Youth with special health care needs and their families can contribute significantly to the development, implementation and assessment of public health policy. However, Public Health professionals typically to not recognize or make effective use of this resource.
This presentation will identify and discuss the reciprocal roles and responsibilities of families and youth as partners in public health transition policy. Family partnership models developed by Education and Title V CSHCN Programs will described. Strategies will be identified, that can be used by public health for establishing respectful partnerships with families and youth in collecting, analyzing and disseminating information; in building partnerships between public health and other key components of the services systems; in setting priorities and allocating resources; in building public support for transition initiatives; and in evaluating programs and providing quality assurance. In addition, approaches will be described for engaging youth and families as active partners in implementing program and policies, and in promoting responsible use of public health services.
Session participants will gain an understanding and appreciation of an roles youth and families can play, as partners, in public health policy development and implementation.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.