RECONVENE RECAP

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RECONVENE RECAP
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NSC Reconvene 4
Revisit, Recharge, Renew
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California Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group
(ASHWG)

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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.
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ASHWG Goals

• To increase awareness of ways to foster an
  integrative approach to HIV, STD, and teen
  pregnancy prevention
• To strengthen communication and collaboration
  among HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention
  programs.

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Membership

• Governmental
• 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)

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Take Home Questions About
Hard-to-reach Groups (i.e. Foster, Homeless)
Disparities in Sexual Health (HIV) Education
Addressing Youth
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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

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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

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Youth Development

• Shifting 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

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What were doing about it

• Youth advisory entity
• Establish what we already know
• Decide what we want to know (snowball survey and
  phone interviews)
• Determine the best method to find out using the
  Youth Development model as a theoretical framework

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What were doing about it

• ASHWG is exploring how they can bring on an
  intern(s)
• An eye to teh internets!
• Cell phones are now for
• Texting
• Soap Operas
• Blood testing????

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What were doing about it

• Forward Daniel Coronado any youth related stuff
  you can find!

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Final Thoughts and Questions
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Thank You