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SAHM Position & Statement Papers
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Preventing Nutritional Disorders in Adolescents by Encouraging a Healthy Relationship With Food
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 67Issue 6p875–879Published in issue: December, 2020- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 1Nutritional disorders, including overweight, underweight, and/or nutrient deficiency, are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. These disorders are frequently related to abnormal patterns of eating and/or physical activity, which commonly begin in adolescence and persist into adulthood. Abnormal eating and exercise behaviors may stem from an unhealthy relationship with food, which often takes root in preadolescence or early adolescence. To prevent eating disorders, overweight, underweight, and nutritional deficiencies in adolescence and beyond, health care providers need to proactively support early adolescents and their caregivers to develop a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. - Position paper
Improving Integration of Behavioral Health Into Primary Care for Adolescents and Young Adults
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 67Issue 2p302–306Published online: July 2, 2020- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 2Problems related to mood, substance use, anxiety, body image issues, post-traumatic stress, and suicidality are common in adolescence and become even more common in young adulthood. Integrated behavioral health (IBH) in primary care has shown great promise in identifying and treating adolescents and young adults who have these problems. Treatment outcomes in IBH settings outperform those in usual primary care settings where a primary care provider may identify behavioral health problems and refer youth to colocated or outside behavioral health specialists. - Position paper
Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth Through Evidence-Informed Strategies
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 66Issue 2p260–264Published in issue: February, 2020- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 6Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults (AYA) aged 12–24 years in the U.S. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) believes that a comprehensive approach addressing firearm access for AYA can decrease the morbidity and mortality that AYA experience due to firearms. SAHM's position paper builds on the 2005 position statement, the scientific literature, and expert opinion. SAHM believes that the safest home for AYA is one without firearms. If firearms are present, they must be stored unloaded, locked up, with ammunition locked and stored separately. - Position paper
Crisis Pregnancy Centers in the U.S.: Lack of Adherence to Medical and Ethical Practice Standards: A Joint Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 65Issue 6p821–824Published online: October 28, 2019- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Cited in Scopus: 7Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) attempt to dissuade pregnant people from considering abortion, often using misinformation and unethical practices. While mimicking health care clinics, CPCs provide biased, limited, and inaccurate health information, including incomplete pregnancy options counseling and unscientific sexual and reproductive health information. The centers do not provide or refer for abortion or contraception but often advertise in ways that give the appearance that they do provide these services without disclosing the biased nature and marked limitations of their services. - Position statement
Advocating for Adolescent and Young Adult Male Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Position Statement From the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 63Issue 5p657–661Published in issue: November, 2018- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 13There is a critical need to improve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education and care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) males around the globe, as SRH is a basic human right for all AYAs. This special attention toward the SRH of AYA males is warranted given the fact that they often have difficulty accessing SRH services and education relative to their female counterparts and have higher rates of sexual risk behaviors than females. To promote AYA males’ SRH and the health of their sexual partners and children, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) recommends that leaders in research, policy, public health, and clinical practice develop and implement evidence-based, comprehensive SRH education that supports AYA males at school, within communities and families, and through healthcare services that are developmentally appropriate, gender affirming, inclusive of, and informed by AYA males. - Position paper
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Medication for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 63Issue 4p513–516Published in issue: October, 2018- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 22Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical prevention intervention that has demonstrated high efficacy in reducing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. While an increasing number of jurisdictions have endorsed the use of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) for PrEP, access to PrEP varies widely. Adolescents and young adults (AYAs), especially those at high risk of HIV acquisition, such as young gay, bisexual, and other men having sex with men (YGBMSM) and individuals living in countries where HIV is endemic, face multiple barriers that limit their access to PrEP. - Position paper
Condom Availability in Schools: A Practical Approach to the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV and Unintended Pregnancy
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 60Issue 6p754–757Published in issue: June, 2017- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 8Adolescents and young adults are highly impacted by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancy in the United States and globally. Consistent and correct use of male latex condoms is associated with protection against both STIs and pregnancy. Providing adolescents and young adults with access to free condoms in schools may increase the use of condoms by improving condom availability, eliminating cost, and decreasing embarrassment associated with purchasing condoms. Studies demonstrate that condom availability in schools is associated with the increased use of condoms and improved overall sexual health. - Position statement
Young Adult Health and Well-Being: A Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 60Issue 6p758–759Published in issue: June, 2017- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 58Young adulthood is a unique and critical period of development during which unmet health needs and disparities in access to appropriate care, health status, and mortality rates are high. This is a time when purposeful prevention and intervention strategies may still alter trajectories and decrease threats to health along the adult life course. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine provides leadership, advocacy, and supports health policies, practice recommendations, and research that specifically help to ensure the health and well-being of young adults. - Position paper
Preventing and Treating Adolescent Obesity: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 59Issue 5p602–606Published in issue: November, 2016- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 24Adolescent obesity is an international problem that is a major public health concern with short- and long-term health consequences. Its prevention and treatment require that all health care professionals (HCPs) work together. To date, very little evidence supports effective treatment approaches for adolescents. - Position paperOpen Access
International Youth Justice Systems: Promoting Youth Development and Alternative Approaches: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 59Issue 4p482–486Published in issue: October, 2016- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 15Youth incarceration is an international public health concern among developed and developing countries. Worldwide, youth are held in incarceration, detention, and other secure settings that are inappropriate for their age and developmental stages, jeopardizing their prosocial development, and reintegration into society. Youth incarceration lacks evidence and cost-effectiveness. The well-being of youth is a key indicator of the welfare of families, communities, and society at large; therefore, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) supports a paradigm shift in the role of the justice system as it relates to treatment of youth. - Position paper
Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 58Issue 3p374–377Published in issue: March, 2016- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
- and the American Academy of Pediatrics
Cited in Scopus: 65The importance of protecting confidential health care for adolescents and young adults is well documented. State and federal confidentiality protections exist for both minors and young adults, although the laws vary among states, particularly for minors. However, such confidentiality is potentially violated by billing practices and in the processing of health insurance claims. To address this problem, policies and procedures should be established so that health care billing and insurance claims processes do not impede the ability of providers to deliver essential health care services on a confidential basis to adolescents and young adults covered as dependents on a family's health insurance plan. - Position paper
Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: Medical Management of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 56Issue 1p121–125Published in issue: January, 2015- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 152The medical provider plays an important role in the management of adolescents and young adults with restrictive eating disorders including anorexia nervosa. This position paper clarifies the role of the medical provider in diagnosing and treating eating disorders, proposes an evidence-based method for determining degree of malnutrition, and advocates for standardization of terminology and consistency in the use of terms referring to ideal, expected, or median body weight. The need for medical monitoring at each level of care is underscored. - Position statement
Refeeding Hypophosphatemia in Hospitalized Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: A Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 55Issue 3p455–457Published in issue: September, 2014- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 36Refeeding hypophosphatemia in hospitalized adolescents with anorexia nervosa is correlated with degree of malnutrition. Therefore, when initiating nutritional rehabilitation, clinicians should have a heightened awareness of the possibility of refeeding hypophosphatemia in severely malnourished patients (<70% median body mass index). - Position paper
Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 54Issue 4p491–496Published in issue: April, 2014- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 91Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is an important aspect of normal adolescent growth and development that encompasses biological sex, gender roles and identity, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and reproduction [1,2]. Achieving healthy adolescent sexual development involves managing the many physical, social, and emotional changes experienced during adolescence. Medically accurate and developmentally appropriate SRH education and barrier-free access to related clinical services [3] contribute to successful navigation of this developmental task. - Position paper
Recommendations for Electronic Health Record Use for Delivery of Adolescent Health Care
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 54Issue 4p487–490Published in issue: April, 2014- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
- Susan Hayden Gray
- Ryan H. Pasternak
- Holly C. Gooding
- Kathy Woodward
- Kirsten Hawkins
- Susan Sawyer
- Arash Anoshiravani
Cited in Scopus: 52Adolescents stand to benefit greatly from improved electronic access to reliable health information and health care. Use of electronic health records (EHRs) can potentially improve health care accessibility, effectiveness, and safety but can create challenges for the ongoing protection of patient confidentiality and privacy. Protection of adolescent confidentiality as dictated by applicable laws is a responsibility shared by EHR vendors, hospital and clinic administrators, clinicians, patients, and families. - Position statement
Influenza Vaccine: An Updated Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 54Issue 2p241–242Published in issue: February, 2014- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 2Globally each year, 5%–10% of adults and 20%–30% of children experience influenza infections [1]. During the 2009–2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic, these rates were higher and children and adolescents were disproportionately affected [2]. Specifically, in the United States this pandemic was estimated to have caused 86,000 hospitalizations and 1,280 deaths among children 0–17 years of age [2]. Worldwide, it is estimated that there were 44,500 deaths among youth 0–17 years attributable to pandemic influenza infection [3]. - Position paper
Adolescent Consent for Vaccination: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 53Issue 4p550–553Published in issue: October, 2013- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 23Vaccines currently recommended for adolescents by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have the potential to improve the health of youth by preventing conditions such as: tetanus, pertussis, meningococcal disease, influenza, and genital warts, as well as later adult outcomes such as cervical and other human papillomavirus–related cancers. Adolescent vaccine coverage lags behind that for younger age groups. A requirement to obtain parental consent for vaccination can present a significant barrier to improving adolescent vaccine uptake across all health care settings in which adolescents access care. - Position paper
Promoting Equity and Reducing Health Disparities Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 52Issue 6p804–807Published in issue: June, 2013- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 13The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) is an international and multidisciplinary organization whose mission is “committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents through advocacy, clinical care, health promotion, health service delivery, professional development and research.” As a leader in adolescent health, SAHM recognizes the need to specifically address racial/ethnic disparities and inequity that can negatively impact adolescent development, health, and achievement. - Position statement
Recommended Vitamin D Intake and Management of Low Vitamin D Status in Adolescents: A Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 52Issue 6p801–803Published in issue: June, 2013- The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 61Vitamin D deficiency is common in adolescents worldwide, and the list of reported detrimental health effects associated with this deficiency continues to grow [1]. Even subclinical deficiency during adolescence may affect bone acquisition, potentially reducing peak bone mass and increasing the risk of osteoporosis in later life. Current evidence suggests that giving vitamin D supplements to adolescents who are vitamin D–deficient may improve their bone mineral density as well as increase their total bone mineral content [2–4]. - Position Paper
Recommendations for Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 52Issue 4p506–510Published in issue: April, 2013- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 96Adolescent health care providers frequently care for patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT), or who may be struggling with or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. Whereas these youth have the same health concerns as their non-LGBT peers, LGBT teens may face additional challenges because of the complexity of the coming-out process, as well as societal discrimination and bias against sexual and gender minorities. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine encourages adolescent providers and researchers to incorporate the impact of these developmental processes (and understand the impacts of concurrent potential discrimination) when caring for LGBT adolescents. - Position paper
The Male Genital Examination: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 50Issue 4p424–425Published in issue: April, 2012- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Cited in Scopus: 12The male genital examination is a simple and quick clinical assessment and is important for screening and diagnostic purposes beyond the need to screen for testicular cancer. Despite the lack of evidence supporting screening for testicular cancer, the genital examination should be included as part of a male's routine physical examination, as well as when a male patient presents with genital complaints. - Position paper
Adolescents and Driving: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 47Issue 2p212–214Published in issue: August, 2010- Lawrence J. D'Angelo
- Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher
- Anisha Abraham
Cited in Scopus: 11Motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of mortality and severe morbidity among adolescents and young adults. All states have changed their drivers' licensure laws to make the process of obtaining a license more protracted and focused on the development of safe driving skills. Health care providers who counsel children and adolescents should actively address safe driving with them, and also involve their parents in this discussion. Additionally, they should also advocate for strict and uniform graduated licensure laws. - Position paper
Expedited Partner Therapy for Adolescents Diagnosed with Chlamydia or Gonorrhea: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 45Issue 3p303–309Published in issue: September, 2009- Gale R. Burstein
- Allison Eliscu
- Kanti Ford
- Matthew Hogben
- Tonya Chaffee
- Diane Straub
- Taraneh Shafii
- Jill Huppert
Cited in Scopus: 41Chlamydia and gonorrhea, the most frequently reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs), present substantial public health challenges among adolescents. Although these infections are easily treated with antibiotics, many adolescents are reinfected within 3–6 months, usually because their partners remain untreated. The standard approaches to notifying and treating a partner of an STI-infected patient are patient referral, whereby the patient notifies his/her partners to seek care, and provider referral, whereby the provider or public health disease intervention specialist notifies the partner and directs him/her toward treatment. - Position paper
Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine: A Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 45Issue 3p316–317Published in issue: September, 2009- Amy B. Middleman
- Ann Bruner
Cited in Scopus: 4Pertussis rates in the United States have been rising slowly since a nadir in 1976, and case rates have increased sharply in recent years. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 25,000 cases in 2005, experts estimate that because of missed diagnoses, the actual burden of pertussis may be as high as 1 to 3 million cases per year [1]. In 2004, 38% of reported cases were among the 10- to-19-year-old age group [2]. - Position paper
Health Care Reform and Adolescents—An Agenda for the Lifespan: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Journal of Adolescent HealthVol. 45Issue 3p310–315Published online: July 13, 2009- Abigail English
- M. Jane Park
- Mary-Ann Shafer
- Richard E. Kreipe
- Lawrence J. D'Angelo
Cited in Scopus: 23New opportunities now exist in the United States to achieve significant health care reform. The Society for Adolescent Medicine believes that health care reform must address the needs of everyone, whatever their age, race, national origin, income level, social circumstance, or health care needs. To achieve reforms that are meaningful for all, it is essential to address the specific needs of adolescents. Many aspects of health care reform that are needed for adults and for younger children will also help adolescents.
