This online resource was created by the California Family Health Council and the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center for youth providers to address how to develop low-budget social marketing campaigns on sexual and reproductive health.

This web-based toolkit is organized by topic areas, providing planning tools, examples and numerous links to additional resources.

The toolkit is available at http://www.stdhivtraining.org/ysmt_home.html.
 

Poverty at Birth is Associated With Poverty at Later Points in Life

Forty-nine percent of babies born to poor families will be poor for half their childhood in contrast with four percent of babies born to families that are not poor. 

Preventing Chronic Disease has published this article connecting graduation from high school with better long term health.

The article recommends that health professionals reframe the school dropout rate as a public health issue and offers steps that districts can take that will lead to improved school completion rates.
 

Dowload it HERE

Examining SBHC Billing and Reimbursement

The Network is reviewing how to improve revenue collection in SBHC systems, which inherently challenge the traditional revenue cycle. This cycle depends on:

1. Having an insured patient

2. Identifying that insurance

Significant Multiple Risk Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students, a new fact sheet made available by The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, discusses new national information on multiple health risk behaviors among high school students.

Need Help Setting Up a Contract with a FCHP?

The Network is committed to helping SBHC systems to make connections to payors in their community.

We’re working with Fully Capitated Health Plans (FCHPs) to find the appropriate people for SBHC systems to engage on contract and billing questions.

CareOregon Stephanie Lowe
Credentialing Specialist – 503.416.3647

An outline for building a Youth Focus Group for the purpose of developing support for an SBHC - attached.

Also attached is a sample agenda.

Kudos to Colorado for producing this entertaining, highly effective video, stating the case for School-Based Health Centers!

May 5, 2010 is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Since the early 1990s, the teen pregnancy rate has declined 38 percent and
the teen birth rate has declined 31 percent.

The most recent news, however, has not been positive.
The teen birth rate has now increased five percent between 2005 and 2007.
Many teens say they are concerned about pregnancy, but still think “it can’t happen to me.”
 
But it does - to nearly 750,000 girls every year.