The Partnership for Male Youth (PMY) is the only US national organization whose sole focus is on the health and wellbeing of adolescent and young adult (AYA) males, or Gen Z males, those between the ages of 10 and 25. It is widely accepted that there is a need to address their physical and mental healthcare needs more fully. Hence, PMY’s mission is “to work with and for AYA males to optimize their health and ensure that they thrive.” PMY has pursued its mission for more than a decade. It is composed of a network of twenty-three national and international organizations that have a stake, or potential stake, in AYA male health. After age 15, male adolescents' use of primary care services declines, while female adolescents' use increases. The increase for females is primarily due to an increase in use of OB/GYN services. Overall, except for largely episodic school exams, sports physicals and visits to the ER, once AYA males leave the pediatrician’s office they are largely left outside of our health care system. ​ Yet, according to CDC data, AYA males are at higher risk than their female contemporaries for: Death by suicide ADHD diagnosis Substance abuse Homicide Risky behaviors Accidental injury Certain STIs (HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, oropharyngeal cancer, hepatitis B & C) ​ It’s not surprising, therefore, that males do not become reunited with our health care system until they suffer from an acute or chronic illness later in life. Ironically, some of those illnesses are caused by a lack of preventive care in the intervening years. In recent years, PMY has developed and supported several programs with a dual purpose: to raise awareness among clinicians as well as the public, parents and caregivers about the importance of this issue, and to provide them with the resources and means to address it, through, among other things, education.