Health Care Innovations Exchange: School-Based Health Programs for At-Risk Youth

Health Care Innovations Exchange: School-Based Health Programs for At-Risk Youth

   March 27, 2013       SNap(R) Group

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New Issue Focuses on

School-Based Health Programs for At-Risk Youth

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the March 27 issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange (http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov).

• The featured Innovations describe three school-based programs that enhanced access, particularly among at-risk minority youth, to health information, preventive care, and clinical services.
• The featured QualityTools include resources to support HIV and STD prevention programs in schools and tools to facilitate preventive, mental health, nutrition, and oral health services.
• Read more innovation profiles and tools related to school-based health programs for at-risk youth (http://go.usa.gov/2pjF) on the Innovations Exchange Web site, which contains more than 750 searchable innovations and 1,500 QualityTools.

Spotlight:

• New Expert Commentary
  School-Based Reproductive Health Services as Innovation (http://go.usa.gov/27dT)
  By Melissa Akers, Program Manager at the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care

Events and Podcasts:

• April 9 Web Event
  Join the Innovations Exchange on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from 1 to 2 pm EST for a free Web event titled Promoting the Spread of Health Care Innovations. For more information about this event and to register, visit the Event page: http://go.usa.gov/2pDb.
• Upcoming Web Event Series
  The Innovations Exchange announces a new Web event series (http://go.usa.gov/27vB) designed to share experiences and lessons learned in putting accountable care organization and patient-centered medical home principles into practice.
  
  Join us on Thursday, April 25, from 1 to 2 pm ET for the first event in the series, titled Payment Models that Support Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization Principles: Maryland's Experience. For more information and to register, visit the Event page: http://go.usa.gov/27ve   

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New issues of the Innovations Exchange are published biweekly on Wednesdays. Please contact us at info@innovations.ahrq.gov with any questions or comments.

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