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Tag Archives: Adolescent Health
09.17.19
Vaccines and Adolescent Decision-Making: Part 3
This post was written by Francesca Nardi, former intern at the O’Neill Institute, and Rebecca Reingold. Other countries take various approaches to regulating the provision of childhood and adolescent vaccines, and many afford significantly greater deference to adolescents’ decision-making capacity than the U.S. Many of these approaches recognize that imposing fixed age restrictions on adolescent […]
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07.25.19
Vaccines & Adolescent Decision-Making: Part 2
States have grappled with the regulation of adolescent decision-making related to other health services, most notably “sensitive” or stigmatized health services. States have recognized that while parental involvement in adolescent medical decision-making is ideal, there are certain services that adolescents will not seek if they are required to inform or receive permission from their parents. […]
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05.07.19
Vaccines & Adolescent Decision-Making: Part 1
The current measles outbreak – the largest since the disease was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 – is inspiring the adolescent children of some anti-vaxxers to take unprecedented action. A teen in Ohio began to question his mother’s decision not to vaccinate her children in 2018 and, after conducting his own research, decided to […]
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04.27.17
At the Intersection of Brain Development & the Criminal Justice System: Young Adult Courts
This post was written by Laura Malavé-Seda and Rebecca Reingold. In the summer of 2015, San Francisco established the U.S.’s first Young Adult Court (YAC), which strives to align opportunities for accountability and transformation with the unique needs and developmental stage of eligible young adults, ages 18-25. It acknowledges the fact that “[o]ur traditional justice system […]
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Tags: Adolescent Health
04.27.17
At the Intersection of Brain Development & the Criminal Justice System: Young Adult Courts
This post was written by Laura Malavé-Seda and Rebecca Reingold. In the summer of 2015, San Francisco established the U.S.’s first Young Adult Court (YAC), which strives to align opportunities for accountability and transformation with the unique needs and developmental stage of eligible young adults, ages 18-25. It acknowledges the fact that “[o]ur traditional justice system […]
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Tags: Adolescent Health
03.31.17
The Differential Treatment of FGCS & FGM/C: A Legal Double Standard?
This post was inspired and informed by the collaborative research conducted by Ranit Mishori, Kevin FitzGerald, Sam Wu and Holly Hedley as part of the Georgetown Complex Moral Grant. After a three year investigation, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced in late February of 2017 that it would not prosecute a surgeon and psychiatrist involved in a clitoris […]
Categories: Human Rights uncategorized
03.31.17
The Differential Treatment of FGCS & FGM/C: A Legal Double Standard?
This post was inspired and informed by the collaborative research conducted by Ranit Mishori, Kevin FitzGerald, Sam Wu and Holly Hedley as part of the Georgetown Complex Moral Grant. After a three year investigation, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced in late February of 2017 that it would not prosecute a surgeon and psychiatrist involved in a clitoris […]
Categories: Human Rights uncategorized
11.18.15
O'Neill at IV Latin American Legal Conference on Reproductive Rights
On November 2-4, Oscar Cabrera, Executive Director of the O’Neill Institute, and I participated in the IV Latin American Legal Conference on Reproductive Rights in Lima, Peru. The Conference takes place every two years, bringing together academics, judges and other judicial officers, legislators, activists and civil society representatives. This year, the Conference focused on the […]
Categories: Human Rights
Tags: Adolescent Health Colombia human rights justice latin america maternal mortality O'Neill Institute Reproductive Rights right to health sexual and reproductive rights United Nations violence against women
10.12.15
The unmet need for family planning, an unmet human right
On October 9-11, the University of Washington School of Law hosted the Human Right to Family Planning Conference. It explored the relationship between the right to health and family planning – globally and locally, bringing together advocates, doctors, nurses, lawyers, public health professionals, pharmacists, politicians, academics and researchers, among others.
Categories: Global Health Human Rights WHO
Tags: Adolescent Health contraception family planning human rights Reproductive Rights right to health WHO
02.10.14
Toward a Smoke-Free Generation: FDA Launches Tobacco Education Campaign for Teens
By Ana S. Ayala
On February 11, 2014, the FDA launched “The Real Cost” education campaign, aimed at preventing at-risk youth from using tobacco and reducing the amount of teenagers who become regular smokers. In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, granting the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. The campaign […]
Categories: FDA Global Health Health reform Tobacco
Tags: Adolescent Health anthropology child health children HHS National Healthcare NCDs non-communicable diseases public health Real Cost Campaign Smoking Teenagers tobacco control
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