Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow- 2018 Playbook
Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow® (TAG) is a national call to action to improve health, to reduce risky behavior, and to promote engagement and healthy development among young people. The adolescent years (ages 10-19) and the transition to young adulthood are important times for promoting current and life-long health.
TAG uses a strengths-based, positive youth development framework to encourage youth-serving professionals, families, and youth themselves to take steps toward promoting better adolescent health. While teens are generally healthy, behavioral and mental health problems, alcohol and drug misuse, injuries, violence, obesity, and other challenges sideline too many young people. TAG calls for adults from all walks of life to make the health, safety, and development of adolescents a high priority. TAG is aimed at helping ensure achievement of national health objectives set forth in Healthy People 2020, the National Prevention Strategy, and other national plans.