David Knopf, LCSW, MPH
Clinical Social Worker
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

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David Knopf provides clinical social worker services for the Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic and in-patient adolescents in Children’s Hospital, UCSF.  He does clinical supervision with social work interns and other pediatric social work staff.  Other medical center activities include social work for the Pediatric Endocrine Service, the Disorders of Sex Differentiation Clinic, and the Transition Interest Group. He serves on the steering committee for the San Francisco Adolescent Health Working Group, and has consulted with several community agencies.

As part of the National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC) he has published reviews on adolescent mental health status, on data availability for adolescent populations, and a planning guide for managed care organizations.  He is currently working on a review of state health reforms related to adolescents and young adults.

Knopf DK, Park MJ, Mulye TP. The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile, 2008.  San Francisco. National Adolescent Health Information Center, University of California, San Francisco. 2008

Knopf DK, Park MJ, Brindis CD, Mulye TP, Irwin CE. What gets measured gets done; assessing data availability for adolescent populations. Maternal and Child Health Journal 11:335-345. 2007

Knopf DK. Improving Adolescent Health. In: Kotch JB. (ed) Maternal and Child Health: Programs, Problems and Policies in Public Health, Second Edition. Baltimore. Jones and Bartlett Publishing. 2005.

Millstein SG, Ozer EJ, Ozer EM, Brindis CD, Knopf DK, Irwin CE. Research Priorities in Adolescent Health.  An Analysis and Synthesis of Research Recommendations. San Francisco: University of California, San Francisco. National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC). 1999.

Assuring the Health of Adolescents in Managed Care: A Quality Checklist for Planning and Evaluating Components of Adolescent Health Care. Principal author. San Francisco: National Adolescent Health Information Center, University of California, San Francisco. 1999.

Brindis, CD Irwin CE, Ozer EO, Handley M, Knopf DK, Millstein SG.  Improving Adolescent Health: An Analysis and Synthesis of Health Policy Recommendations. San Francisco: National Adolescent Health Information Center, University of California, San Francisco. 1997.

Knopf DK and Gordon T. Adolescent Health. In: (ed.)  Kotch JB, Maternal and Child Health: Program, Problems, and Policy. Gaithersburg MD: Aspen. 1997.

Ozer EO, Brindis CB, Millstein S, Knopf DK,  Irwin CE   America’s Adolescents: Are they Healthy. San Francisco:NA. University of California San Francisco. NAHIC. 1997.