The New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care, as a contractor for the New Mexico Public Education Department, GRADS Plus grant, has created and collected a series of tools and resources to support health outcomes and increase health literacy of young people who are pregnant/expectant and parenting. These tools may be useful directly for these young people or for adults who support them (e.g. teachers, health care providers, etc.). The goal of these resources and tools is to assist in guiding young people as they navigate, for themselves and their children, the complicated U.S. health care system so they can receive the most optimum health for themselves and their families. These tools may be of use to any young person learning about health care navigation.
2017 Youth Health Literacy Guide
Download HereGRADS and SBHCs Collaboration
School-based and health centers and the GRADS program staff can collaborate in many ways that support the best health and academic outcomes for expectant and parenting teens. The following documents describe and support best practices in the field that other SBHCs and GRADS programs may wish to replicate to support their young patients and students and their families.
Best Practices and Tools
- Best Practices for Dual Referral
- Best Practices for Program Collaboration
- Best Practices in Collaboration with Public Health
- Brief on Outreach for Young Men
- GRADS and SBHC Dual Referral Forms
- GRADS and SBHCs Flyer
- Medicaid Rewards Programs Brief
- Medicaid Transportation Benefit Programs for Expectant and New Parents
- Prenatal and Infant Health Topics for Collaboration
- SBHC Care Limits for Expectant and Parenting Teens
GRADS and SBHCs: An Important Partnership
Thanks to our colleagues, Ruth Center and Chris Eisenberg of Santa Fe, we have the following instructive video featuring their best practices for collaboration.
Serving Expectant and Parenting Teens Webinars
Adoption Rights for Young Parents and Expectant Teens
Consent, Confidentiality, and Rights of Young Parents
NMASBHC Youth Health Literacy Guide: Utilizing the Parent Assessment Worksheet on Child Health Care in SBHCs and GRADS Classes
Reproductive Coercion: Assessment and Intervention
SBHCs and Expectant and Parenting Teens: What Care Can Be Provided?
Transportation Benefits and Pregnancy/Infant Rewards Programs: Educating Students in SBHCs and GRADS Classes
Apps, Videos, and Resources for Young Parents
