Adolescent Health Initiative

Reclaiming Missed Opportunities

Health centers across the country often struggle with missed opportunities to provide adolescents the best care. We can help!

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Our Team

Our team is passionate about working with health care providers and systems to help them improve their care and better serve adolescents.

Events

Learn about our annual conference, past conferences and Connection Sessions.

Contact Us
Adolescent Health Initiative
3621 S. State Street
Ann Arbor MI, 48108
Phone: 734-998-2009

Resources

Resources by Type

AHI offers training, consulting, videos, webinars, and other youth-friendly materials to help health centers across the country improve their adolescent-centered care.

Resources by Topic

From adolescent sexuality to youth empowerment, we offer multiple topical resources of various types to help equip you to meet the unique needs of adolescents.

Quality Improvement Initiatives

Whether meeting grant deliverables, executing exciting program initiative or because you simply want to improve youth-friendly services, take a minute to review AHI’s Quality Improvement Initiatives to discover where we can support your work.

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Transforming the Health Care Landscape

The Adolescent Health Initiative works to transform the health care landscape to optimize adolescent health and well-being through practice improvement, education, research, and youth and community engagement. We partner with primary care, school-based health, and youth-serving organizations that have spanned 44 states (including D.C. and Puerto Rico). Are you interested in working with us?

About AHI

Find an Adolescent Champion Near You
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Adolescent Health Initiative Impact

Our Work
AHI has received national and international recognition for our innovative approaches to transforming health care for adolescents and young adults.

Through improving health center environments, policies, and practices and training staff and providers, AHI’s evidence-based models have increased access to youth-friendly care across the country.
176
Health centers have gone through the Adolescent Champion Model or the Adolescent Center Environment Assessment Process
3,968
Health care professionals attended our Connection Session or Annual Conference on Adolescent Health
17,777
Health care professionals engaged in our online communities
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Amplifying Youth Voice

Representing Equity for Adolescent Change in Healthcare (REACH)

The Representing Equity for Adolescent Change in Healthcare (REACH) is a diverse group of youth ages 15-22 in the Washtenaw County area who serve as an advisory council to the Adolescent Health Initiative.

Meet the REACH team

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AHI Newsletter

Get the latest about what is happening with Adolescent Health Initiative, plus news about upcoming conferences and events.

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A Community Health Services Program

Community Health Services: Building Bridges. Connecting Communities.

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We acknowledge that we reside on land stewarded by NiswiIshkodewan Anishinaabeg: The Three Fires People who are the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi). We recognize the ongoing effects of colonization and affirm the inherent sovereignty of all Tribal Nations as we work, learn, and live on these territories. We value and respect the Three Fires People – those who came before us, those who are here with us today, and those that will follow.