Title : Health coach project: Innovative services for justice involved youth
Abstract:
We present the background, formulation, and implementation of an innovative health service at the front end of the juvenile justice system serving the serious, growing public health service needs of justice involved youth-who bear a high burden of STD/HIV and other health problems. Involving multi-agency collaboration, especially the Florida Department of Health, the Health Coach Service seeks to address the youth health needs through health risk assessment and biological testing-with indicated follow-up testing, prevention, and neighborhood based treatment services. Through continuous monitoring of the Health Coach Service, we will be equipped to assess its feasibility, efficacy, and its real-world effectiveness and utility as a health-risk detection, prevention, and treatment paradigm.
Audience Take Away Notes:
- Learn how to implement a similar service in their own communities.
- More directly identify and respond to the public health issues of justice involved youth
- Provide an innovative solution to a significant problem that could simplify or make a designer’s job more efficient?
- Provide new information to assist in designing improved and more efficient public health services to seriously underserved youth
