| Women on average make 75% of what men make in Wisconsin. |
|  | | Now Hiring 2012/2013 Teen Educators!!! | | We are seeking teens, 15–18 years old for a one-year project to help youth and health care providers better communicate about sexual and reproductive health issues. Deadline for Application is June 30th, 2012. Please read job description before applying!
Job Description
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| Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program (WAHCCP) | | To ensure a healthy future generation, adolescents must be able to engage in open, honest and medically accurate discussions about sexual health with their health care providers. Yet in reality, providers and teens don't always speak the same language.
The Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program (WAHCCP) is an intervention designed to bridge the communication gap between adolescents and their health care providers. Recognizing that teens themselves are the population best equipped to offer providers accurate, authentic advice and insight about adolescent concerns and preferences, this innovative program allows providers the opportunity to gain privileged access to this unique population. At the same time, the program works to empower teens to utilize providers as valuable and trusted resources by harnessing the power of peer education.
The ultimate goal of this program is to improve communication between providers and adolescent patients, and therefore, improve the delivery of sexual and reproductive health care to all young people in our community.
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| Adolescent-Provider Communication Workshops
"Keepin' It Real with Your Doctor" is an interactive and practical presentation in which Teen Educators inform their peers about their health care rights - such as confidentiality, emotional support, and access to reproductive services - and empower them to take advantage of the knowledge, advice and treatment that health care providers offer. This teen-lead workshop includes skits, games and activities that get young people thinking about these critical issues.
"Keeping It Real with Your Patients" is directed at health care providers. With hand-outs, skits, and group discussions, the Teen Educators respond to the providers' questions and dispel misconceptions about what teens want and need at the doctor's office. The interactive workshop helps the providers develop stronger relationships with their adolescent patients by teaching them about the importance of confidentiality, a non-judgmental attitude, and body language and speech that resonate with teens. Adolescents who feel comfortable will be more forthcoming about their health concerns and more receptive to a providers' counsel, enabling more effective care. |
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| Adolescent Standardized Patient Project
The Adolescent Standardized Patient Project offers providers hands-on training. Standardized Patients offer providers a chance to practice their interpersonal skills in an environment that safely mimics reality. In this project, the Teen Educators role-play as adolescent "characters" struggling with issues common to teens. After performing as these characters in simulated clinical interviews, the teens offer the health care providers feedback on their questions, body language, listening skills, explanations of confidentiality, and other important forms of communication. |
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| To schedule a workshop, fill out a Workshop Request form.
For more information, contact Project Director, Amy Olejniczak at amy.olejniczak@wiawh.org or (608) 251-0139. |
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Meet our 2011/2012 WAHCCP Teen Educators! | | | Our Teen Educators were selected out of a large pool of extremely qualified applicants. They were selected based on their incredible display of dedication and enthusiasm for this project as well as a number of admiral qualities that make them excellent role models for their peers as well as valuable educators for our health care providers. They are a group of articulate, compassionate, caring young people and are critical to the success of this program. | |  |
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| WAHCCP Teen Educators
Casey Grittner, Edgerton
Stephani Argandona, Madison West
Sofia Noguera, Madison West
Tekema Balentine, Madison East
Maya Egan-Robertson, Madison West
Silvia Martinez, Madison West
Elizabeth Wendt, UW Madison
Aronji Fields, La Follette
Brandon Garland, Madison West
WAHCCP Advisory Board Members
Adrian Adekola, Planned Parenthood
Libby Lee, Goodman Community Center
Diana Love, RN, BSN, Public Health Nurse and Parent
Karin Mahoney, Health Education Professional
Nancy Odell, RN, BSN, Public Health Department Madison-Dane County
Elizabeth Pritts, MD, Wisconsin Fertility Institute
Heather Royer, PhD, FNP-BC, UW School of Nursing
Shefaali Sharma, UW Medical Student |
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