Emerging adults with adverse childhood experiences: Developing a vocational school to work health promotion program

This presentation will discuss the development, planning and implementation of an emerging adult vocational-school-work based clinic and health promotion program. In San Francisco there are 5,000 to 8,000 emerging adults 18-24 years of age. Many have previously been involved in the foster care or criminal justice systems and are currently moving toward adulthood. Emerging adults with adverse childhood experiences are at risk for a number of negative outcomes, including unemployment, homelessness, and re-involvement with the criminal justice system, poverty, and violence. Emerging adults with adverse childhood experiences also have difficulty accessing health services and employment—all elements that contribute to poor health. In our nurse practitioner practice we developed an emerging adult health promotion program in collaboration with the vocational program and community. The presentation will discuss the positive youth development model, and our integrated multidisciplinary service model. The presentation will also demonstrate ways that technology improves the ability to track key quality outcome measures and innovative methods used for engaging students in health promotion activities. Glide Health Services is a nurse managed health center located in the Tenderloin of San Francisco serving primarily homeless and low income clients. It is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).