SAHM News
SAHM is proud to introduce our new curriculum designed both for four-week adolescent medicine rotations and for residents' longitudinal training - developed by the SAHM Education Committee and reviewed and approved by the SAHM Board.
Dr. Tamera Coyne-Beasley issued a response to the white nationalist attack in Virginia calling for tolerance, unity and to fight discriminiation of any kind.
SAHM has issued a response to the commentary by Dr. Michelle Cretella featured on The Daily Signal website and mistakenly included in the Adolescent Health News Roundup.
SAHM President Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH, FSAHM, is profiled in the July online issue of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and will appear in the inaugural issue of the print version in August.
The bill would establish a minimum age for prosecution in juvenile court jurisdiction in California, protecting children under 12 years old from the harms and adverse consequences of justice system involvement and encouraging more effective alternatives to court involvement.
With the release of the new Senate health bill, concerns over Trump Administration policies limiting access to contraception continue to grow. SAHM released a statement detailing its concerns.
SAHM 2018 Annual Meeting
March 14-17, 2018
Westin Seattle
Seattle, WA, USA
Too many adolescents and young adults throughout our world encounter great challenges in attaining health, safety, well-being, and their full human potential. What existing structures within and between countries contribute to these challenges? How can we positively change and create new structures that result in respect, dignity, and equity for all? In this meeting, diverse multidisciplinary adolescent health professionals from throughout the world will assemble to share, discuss, critique, and generate strategies that ensure that all young people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to achieve healthy, productive, and meaningful lives.