The 2022 National Symposia on Adolescent and Young Adult Male Health are a follow-up to the successful 2018 National Summit on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Male Health. The 2022 symposia are a series of 2 hour virtual presentations and discussions on conditions for which adolescent and young adult (AYA) males[1] are at particularly high risk, these videos are available below as well as at our YouTube Page. These risks include those within the health domain as well as those within other socio-economic domains. The purpose of the series is to explore those risks with the objective of identifying ways to address them through collaborative action. A series of recommendations for action will be derived from the proceedings.
Faculty for each symposium will consist of nationally recognized experts in their fields. The live sessions, to include audience participation, will take place over the period of June 2022 through April 2023 and will be available online after.
The intended audience is broad, to include groups from parents to policymakers to providers.
The virtual series will consist of discussions in the following subject areas. Please click on each topic as registrations open to learn more about the discussion and register.
Check back to this page to see when additional topics will be open for registration. To receive an email notifying you of newly scheduled topics, please sign up for our Weekly News Roundup.
Subjects mirror those covered in season one of PMY’s 2022 podcast series “Let’s Examine This: Unpacking Young Male Health” consisting of eight sessions, directed at parents and other caregivers.
[1] Defined as those between the ages of 10 and 25. The symposia will focus on late adolescent and young adult males, or those between ages 14 and 25.
Faculty for each symposium will consist of nationally recognized experts in their fields. The live sessions, to include audience participation, will take place over the period of June 2022 through April 2023 and will be available online after.
The intended audience is broad, to include groups from parents to policymakers to providers.
The virtual series will consist of discussions in the following subject areas. Please click on each topic as registrations open to learn more about the discussion and register.
- Young Males and ADHD, held June 23, 2022 VIDEO HERE
- Young Males, Healing Partnerships and Promoting Resilience - July 27, 2022 VIDEO HERE
- An overview of the State of AYA Male Health
- Young Males and Reproductive Health
- Young Males, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Young Males and Depression - August 17, 2022 VIDEO HERE
- Young Males, Body Image and Eating Disorders - September 23, 2022 VIDEO HERE
- Young Males and Suicide - September 28, 2022 VIDEO HERE
- Young Males, Relationships and Health
Check back to this page to see when additional topics will be open for registration. To receive an email notifying you of newly scheduled topics, please sign up for our Weekly News Roundup.
Subjects mirror those covered in season one of PMY’s 2022 podcast series “Let’s Examine This: Unpacking Young Male Health” consisting of eight sessions, directed at parents and other caregivers.
[1] Defined as those between the ages of 10 and 25. The symposia will focus on late adolescent and young adult males, or those between ages 14 and 25.