Canadian Association for Adolescent Health
The Canadian Association for Adolescent Health (also known in French as l'Association Canadienne pour la Santé des Adolescents) is a multidisciplinary, non-profit advocacy organization based in Montreal, Quebec which promotes interest in health issues having to do with adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age.[1] The organization publishes a journal and sponsors conferences for the purpose of setting standards in adolescent healthcare across Canada. Founded in 1993 by Jean-Yves Frappier, a pediatrician at Sainte-Justine University Health Center,[2] the CAAH was incorporated in 1996.[3]
References and notes
- ^ youthwork.com, Miscellaneous health information, retrieved 13 February 2008
- ^ recherche-sainte-justine.qc.ca, Jean-Yves Frappier, biography, retrieved 13 February 2008
- ^ acsa-caah.ca, ACSA-CAAH website, retrieved 13 February 2008
External links
- CAAH website
- ACSA-CAAH constitution
- Young and Healthy, CAAH's youth website
- Sex and teens: Between caution and abandon (in French)