CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS: RESEARCH REVIEWAYAH-RN partners authored a review article on AYA clinical preventive services (CPS), examining evidence for increasing access to CPS, improving clinician’s delivery of CPS through clinician training & screening tools, and evidence of CPS interventions that result in behavior change. The article also reviews emerging research on engaging parents and expanding…
Led by Dr. Angela Barney, former UCSF LEAH medicine fellow, UCSF investigators examined the provision of health care services to adolescents and young adults via telemedicine, with a focus on examining (1) disparities in provision of care and (2) experiences of patients and their parents, using quantitative date from Electronic Health Records (EHR) to identify patient characteristics associated with receipt…
Supporting parents of adolescents with substance use disorders Dr. Alison Giovanelli, AYAH-RN Coordinator and UCSF assistant professor is leading an effort to develop a modular skills-based group intervention for parents/caregivers of adolescents with Substance Use Disorders, leveraging AYAH-RN support and mentoring from the Network PI to secure additional grant funding for the research. The intervention, based on the Community Reinforcement…