SAHM News

First Annual LGBTQIA Adolescent and Young Adult Health

SAHM is excited to announce the first annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Award to support research and program evaluation focused on LGBTQIA adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 26.

A Look Back at 2018

See what your SAHM membership has helped produce in 2018. From the 50th anniversary party in Seattle to fighting for gun control, it's been a busy year.

#ThisIsOurLane letter to NRA

SAHM promoted an open letter to the NRA that makes clear gun control is "our lane" to comment on and fight for.

Submit a Hot Topic for SAHM19

SAHM is seeking submissions for its popular Hot Topic sessions. If you'd like to present on a topic that is currently "hot" in adolescent health, submit your proposal today.

Calls Open for Three SAHM Awards

Three award opportunities for adolescent health professionals. Nominate yourself or a worthy colleague today for the Outstanding Achievement Award in Adolescent Health and Medicine, Lawrence S. Neinstein Award in Young Adult Health and Hilary E.C. Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. Deadline is Nov. 26.

Opposition to Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives affiliation

SAHM California chapters wrote a letter to the deputy attorney general expressing concern this merger will have on reproductive justice, health care access for LGBTQ patients, and transgender patients in particular, and economic justice.