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Financing Health Care Services at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: Overview of Findings from 2010

This brief is the first in a series of policy updates and case studies associated with the multi-year evaluation of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), which provides comprehensive health services to adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 in…


Young Adult Preventive Health Care Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found

In the context of increasing attention on young adult health and healthcare, NAHIC researchers (in UCSF’s Division of Adolescent Medicine) examined existing adolescent and adult professional guidelines relevant to young adults. They analyzed these guidelines, with special emphasis on the…


Associations Between Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication and Health Service Use Among U.S. Adolescent Women

According to this study, teens who received information only about abstinence were less likely than others to have sought out the services that are necessary to improving their sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Even among sexually experienced teens, the data…


Digital games emerge as new tool to foster health, exercise: Playing for health

As part of Alabama’s Wee Can Fight Obesity campaign, Halcyon Elementary is one of dozens of schools that received a free Nintendo Wii Fit, a video game system that requires players to move around to earn points, also known as…


Speaking Out – Latino Youth Voice Their Thoughts on Discrimination in New Report

Close to 83% of Latino youth indicated in a recent national survey that discrimination is a personal problem for them. Speaking Out, a new report from The National Council of La Raza, gives voice to these youth along with important…


Young Adult Preventive Health Care Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found

In the context of increasing attention on young adult health and healthcare, NAHIC researchers (in UCSF’s Division of Adolescent Medicine) examined existing adolescent and adult professional guidelines relevant to young adults. They analyzed these guidelines, with special emphasis on the…


Upcoming Events

Minor Consent and Confidentiality Training in Oakland

This training will review practice standards and guidelines, policy issues, and other information on minor consent/confidentiality, including an overview of FERPA and HIPAA. Case scenarios for a variety of youth-serving settings will be presented for discussion and questions.  This half-day…

 
Minor Consent and Confidentiality Trainings in Merced and Visalia

These workshops will review practice standards and guidelines, policy issues, and other information on minor consent/confidentiality, including an overview of FERPA and HIPAA. Case scenarios for a variety of youth-serving settings will be presented for discussion and questions.
Participants will…

 
National School-Based Health Care Convention

Join child and adolescent health providers and advocates June 24-27, 2012 at the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care’s annual conference in New Mexico.  This year’s theme is “New directions for school-based health care: Hot topics for our future”.  Find…

 
Conference on Behavioral Health for Women and Girls

SAMHSA’s 5th annual conference will be held July 17-19  in San Diego.This conference is for anyone interested in learning more and participating in a dialogue about mental health and substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery for women and girls.  Find…

 

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ASHWG Core Competencies

Developed by the Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group (ASHWG), these resources are specifically intended for adult providers and educators of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

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CA Adolescent Data Set

Recently updated with 2010 data, this is a  collection of county-specific data about the health status of adolescents in Excel format

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Data Tables

The ASHWG Data for Adolescent Births, AIDS and STD are now updated with 2009 data

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Provider Resource

Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California

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HEART Primer

Check out our Healthcare Education, Assessment & Response Tool for Teen Relationships (HEART) Primer.

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