RECONVENE RECONVENE RECAPRECAP

NSC Reconvene #4

Revisit, Recharge, Renew

California Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group

(ASHWG) 

Vision: Create a coordinated, collaborative, and integrated system among government

and non-government organizations to promote and

protect the sexual and reproductive health of youth

in California.

ASHWG Goals1. To increase awareness of ways to foster an

integrative approach to HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention

2. To strengthen communication and collaboration among HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention programs.

MembershipGovernmental

California Department of Public Health

MCAH OFP Office of AIDS STD Control Branch

California Department of Education

California Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs

Non-Governmental CA Family Health Council MCH Action CA Adolescent Health

Collaborative Center for Health Training ETR Associates Gay/Straight Alliance Network Health Initiatives for Youth Internet Sexuality Information

Services (ISIS)

Take Home Questions About:

Hard-to-reach Groups(i.e. Foster, Homeless)

Disparities in Sexual Health (HIV) Education

Addressing Youth

Reaching the Hard to Reach Special needs of youth in foster care and

homeless youth demand special consideration

Identified ASHWG Objective: Increase attention to media, technology, & social marketing/ Increasing access to confidential testing & medical Services

Addressing Disparity Area where collaboration/ increasing

representation is really important

Data integration efforts with ASHWG (Addressing co-morbidities)

Identified ASHWG Objective: Develop age-appropriate and medically accurate education

Youth DevelopmentShifting the way that we think

Focus on building STRENGTHS more than reducing risks or deficits

Build ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS more than services for youth

Allowing for YOUTH VOICE not controlling or directing it

LONG TERM COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT not just family members and professionals or quick fixes

What we’re doing about it Youth advisory entity

1. Establish what we already know

2. Decide what we want to know (snowball survey and phone interviews)

3. Determine the best method to find out using the Youth Development model as a theoretical framework

What we’re doing about it ASHWG is exploring how they can bring

on an intern(s)

An eye to teh internets!Cell phones are now for

TextingSoap OperasBlood testing????

What we’re doing about it

Forward Daniel Coronado any youth related stuff you can find!

Final Thoughts and Questions

Thank You