and Medicine Engineering National Academies of Sciences, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Lauren Savaglio (EDT), Carla Alvarado (EDT) Population Health Perspective on Middle School Success

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On December 5, 2019, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to explore the factors that affect the health and well-being of middle-school-aged adolescents. The workshop included presentations on the risk factors of poor physical, social, and emotional outcomes and their prevalence; the identification of resilience factors; current policies and programs designed to support middle school success and address issues of equity and financing as they apply to these; and how the health and human services sectors can support and align with the education sector to promote health and well-being in middle school. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop.