Mission and Goals

Mission Statement

The mission of the UNH Center on Adolescence is to foster alliances that benefit youth and to provide research capacity, education, and state-of-the-art information that support the health and well-being of adolescents in New Hampshire.

Goals

1. Improve the health, competence, connectedness, and contributions of all New Hampshire youth.
2. Encourage family, school, community, state, and corporate involvement in supporting adolescent health and well-being.
3. Identify and address the particular social, educational, political, and economic barriers to, and opportunities for, supporting youth in NH.
4. Enhance knowledge and skills of those working for and with youth and their families.
5. Provide valid, theory and research-based information about adolescents and best practices for addressing their needs.
6. Create linkages among professionals, programs, and agencies working for and with adolescents and their families.

Guiding Principles

1. Adolescents represent the intellectual, educational, social, and economic future of our state and are worth our investment of time, energy, and money.
2. Families and communities are essential for supporting adolescent health and well-being.
3. It is important to engage youth in health- and competence-enhancing behaviors as well as to work to reduce those that are risky and health compromising.
4. Envisioning all adolescents as partners benefits youth and improves our initiatives.
5. Collaboration maximizes the likelihood of producing effective strategies to benefit adolescents and their families.

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