Topic :: Primary Care/Preventive Care

Emerging Issues: Developing models of care for transgender youth
- Developing models of care for transgender youth (Guss CE, Inwards-Breland D, Ozer E, Vance S. Experiences with Querying Gender Identity across Seven Adolescent Medicine Sites. Journal of Adolescent Health. Published on-line, August 2018.) The AYAH-RN continues to advance our project on care for transgender youth, a key emerging issue. This study, led by Carly Guss, MD (BCH), David Breland, MD…
- Topic(s): Equity, Models of care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Transgender
- Type(s): Project
Opportunities for Cancer Prevention During Early Adulthood
- Dr. Claire Brindis, Co-Project Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult National Resource Center, a major project of NAHIC, helped develop a supplement in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled “Opportunities for Cancer Prevention During Early Adulthood.” This journal is free to view at: http://www.ajpmonline.org/issue/S0749-3797(17)X0003-2. Claire and her team has also developed a CDC webpage for the supplement which…
- Topic(s): Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Tools
National Coalition on Millennial Health (NCMH)
- Dr. Charles Irwin, AYAH-NRC’s Project Director, presented at the National Millennial Health Summit in September 2016. Hosted by Young Invincibles and YI Advisors, the goal of this Summit is to bring national attention to the challenges and opportunities in Millennial health and highlight effective examples of connecting Millennials from coverage to care. Dr. Irwin presented an “Overview of Health Care…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy, Young Adults
- Type(s): Presentations
CoIIN Summit 2017
- In May 2017, the AYAH-NRC convened a summit with the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (“CoIIN”) with participants from seven state teams: Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Washington and Wyoming. These presentations offer user-friendly overviews on key aspects of initiatives to improve well visits, such as quality improvement, partnership development, special considerations for…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Health Literacy/Education, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Presentations
Learning Community #2: Marketing the Adolescent and Young Adult Well Visit
- Marketing the Adolescent and Young Adult Well Visit webinar series -ARCHIVED WEBINARS BELOW- This virtual learning series presented ideas and concepts from commercial marketers to inform our approaches to engaging young people in health. Participants of the entire series will: Use a broad definition of marketing to inform their work Generalize about generational differences Apply consumer insights about AYA to…
- Topic(s): Communication, Health Literacy/Education, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Presentations
SAHM 2017 Network ‘Technology’ Workshop
- The Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network (AYAH-RN) held a workshop at the SAHM 2017 Annual Meeting— “Cultivating Connections: The Importance of Relationships in Adolescent and Young Adult Health.” AYAH-RN Workshop, March 8, 2017, “USING TECHNOLOGY TO EXTEND CLINICIANS’ PREVENTIVE REACH.” The Network is pleased to share presentations given by our staff and partners. Dr. Ozer, AYAH-RN Project Director,presented on…
- Topic(s): Active, Models of care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Technology
- Type(s): Tools
SAHM 2017 Annual Meeting
- The Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH-NRC), in partnership with the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Research Network (AYAH-RN), held a workshop at the SAHM 2017 Annual Meeting— “Cultivating Connections: The Importance of Relationships in Adolescent and Young Adult Health.” AYAH-NRC Workshop, March 8, 2017, “Why Aren’t AYAs Going to Well-Care? Challenges and Improving Receipt of…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Presentations
Evidence-based Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults
- The ACA has focused national attention on the importance of clinical preventive services for adolescents and young adults. Providing these services to young adults offers clinicians the opportunity to shape their patient’s health throughout the life course, yet many clinicians lack the tools and specific knowledge to do so. In November 2017, NAHIC updated its fact sheet designed to guide…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Young Adults
- Type(s): Information
Adolescent Well-Visit Strategies & Evidence-informed Strategy Measures
- This ppt presentation serves as a reference tool of program performance measures for use initiatives to increase well visit rates among adolescents and young adults. The slides build on AYAH-NRC’s three strategy framework for improving receipt of a quality well visit for adolescents and young adults. It was presented in May 2016 by AYAH-NRC director Dr. Irwin at the “Title…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Health Literacy/Education, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Presentations
NEW! A Compendium of State and Local Strategies
- This compendium presents promising strategies to improve access to health insurance and quality preventive visits among AYAs. This resource stems from an exploratory study conducted by NAHIC/AYAH-NRC staff to review the experiences of selected “top performing” states related to ACA implementation. Click here for the report, with descriptions of specific initiatives led by agencies, cities, communities, and state health departments…
- Topic(s): Clinical Care, Health Literacy/Education, Primary Care/Preventive Care, Program & Policy
- Type(s): Tools