%0 Journal Article
%T Mental Health, Climate Change, and Bodily Autonomy: An Analysis of Adolescent Health Policy in the Post-Pandemic Climate.
%A McNamara M
%A Barondeau J
%A Brown J
%J Pediatr Clin North Am
%V 71
%N 4
%D 2024 Aug
%M 39003013
%F 3.58
%R 10.1016/j.pcl.2024.05.004
%X The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the vulnerability of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who face economic disadvantage, depend on social safety net resources, have politically targeted identities, are geopolitically displaced, and/or are racially or ethnically marginalized. A rapid change in social safety net policies has impacts that reverberate throughout interrelated domains of AYA health, especially for vulnerable AYAs. The authors analyze policy-related changes in mental health, climate change, and bodily autonomy to offer a paradigm for an equitable path forward.