Annenberg Public Policy Center

The third edition of “Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don’t Know,” an overview of the current state of knowledge of major mental health conditions that emerge during adolescence, has been published by Oxford University Press, sponsored by the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative, a project of Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center and The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.

As the number of confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. rises, a new nationally representative panel survey by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds a small but significant drop in the proportion of the public that would recommend that someone in their household get the MMR vaccine.

To facilitate understanding how the U.S. monitors vaccine safety, biostatistician professor Jeffrey S. Morris authored a new Annenberg Public Policy Center white paper, “The Complementary Components of the U.S. Vaccine Safety Monitoring System,” which analyzes how FDA researchers determine whether a vaccine has resulted in the death of a vaccine recipient.

Oxford University Press has published the new book “If Your Adolescent Has Autism: An Essential Resource for Parents,” the latest in a series overseen by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center for parents of teens who have been diagnosed with a variety of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder.

A new survey from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that more than three quarters of Americans surveyed would be either very or somewhat likely to recommend that a newborn in their household be vaccinated against hepatitis B.

A new survey from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that the American public would be more likely to accept the American Medical Association’s recommendations on vaccine safety than the Center for Disease Control’s if the two bodies issue conflicting recommendations.

Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center have tested the effectiveness of a “mental model” approach to presenting scientific information, incorporating visual, verbal, or animated models to teach scientific or medical concepts to better identify misconceptions.