Tags: Adolescent heath

    Creating a judgement free zone…

    Most professionals who work with youth try to approach each interaction with an open mind.  Research shows this is an important step to making youth feel comfortable.  What else goes into creating a safe place for youth to share?  Some of the steps are obvious – but we think...

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    The Top 5 Worst Reasons Why…

    We help providers, professionals, and parents, identify and reduce risk behaviors among youth and young adults. So you might imagine that in our line of work that we’ve “heard it all.” And yes, we’ve heard a lot, but it’s not the stories and information that young people share that...

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    Sex Ed 101: Here’s what we’ve learned so far…

    The last year and a half has been very eventful here at P4C – we launched RAAPS 2.0 with a complete platform upgrade…  AND we released our first new product since our company was founded: the Adolescent Counseling Technology or “ACT” for Sexual Health (and our release of ACT...

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    Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Adolescent Health

    Global investments in adolescent health harvests significant economic gains Recently headlines broke across all consumer and health media outlets that signified the importance of investing in teen health from a global financial perspective. Like any other professional who is in the landscape of improving adolescent health, this kind of...

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    Talking Sex with Teens: Community Health Centers ACT for Change

    Today’s adolescents are engaging in risky sexual behaviors at earlier ages than ever before, resulting in nearly 250,000 teen births in 2014 and nearly 10 million new sexually transmitted infections annually. Sexually transmitted infections are a significant public health problem in the United States and of particular concern in...

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    Continual Quality Improvement – For You! (And the youth and young adults you work with.)

    Health and wellness professionals are in constant pursuit of quality improvement. And we’re here to support your efforts.  Possibilities for Change – the parent company for RAAPS – is implementing several new improvements to help make the identification and reduction of risk behaviors even easier and more effective: Coming...

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    OAH Tier Grants

    If you are applying for OAH Tier 1A and/or 1B Grant Funding, partner with Possibilities for Change to enhance your proposal.  We will work with you to provide an online platform to assess your target population for risky behaviors, support risk reduction counseling efforts, track your referrals and performance,...

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    Celebrating Your Success: A Note of Appreciation

    As we give thanks and prepare to celebrate the new year – we wanted to take a moment to appreciate you and the lives you’ve changed.  Together in the last year alone, RAAPS was used by SBHCs, University Health Centers, pediatricians and healthcare providers across the globe to: –...

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    RAAPS Young Adult Risk Assessment System: Tailor-made for College Students

    A recent study revealed as many as 46% of young adults who enter a U.S. college will fail to graduate within six years due in part to their health risks: – Depression and Anxiety – Dating Violence – Binge Drinking – Unprotected Sex College health centers face a unique...

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    Join Us at the 2014 National School-Based Health Care Convention!

    Did you know that between 2010-2012, approximately $84 million in federal funds was awarded to support projects investigating patient-centered medical home (PCMH) but <1% of that money went to projects targeted for improvement of care for adolescents? Nationally, little attention has been given to address how the primary care...

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