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Published April 2024 
Celebrate National Adolescent Health Month with OPA!
Each May, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) celebrates National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM™). 
This annual observance emphasizes the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential, encouraging meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health activities, and highlighting key topics in adolescent health.
NAHM is a time for adults from across the country to come together and support the health and well-being of adolescents in our communities. During NAHM and all year long, health care and human services providers, youth-serving professionals, advocates, parents and caregivers, and OPA grant recipients connect youth to services and opportunities that build on their strengths and potential.
Join OPA in supporting everyone who works to create change that benefits young people!
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Take Action for Adolescents during NAHM
This year, NAHM is focusing on Take Action for Adolescents– A Call to Action for Adolescent Health and Well-Being (“Take Action for Adolescents”), which envisions that all adolescents in the United States have the safety, support, and resources to thrive, be healthy, and have equitable opportunity to realize their full potential. It outlines eight goals, each with initial action steps, designed to inspire individuals and organizations to develop collaborations and innovative approaches that help young people thrive.
Explore resources organized by each goal of Take Action for Adolescents
Weekly Themes
Each full week in May, OPA will highlight two goals from Take Action for Adolescents and promote federal resources that support them. Click on the links below to explore these goals, resources to help you advance them, and social media language to spread the word with your networks.
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Celebrate National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM™) |
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Ensure and expand access to health care, human services, and safe and supportive environments |
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Support and translate adolescent health research and improve health information and health literacy |
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Increase youth agency, youth engagement, and training and support for caring adults |
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Eliminate disparities to advance health equity and increase collaboration and coordination across systems |
OPA Has New Ways You Can Participate in NAHM
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New this year for NAHM, OPA is launching two new games to showcase efforts around Take Action for Adolescents. You can complete the activities on the Take Action Bingo card to show how you are championing young people and prioritizing their health and well-being. You'll earn a downloadable badge (coming soon) for getting three in a row or for filling out the whole card. Once you complete your bingo card, download the badge and share it on social media with the completed card! |
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Take Action Q&A is a weekly opportunity for participants to spark discussion by responding to a question posed on the OPA LinkedIn page. Questions will be posted on the four Wednesdays in May, starting on May 8, 2024. These questions will be related to the NAHM theme for that week. We are inviting you to share your knowledge, ideas, and lived experiences with us! If you respond to each of the four prompts can collect a downloadable badge at the end of May. Share the badge on social media and highlight your efforts to #TakeActionForAdolescents!
Save the Date for OPA’s Youth Dialogue
Save the date! On Thursday, May 23, 2024, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET, OPA will host a virtual youth dialogue on adolescent health. The dialogue will feature young people’s perspectives on how to build communities that will help them be healthy and thrive now and into the future. We will send a registration link in a few weeks.
Share messages about National Adolescent Health Month
Please join us in celebrating NAHM by sharing our social media and newsletter messages during May. Don't forget to tag OPA on LinkedIn (HHS Office of Population Affairs) and X/Twitter (@HHSPopAffairs) and use the NAHM hashtags in your posts:#NationalAdolescentHealthMonth and #HealthyYouthNAHM.
X/Twitter/Threads:
- 📣 May is #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth!📣Join OPA to emphasize the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential and highlight key topics in #AdolescentHealth.https://opa.hhs.gov/nahm#general-nahm #HealthyYouthNAHM @HHSPopAffairs
- During #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth, we can all come together to support individuals and communities working to create change that benefits young people.https://opa.hhs.gov/nahm#general-nahm#HealthyYouthNAHM @HHSPopAffairs
- Everyone can play a part in promoting healthy behavior and outcomes for adolescents. Learn more about #NationalAdolescentHealthMonth from @HHSPopAffairs.https://opa.hhs.gov/nahm#general-nahm #HealthyYouthNAHM
LinkedIn/Facebook:
- The HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA) celebrates National Adolescent Health Month™(NAHM™) every May! Join OPA to emphasize the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential, encourage meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health activities, and highlight key topics in adolescent health. Each full week in May, OPA will highlight two of the eight goals from Take Action for Adolescents and promote resources that support these goals. We can all come together during this time to support individuals and communities working to create change that benefits young people.https://opa.hhs.gov/nahm#general-nahm
- Join the HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA) in advancing their vision that all adolescents in the United States have the safety, support, resources, and opportunities to thrive and be healthy. Young people should have equitable opportunities to release their full potential. Throughout National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM™), OPA will share information and resources to promote this year’s weekly themes.https://opa.hhs.gov/nahm#general-nahm
- Theme1: Ensure and expand access to health care, human services, and safe and supportive environments.
- Theme 2: Support and translate adolescent health research and improve health information and health literacy.
- Theme 3: Increase youth agency, youth engagement, and training and support for caring adults.
- Theme 4: Eliminate disparities to advance health equity and increase collaboration and coordination across systems.
Newsletter:
May is National Adolescent Health Month™
Investing in adolescent health and well-being today promotes health for young people now and into their adult lives, as well as better health for the next generation. Join the HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA) this May to celebrate National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM™). Each week during NAHM, be sure to check out OPA’s website and social media for information and resources for engaging with the many facets of adolescent health. Together, we can support everyone who works to create change that benefits young people.
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