June 18, 2026
Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network

Topic :: Primary Care/Preventive Care


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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Resources on Confidential Care

    • Access to confidential care is essential for adolescents and young adults, especially for those seeking sensitive services (e.g., mental health or sexual health). When adolescents and young adults are assured of confidentiality, they are more likely to seek health services, disclose risky behaviors to providers, and return for follow-up care.1 In fact, major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association…

  • AYAH CoIIN National Strategies

    • The work of the five states participating in the first cohort of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (AYAH-CoIIN) are linked through three overarching national strategies: ·      Improve Access and Uptake of Preventive Services ·      Improve Quality of Preventive Services ·      Improve State/systems-level Policies and Practices The attached document offers several specific strategies within each of the overall…

  • Adolescent Clinical Preventive Services Guidelines (CPSG-ADOL)

    • The ACA focused national attention on the importance of clinical preventive services. Providing these services to adolescents 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. As of August 2023, the Center updated its easy-to-use toolkit designed to guide clinicians in providing preventive services…

  • Toolkit: Youth-Centered Care

    • About Youth-Centered Care What are Strategies for improving the provision of quality youth-centered care? Additional Resources Youth-Centered Care Updated July 5, 2016. Check back soon for updates. About Youth-Centered Care Youth-Centered Care, also known as “adolescent-friendly health services,” is an approach to providing high quality health care that meets the needs of young people. There are several definitions and frameworks,…

  • 2016 SAHM Annual Meeting

    • The Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH-NRC), in partnership with the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network (AYAH-RN),  held a workshop at the SAHM 2016 Annual Meeting— “Youth in Context: Interactions among Adolescents, Environments, and Healthcare.” AYAH-NRC Workshop, March 9, 2016, “The ACA and Access to Care for AYAs: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve Systems of…

  • Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care Measures

    • The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) at the University of Vermont, a core partner of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center, developed a set of Adolescent and Young Adult Health Measure Set as part of an ongoing series of measures for quality improvement initiatives. These are a set of standard process measures that can be used to…

  • Summit 2015

    • In September 2015, the AYAH-NRC convened a summit with the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (“CoIIN”) with participants from five state teams: New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Mississippi, and Vermont. These presentations offer user-friendly overviews on key aspects of initiatives to improve well visits, such as quality improvement, public education, partnership development, special considerations for young…

  • CDC Grand Rounds- Adolescence: Preparing for Lifelong Health and Wellness

    • Adolescence is a critical stage of development during which physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological changes occur. While adolescence is a relatively healthy period of life, adolescents begin to make lifestyle choices and establish behaviors that affect both their current and future health. During this transition from childhood to adulthood, serious health and safety issues such as motor vehicle crashes, violence,…