The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health was formed to provide education, research, policy analysis, and technical assistance to support fundamental improvements in the way that adolescent health care is structured and financed.

Our mission is to enhance the physical and emotional well-being of adolescents, especially low-income and minority adolescents, by promoting access to comprehensive, interdisciplinary physical, behavioral, and reproductive health care. The National Alliance supports models of care that incorporate a positive youth development philosophy and operate in collaboration with schools and community-based health promotion initiatives. We also seek to ensure that all adolescents have insurance for the services they require. Central to our vision is a holistic approach to care that is responsive to the unique needs of adolescents from various ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds. Harriette Fox and Margaret McManus are the CEO and president of the National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health.