Steering Committee
Beth Chaton, Ed.D.
TAPESTRY Program Coordinator
Humboldt County Office of Education
Co-Chair
Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA
Senior Attorney
National Center for Youth Law
Co-Chair
Claire Brindis, DrPH
Director, Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Charlene Clemens, MPA
Consultant, Teen and Family Services
Robyn Flores, MA
ACT Director
Robert Gilchick, MD, MPH
Director, Child and Adolescent Health
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programs
County of Los Angeles Public Health
Sang Leng Trieu, MPH, CHES
Field Coordinator – Los Angeles
California School Health Centers Association
Catherine Lopez, M.Ed.
Child Health Coordinator
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Tomás Magaña, MD, MA, FAAP
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Program Director, FACES for the Future
Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Mark Mitchinson
Coordinator
HIV Prevention Education Program,
Siskiyou County Office of Education
Nicole Monastersky Maderas, MPH
Matt Moyer, MPH
Area Manager
California Family Health Council, Inc.
Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH
Policy Development Chief
Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Program
Center for Family Health
California Department of Public Health
Arlene Schneir, MPH
Associate Director
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
Alicia St. Andrews, MPH, CHES
Coordinator
Adolescent Health Working Group
Kim West, MD, MPH
Adolescent Health Specialist
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programs, County of Los Angeles Public Health
Eileen Yamada, MD, MPH
Public Health Medical Officer
Immunization Branch, California Department of Public Health
Camelia Wilson, RN, BSN
Assistant Nurse Manager
Family Planning Program, Department of Public Health
County of Riverside Community Health Agency
About Us
Recent News & Research
This is the Adolescent Health Working Group’s latest toolkit in their provider toolkit series: “Trauma and Resilience.” The toolkit is designed for all levels of youth/young adult service providers, from front line staff, to clinicians, to administrators. We hope this…
Locating “youth voice:” Considering the contexts of speaking in foster care
Within social services, an increasingly significant movement supports giving “voice” to children and youth, enabling them to express their views and to have those views taken into account in matters that affect them. In this article, the author draws from…
This 2012 study by researchers in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine examined the current rates of medical home attainment for adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children and adolescents receive care in a medical…
Recent Publications
Trauma & Resilience Toolkit
Check out AHWG’s Trauma & Resilience Toolkit.
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.
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
Data Tables
The ASHWG Data for Adolescent Births, AIDS and STD are now updated with 2010 data
Upcoming Events
AHWG Provider Gathering, San Francisco, May 10, 2013
Join AHWG for their 10th Annual Provider Gathering, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Vincent Felitti, and local panelists from the Center for Wellness, UCSF Healthy Environments and Responses to Trauma in Schools, and the Youth Justice Institute. The event will also…
Behavioral Health, Yolo County, May 2013
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care:
A Training for Providers
Who Serve Youth and Young Adults
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative and
the Yolo County Health Department, MCAH Branch
Friday, May 17, 2013
9:00AM‐11:00AM
Yolo County Health Department…
Two Adolescent Health Trainings, May 18, 2013
Sponsored by the California Adolescent Health Collaborative
Saturday, May 18, 2013
11320 Cholla Drive, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Cost: $20
Understanding Adolescence: Seeing youth through a developmental lens
Registration 8:30AM || Training: 9:00AM-12:30PM
Developing a Youth-Friendly Clinic
Training: 1:30PM-4:30PM…
