Adolescent Medicine Fellowship

LEAH Technical Resources

Improving Adolescent Health in Primary Care

The trigger questionnaire and provider guide below were developed as part of an initiative originating from the Office of Managed Care in the New York State Department of Health to improve preventive health service delivery to adolescents. The intent of the questionnaire is to provide a standardized mechanism to identify adolescents engaging in risk behaviors and to promote discussions between adolescents and health professionals. Click on the links below to see the questionnaire and accompanying provider guide in English or Spanish. (Adobe Acrobat is required):

View a sample confidentiality statement, designed to be posted in the waiting room and/or exam rooms, can be found at the link below.

Sample confidentiality policy

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Email Tracy Sesselberg at tracy_sesselberg@urmc.rochester.edu

Measuring Positive Youth Development

Promoting positive youth development has gained public recognition in recent years, but the few measures available for programs to assess their impact on youth development are complex and lengthy. The United Way of Greater Rochester and the Monroe County Youth Bureau, along with Youth Services Quality Council support, organized a coalition of community programs and researchers to develop an instrument to evaluate youth development. The coalition's goal was to create an instrument that would be easy to use, easy to administer, and applicable to a variety of youth development program structures. Through a series of meetings, as well as pilot and field testing to establish validity, reliability, and feasibility, the Rochester Evaluation of Asset Development for Youth (READY) was created.

READY evaluates four core outcomes:

This instrument is a pencil and paper survey consisting of 40 items measuring the four core outcomes, along with program participation and sociodemographic information. READY is designed for use with program participants ages 13-19 and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. For a modest, one-time fee, a CD toolkit is available containing a customizable instrument template, an instrument and toolkit manual, data entry templates, and reporting tools.

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View our PowerPoint presentation on READY
Email Premini Sabaratnam at premini_sabaratnam@urmc.rochester.edu

Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth

ACT for Youth-Assets Coming Together for Youth-aims to strengthen community partnerships that promote positive youth development and prevent risky and unhealthy behaviors among young people, aged 10 to 19. The ACT for Youth initiative is a project of the New York State Department of Health, and was developed in cooperation with the Partners for Children, a collaboration of public and private sector organizations committed to improving the health and education of children and adolescents throughout New York State.

Cornell University’s Family Life Development Center has formed a partnership with the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Division of Adolescent Medicine and the New York State Center for School Safety to serve as the Upstate Center of Excellence (UCE). This partnership brings together professionals with expertise in child and adolescent development, child abuse and neglect, child and adolescent health, school safety, violence prevention, program development, research and evaluation, training, and community collaboration. (ACT for Youth also encompasses a Downstate Center of Excellence which is located at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center in New York City).

 

Adolescent Medicine Fellowship

Adolescent Medicine