The Mind Elevation (ME.) Project is looking for youth influencers ages 13 to 19 from across the state of Mississippi to help promote youth access to high-quality mental health and wellness and sexual and reproductive health and wellness. For more info, tap the link in our bio.
It's Giving Tuesday! Join the ME. Project and @TeenHealthMS this Giving Tuesday in the marathon to ensure young people have access to information to make decisions for their bodies and lives. Donate at this link: https://t.co/Cw4Z6aPREv
Change is a marathon, not a sprint. Your support allows the ME. Project and @TeenHealthMS to ensure more young people have access to info and resources about sexual and mental health and healthcare. Join the race by donating for Giving Tuesday at the link in our bio.
Don't forget you can ask us anything. If you have questions about your mental, sexual or reproductive health. This is a safe space, ask anything you're confused about. Hit the link in our bio for our ASK FM #MindElevationMS
A reminder for everyone that while our normal lives have changed a lot, the importance of taking care of our sexual health has not. Here are some ways you can make you and your partner's path to pleasure safer. Thanks @mindelevationms for this informative graphic.
@Adolescent_Hlth Youth Leadership Councils and youth focus groups can provide invaluable feedback but that information should be put to use! Have a plan to utilize feedback #AHIchats#AHI2020
@Adolescent_Hlth A8: Implementing human-centered design in their work; taking young people's advice and feedback through anonymous exit surveys; having a youth advisory board, going through one of our trainings on youth-friendly healthcare and minors rights. #AHI2020#AHIChats
A8: Collecting adolescent patient satisfaction surveys - and then using the data to inform improvements - is a simple way to receive youth input on youth-friendliness of services, care #ahichats
@Adolescent_Hlth A7 (1): We’ve learned that once youth voices and experiences are centered, whole communities benefit! It makes our work more sustainable and effective because we trust that youth are the experts on the issues impacting their peers and their communities. #AHI2020#AHIChats
@Adolescent_Hlth A6: Stick to medically accurate, evidence-based and age-appropriate information. That means that conversations about your values are not at the forefront. #AHI2020#AHIChats
@Adolescent_Hlth Trainings on implicit bias, i.e., understanding their values and prejudices; establish rapport with a young person; remember to make conversations accessible by not talking down to young people. #AHI2020#AHIChats
A5: Adding affirming visual cues to welcome marginalized identities to a clinic is easy, and can go far to help youth speak their truths. Combo of passive indicators, like diverse representation in artwork, plus more specific messages, like "Ask me my pronouns" buttons #ahichats
@Adolescent_Hlth A3: Training clinics on youth friendly healthcare, school-based health centers, telehealth, sex education, more funding/resources like @mindelevationms that help connect youth to vetted high quality resources both digitally, and using on the ground campaigns. #AHI2020#AHIchats
@Adolescent_Hlth Increased STI rates, later diagnoses, disease progression, unplanned pregnancy, lack of screening for unhealthy relationships, depression, and substance abuse. #AHIchats#AHI2020
@Adolescent_Hlth A2: Lack of proper care, unmet health needs (physical, social, psychological needs, preventable hospitalizations)/inability to get preventative services, epidemics, delays in receiving appropriate care, financial burdens. #AHI2020#AHIChats