Special Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships for Adolescent Health

Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH) is a public/private initiative that promotes an adolescent health agenda among professional disciplines through large, national, membership organizations. The original four disciplines were law, medicine, psychology and social work, and the funded organizations included the American Bar Association, American Medical Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers. The initiative was re-competed in June, 2006, with grantee activities built around the 4 goals of the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health. There are currently eight partnershps: American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL American Bar Association, Washington, DC American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC CityMatCH (Board of Regents, University of Nebraska Medical Center), Omaha, NE Healthy Teen Network, Washington, DC National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO National Institute for Health Care Management, Washington, DC