Publications & Resources

Adolescent Health

Position statements
Practice point

Position statements

• AH12-01 Banning children and youth under the age of 18 years from commercial tanning facilities
  
  
• AH11-02 Youth Justice and Health: An argument against proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (pdf format)
  
  
• AH11-01 The Sexual Abuse of Young People with a Disability or Chronic Health Condition
  
  
• AH10-02 Emergency contraception (pdf format)
  
  
• AH10-01 Family-based treatment of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Guidelines for the community physician (pdf format)
  
  
• AH08-03 Adolescent sexual orientation (pdf format)
  
  
• AH08-02 Issues of care for hospitalized youth (pdf format)
  
  
• AH08-01 Harm reduction: An approach to reducing risky health behaviours in adolescents
  (pdf format)
  
  
• AH07-01 Transition to adult care for youth with special health care needs (pdf format)
  
  
• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC)  
  (Endorsed by the Canadian Paediatric Society)
  
  
• AH06-02 Adolescent pregnancy (pdf format)
  
  
• AH06-01 Care of adolescents with chronic conditions (pdf format)
  
  
• AH05-02 Youth and firearms in Canada (pdf format)
  
  
• AH05-01 Health care standards for youth in custodial facilities (pdf format)
  
  
• AH04-01 Dieting in adolescence (pdf format)
  
  
• AH03-02 Age limits and adolescents (pdf format)
  
  
• AM96-04 Eating disorders in adolescents: Principles of diagnosis and treatment
  
  

Practice Point

• Sexting: Keeping teens safe and responsible in a technologically savvy world (pdf format) January 2010

Last updated: February 2012