To access Center publications, products, and presentations, visit our Google page: http://sites.google.com/site/cahjhsph/ The Young Health Programme - YHP is a long-term community investment initiative about helping young people in need around the world deal with the health issues they face so they can improve their chances of living a better life. In connection with the Center's Youth Advisory Committee, Video and slideshow stories are told through the eyes of adolescents. Dr. Nan Astone and Community Advisor Board chair Ross Pologe partnered with Baltimore Homeless Services to conduct a 2011 parallel count of homeless and unstably housed youth in Baltimore City. Astone and Pologe identified 640 homeless youth on January 25, 2011. In 2009, the parallel count number was 426 young people. Dr. Arik Marcel and Center Director Dr. Freya Sonenstein wrote an article in an upcoming issue of the journal Men and Masculinities about men's masculinity attitudes becoming significantly less traditional between middle adolescence and early adulthood. Dr. Adena Galinsky and Center Director Dr. Freya Sonenstein wrote an article appearing in the June issue of The Journal of Adolescent Health about their study linking empathy, self esteem and autonomy with increased levels of sexual enjoyment among young adults. View another inspiring video about Baltimore's urban yogis and the Center's Mindfulness Project. Check out this video by Paul Brooks documenting our Youth Advisory Committee's activities on MLK Day 2011. Our youth rock! Enjoy the Baltimore Sun's extensive feature on the Center's Yoga Intervention that includes an interview with Center affiliate Tamar Mendelson. Mindfulness makes a difference in the lives of stressed out city youth. Read the Mindfulness brief, the latest in the Center's Issues Brief series and an article about the intervention in Shambhala Sun magazine. |