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Developing Youth-Adult Partnerships for Health
on Arizona’s U.S.-México Border: The Santa Cruz County Adolescent Wellness
NetworkCassalyn David, MPH
Presenter Disclosures
(1) The following personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation existed during the past 12 months:
Cassalyn David
No relationships to disclose.
1. List three core components of the AWN Youth Involvement Program.
2. Describe three benefits of quality youth-adult partnership.
3. Apply core components from the AWN Youth Involvement Program to other programs to enhance youth-adult partnership.
Learning Objectives
Promote Adolescent Wellness
Youth ages 12-25
Schools Community Organizations
Mission
Network Members
GoalsIntegrate and enhance community and school services to address adolescent
health disparities• Capacity Building for Population Health• Environmental and Policy Change• Youth Involvement
Develop and sustain a system of school-linked health care to improve adolescent
access to care and health status.
Hannah Masangu, MPHChild Care Health Consultant
[email protected] x105
AcknowledgementsYouth Involvement Planning Lead
Timeline
2007-Network forms
2009-Adolescent Health Literacy Focus
2012-Strategic Plan: Youth Involvement
2013-Background preparation & pilot group
2014-Positive Youth Leadership Team: 8 Members
PreparationYouth Involvement
Binder Readiness Assessment
Member Survey Goals
Forum Community-wide
Youth Focus Groups Preferences, Obstacles
Pilot Group 4 teens help design and implement
• Inclusiveness• Safety• Structure• Supportive relationships• Opportunities
• Belong• Make a difference• Skill development
Considerations
Results
• Developed Planning process
• Implemented Network organizational change
• Youth Board Membership Two voting youthrepresentatives
Enrichment
• Problem-Based Learning • Meeting Facilitation• School-Based Health Alliance Convention• Youth on the Border Conference: Workshop• Advocacy Training• Defining Problems
Next Steps
• Improve recruitment & outreach• Implement 1:1 mentorship• Catalyst in the county and nationally
“I like going to the network meetings, because we are there with all the grown-ups.”
“I don’t think it’s boring. We don’t hear that kind of stuff every day.”
Success: Network Meetings
What are you doing that is similar? Different?
What are the challenges and opportunities?
How could this model apply to your work?
Discussion
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