Topic :: Primary Care/Preventive Care

Chapter 5: Preventive health care for adolescents and young adults.
- In: Katzman DK, Gordon C, Callahan T, Joffe A, Rosenthal S, Trent M, Chung R, eds. Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide. 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2023.
- Topic(s): Mental/Behavioral health, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Publications
Sources of Preventive Visit Data for Adolescents & Young Adults – July 2023
- The well visit remains a key indicator of health care access and quality for adolescents and young adults and is included in several national data sets available for public use. This brief provides up-to-date information on the well visit measure in these national data sets. This tool is intended for those who monitor or analyze well visit among adolescent and…
- Topic(s): Health Care Access & Utilization, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Young Adults
- Type(s): Information, Tools
Summary of Factors Influencing Adolescent Well-Care Performance in Top-Performing State Medicaid Programs
- State Medicaid programs can have a key role in assuring receipt of an annual well visit among adolescent enrollees, consistent with the Bright Futures guidelines. In a new report, the AYAH-NRC examines factors linked to high well visit rates in top-performing states. This effort was led by AYAH-NRC partners Annie Schmidt, MPH and Peggy McManus, MHS of the National Alliance…
- Topic(s): Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Information
YOUNG ADULTS’ RECEIPT OF PREVENTIVE CARE POST-ACA: MODEST GAINS AND LOW RATES
- The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought with it many changes to access and cost of preventive care for young adults. Now new research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health examines the health care reform’s impact on young adults. A UCSF team led by Dr. Sally Adams analyzed data on young adult well visits and three preventive service measures before and…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy, Young Adults
- Type(s): Publications
SAHM 2019 Center Workshop
- 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…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Health Literacy/Education, Parents/Caregivers, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Presentations
A Parent-Focused Intervention in Primary Care
- Led by Dr. Aalsma with several students at Indiana University, the AYAH-RN conducted an exploratory study to implement a parenting intervention in the primary care setting. Research included testing integration of a screening tool for parents, that addressed areas such as adolescent communication, monitoring, and conflict, and examined parents’ views on such interventions in the primary care setting. Results indicate…
- Topic(s): Models of care, Parents/Caregivers, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Project
Integrated Behavioral Health in AYA Primary Care: A Review
- Drs. Richardson, McCarty, Radovic and Suleiman authored an article reviewing evidence for effective models of integrated mental/behavioral health care into primary health care settings for adolescents and young adults. This article filled a gap in this area, as most research on mental health treatment integration has focused on adults, despite a high prevalence and impact of mental health problems among…
- Topic(s): Models of care, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Project
Behavioral/Emotional Screening Tool for Clinical Settings
- Behavioral/Emotional Screening Tool for clinical settings (E. Ozer, PhD, Sara Buckelew, MD, Veronika Mesheriakova, UCSF) Health-e-Check, originally developed by Ozer and colleagues through AHRQ funding, is being updated with the goal of streamlining integration into the electronic medical record to serve as a prototype for other LEAH projects and beyond. Health e-Check provides a screening report to adolescent providers to…
- Topic(s): Active, Mental/Behavioral health, Models of care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Technology
- Type(s): Project
SAHM 2019 Network ‘Engaging Parents’ Workshop
- AYAH-RN Workshop, March 8, 2019, “Clinic-Based Strategies for Engaging Parents in Adolescent Health Promotion.” View the presentation slides here. The Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network (AYAH-RN) is holding a workshop at the SAHM 2019 Annual Meeting— “Psychological Well-Being: International Transcultural Perspectives.” The workshop will feature presentations by the following faculty and partners: Dr. Elizabeth Ozer, AYAH-RN Project Director Dr. Carol Ford, Children’s…
- Topic(s): Models of care, Parents/Caregivers, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Tools
“Change package” toolkit to improve receipt of quality well visits for adolescents and young adults.
- 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:…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Health Literacy/Education, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy, Young Adults
- Type(s): Tools