BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 36
Author: Alquist (D), et al
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE
SUBJECT : Adolescent health
SOURCE : Glaxo Smith Kline
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes and commends the
number and scope of existing well adolescent programs and
initiatives that the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Education, and the Department of Health Care
Services are charged with administering, and encourages all
Californians to recognize and support the focus of the
departments on improving California adolescent health
through education and outreach efforts to prevent chronic
diseases, promote improved treatment of chronic diseases,
and ensure updated immunizations against preventable
disease.
ANALYSIS :
Resolution findings:
1. During the transition from childhood to adulthood,
adolescents establish unhealthy patterns of behavior and
make poor lifestyle choices that affect both their
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current and future health. For example, 80 percent of
adolescents who are obese will remain obese as adults.
2. Many adolescents may not have access to primary health
care and the National Association of County and City
Health Officials (NACCHO) encourages the adolescent
health care platform to occur in multiple settings,
including both traditional and nontraditional settings,
such as schools.
3. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP),
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American
Academy of Family Practitioners (AAFP), and the American
Medical Association (AMA) recommend a routine health
care visit for adolescents who are 11 to 12 years of age
to receive recommended immunizations and other
evidence-based preventive health care services.
4. The United States Department of Health and Human
Services' Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has developed, in conjunction with AAP, the
Bright Futures Initiative, which provides a set of
guidelines that include, but are not limited to,
recommendations on immunizations and routine health
screenings for adolescents.
5. NACCHO supports the development of an adolescent health
care platform that would address unmet prevention needs
among adolescents, including, but not limited to, health
care screenings and testing, age appropriate
immunizations, injury prevention, obesity prevention,
and mental health screenings.
6. ACIP recommends the use of FDA-approved vaccines for
tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis, meningitis,
influenza, and cervical cancer in adolescents.
7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
launched a national campaign to raise awareness about
adolescent health and immunizations.
8. The CDC's National Immunization Survey (NIS) found that
immunization coverage levels among adolescents, in 2006,
did not meet the Healthy People 2010 objective of 90
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percent coverage for adolescents who are 13 to 15 years
of age for any of the vaccines measured.
9. Adolescent health and wellness education and health
condition prevention programs generate an extraordinary
return on investment when compared to the cost of
treating debilitating episodic disease outbreaks and
potential lifetime chronic diseases that may affect an
adolescent in his or her adult years.
This resolution recognizes and commends the number and
scope of existing "well adolescent" programs and
initiatives that the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Education, and the Department of Health Care
Services are charged with administering, and encourages all
Californians to recognize and support the focus of the
departments on improving California adolescent health
through education and outreach efforts to prevent chronic
diseases, promote improved treatment of chronic diseases,
and ensure updated immunizations against preventable
disease.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:do 5/15/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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