year as adults.

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This graphic depicts the first ever national estimate of prescription opioids misuse among U.S. high school students. The graphic reads. One in seven high school students misused prescription opioids in 2017.

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Fast Facts
  • Young people account for a disproportionate share of new HIV infections and STIs.
  • Only 1 in 5 sexually experienced US high school students have been tested for HIV.
  • Progress in reducing sexual risk among US youth has stalled in recent years.
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Kathleen Ethier

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Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health
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NCHHSTP's Prevention Through Health Care Web site

The NCHHSTP AtlasPlus is an interactive tool that provides CDC an effective way to disseminate HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB data and Social Determinants of Health Data, while allowing users to observe trends and patterns by creating detailed reports, maps, and other graphics. Find out more!

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Page last reviewed: September 7, 2017
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