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Publications | Overview |
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We are continually expanding
our list of resources. If you have materials you would like
us to list, please contact
us.
Winter 2007 Newsletter
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School
Health Centers Policy Brief - California Adolescent Health
Collaborative (AHC) has
produced a new policy brief highlighting the importance of
school health centers for the
adolescent population. The brief is designed to provide up-to-date
information in an easy-to-use format on this important topic. |
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Adolescent
Family Life Program (AFLP) Report. - The Adolescent Family
Life Program: (AFLP) Program Overview and Profile of Clients,
published in February 2007 by The Maternal, Child and Adolescent
Health/Office of Family Planning Program (MCAH/OFP) outlines
the latest status of adolescents in this important state program.
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The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center
for Middle Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Health (Policy
Center) is pleased to announce the release of the RESOURCE
Project.
RESOURCE
Project - http://policy.ucsf.edu/resources/
Contains a web-based, educational resource designed to enhance
the adolescent health training of students in public health
programs and other health-related disciplines. The project
adopts a developmental perspective, viewing adolescent health
and well-being as closely intertwined with healthy development
and environmental influences. The 12-unit project includes
topics such as substance abuse, youth with special health
care needs and community interventions. |
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Adolescent
Health Working Group Toolkit - The Adolescent Provider
Toolkit is a collection of resources for health care providers
who work with adolescents. The Toolkit incorporates adolescent
health care best practices and includes resources for providers,
parents, and teens.
The Toolkit modules contain screening tools, brief office
interventions and counseling guidelines, community resources
and referrals, tip sheets for teens and parents, health education
materials for teens and their adult caregivers, and literature
and internet resources.Toolkit modules:
Please see AHWG’s website for San Francisco-specific
versions of the modules: www.ahwg.net
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Behavioral
Health Adolescent Provider Toolkit & Trainings
After three years of development, the
Adolescent Health Working Group is ready to
unveil the Behavioral Health
Adolescent Provider Toolkit. Developed
by and for health care providers, this
toolkit takes a closer look at common
adolescent mental health and substance use
problems and includes:
- Screening
and assessment tools
- Twelve mental health and substance use
issue briefs
- Evaluation and treatment
algorithms for general behavioral
health concerns, depression, and
Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
- Brief office interventions
and counseling guidelines
- Health education materials
for teens and their parents/adult
caregivers
- Online
resources and hotlines
You can download a FREE copy or purchase a
hard copy of the Behavioral Health
Toolkit by visiting the website http://www.ahwg.net. |
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A new report – Youth
Health & Wellness in Alameda County 2006 – is
the first of its kind to present key indicators of youth health
from ages 10-24, and related risks and protective factors.
Prepared by the Alameda County School-based Health Center
Coalition and Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD),
the report examines social disparities in health (racial/ethnic,
gender and geographical) and key indicators relevant for youth
development including economics, education, protective factors,
violence, unintentional injuries, mental health, substance
use, physical health, and sexual health. The report includes
a resource section with information on youth services in Alameda
County and useful websites, as well as broad recommendations
for action. Click
here to view the report. |
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Involving
Parents in Reproductive Health Decisions - California leads
the nation in reducing teen births having experienced a remarkable
40% decrease in the rates of births to teens over the past 10
years. Despite this progress, the actual number of unintended
pregnancies to teens remains too high and continues to be an
area of concern. To continue to address this, the State has
invested time and money into developing successful and coordinated
teen pregnancy prevention programs that include projects addressing
family communication, recognizing that parent-child communication
is an important component of successful teen pregnancy prevention
programs. |
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Secure
California's Future by Investing in our Youth – Budget
Advocacy Position Statement - This position statement, designed
to assist individuals and organizations with budget related
advocacy, calls on the Governor and the Legislature to prioritize
the needs of youth and to raise revenue to preserve youth services
if necessary. The position statement highlights the benefits
of investing in youth and offers some fair and realistic ways
to generate revenue to maintain critical programs. |
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Investing
in Adolescent Health – Strategic Plan – Investing
in Adolescent Health: A Social Imperative for California’s
Future is the strategic plan of the Adolescent Health Collaborative
that presents data, recommendations, and strategies as the road
map for moving forward in making youth a policy priority, creating
supports and opportunities for all youth, and improving services
and service systems. |
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Investing
in Adolescent Health – Executive Summary - This brief
is a condensed version of the full Strategic Plan. |
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Improving
Health Care Access Through Teen-Oriented Outreach - An
Adolescent Health Collaborative brief on promoting effective
outreach to teens to increase their access to and utilization
of health care.
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Involving
Youth in Public Policy - An Adolescent Health
Collaborative policy brief, produced by the Public Health Institute's
Center for Youth Policy and Advocacy. You can use this brief
with people in your community/agency to promote the idea of
youth involvement. Suggestions and examples illustrate how youth
can effectively participate in shaping public policy. |
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The
Health Status of California's Latino Youth (pdf file) -
A summary of available data for Latino youth, including information
on demographics and economic, health and risk indicators. Click
here to download the raw data tables for all the figures in
this document. (Microsoft
Word file) |
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Trauma
Among Homeless Youth Brief - The Community Trauma Treatment
Center for Runway and Homeless Youth, a collaborative effort
between the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital
Los Angeles and agencies of the Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership—Covenant
House California, the Los Angeles Free Clinic, the Los Angeles
Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles Youth Network, and My Friend’s
Place—recently collaborated with the National Center for
Child Traumatic Stress to publish Culture and Trauma Brief (Vol.
2, N. 1): Trauma Among Homeless Youth. This publication includes
information about trauma and homeless youth, the consequences
of trauma and homelessness, and considerations for treatment.
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Breast
Cancer and Environment Peer Education Tool Kit - The Zero
Breast Cancer Tool Kit may be used as a resource for a single
lesson breast cancer prevention education module. The lesson
module was created with input from teen peer educators, teachers,
parents and breast cancer specialists in Marin County and
the San Francisco Bay Area.
The module addresses the need for breast cancer information
and preventive education that is targeted and relevant to
teens. The Tool Kit contains peer education activity templates
that were developed during Zero Breast Cancer’s pilot
study conducted in partnership with the Tamalpais Union High
School District in 2006. The independent program evaluation
showed that the pilot project was highly effective. |
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