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 The Section of Adolescent Health also provides social work and nutrition services.

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Full Potential Community Report     

This comprehensive report depicts the health status of Franklin County's children. The report goes in depth, focusing on 10 key indicators worthy of community focus. The children of Franklin County face a number of health risks. Understanding the facts is the first step in helping them reach their full potential. A few indicators are highlighted below. View the full report.

Community report indicators include:

Teen Pregnancy

Teen Tobacco Use

Infant Mortality 

Nationwide Children's Hospital Eating Disorders Program

In March 2009, the Section of Adolescent Health launched the multidisciplinary Nationwide Children’s Hospital Eating Disorders program, which provides eating disorder assessment and treatment services in the outpatient setting. The program includes staff in medicine, psychology, social work, nursing and nutrition, with additional linkages to occupational therapy, massage therapy and recreational therapy. The program emphasizes care for adolescents with eating disorders and includes younger children on a case-by-case basis. The team also provides inpatient care for those adolescents requiring medical stabilization.