Topic :: Health Literacy/Education
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- The Center created multiple tools to address adolescent and young adult mental health concerns, through an innovative “CoIIN” quality improvement project focused on depression screening and follow up care, complemented by public health interventions. About three quarters of people with depression experienced their first symptoms by age 24. Thus, the teen and young adult years present a key window to…
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- The COVID-19 pandemic brought increased attention to the mental health status and needs experienced by young adults. The 2021 Surgeon General’s Advisory addressing the importance of protecting youth mental health highlights the growing mental health crisis among children, adolescents, and young adults. Among young adults, mental health conditions had been rising prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19…
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- For college-age young adults, stigma around mental health and mental health treatment can pose a barrier to seeking services. Finding high quality services can also be a challenge. A new report by Young Invincibles describes two innovative initiatives to address these issues, with a focus on young adults of color: a digital ad campaign and a peer advocacy project at…
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- AYAH-NRC Workshop, March 8, 2019, “What’s New in Clinical Preventive Services: An update on Policies, Research and Emerging Paradigms of Parental Engagement”. View the full presentation slide deck here. The Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH-NRC) will hold a workshop at the SAHM 2019 Annual Meeting— “Psychological Well-Being: International Transcultural Perspectives.” If you would like to view each section of the…
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- This Change Package provides a range of tools and guidance for state-led efforts to improve receipt of preventive services for adolescents and young adults. It reflects the experiences of the twelve states that took part in a quality improvement project to support state efforts to increase receipt of well visits, (National Performance Measure #10 of the Title V Block Grant:…
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- December 12th, 2018 The Young Invincibles, a partner of the AYAH-NRC, has published a presentation on important health insurance information and outreach best practices when marketing to young adults. This slide deck also offers insights into the latest changes to health insurance options as of 2018. Check out this new resource below! View or download the Young Adult Health Insurance presentation…
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- The AYAH Center’s Dr. Claire Brindis recently published an article titled, “Young Adults Changing Insurance Status: Gaps in Health Insurance Literacy” in the Journal of Community Health. This study examines gaps in health insurance literacy that can impede young adults’ access to timely care when changing insurance, and assessed types of resources that can smooth young adults’ coverage transitions. Researchers…
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- The Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH-NRC) is pleased to release promotional materials to support your work in addressing National Performance Measure 10 (percent of adolescents who receive an annual preventive visit in the past-year). These materials are intended for use by state agencies, health clinics, insurers, MCOs, or anyone engaged in promoting the health of young people.…
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- Framing Adolescent Health: Are You Sending the Right Message webinar series -ARCHIVED WEBINARS BELOW- This webinar series provides tools for shaping how people think about and support young people to be healthy, by borrowing strategies used by commercial advertisers, leveraging ideas from cognitive linguists, and applying findings from communication research. The Series was led by Glynis Shea, formerly of AYAH-NRC…
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