On August 8, 2018 many of the CoIIN state teams attended a wrap-up summit and continuation planning meeting to share overall lessons learned and to plan for the continuation of activities implemented during the AYAH CoIIN project period. Below is a quick snapshot of some of the lessons learned, as reported by the state teams during the meeting:
| Theme | (A few of the) Lessons Learned |
Partnerships | - Don't reinvent the wheel. Engage with partners that have expertise in what your program is trying to accomplish
- A focused project like the AYAH CoIIN was helpful in bringing stakeholders to the table and cultivating relationships that are important to sustain and build upon the work.
- Including the Medicaid Agency representative on the AYAH project team was invaluable for achieving outcomes.
- Make time to celebrate successes with partners.
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Promoting the Adolescent Well Visit | - Take the time to learn about the perspectives of youth and their caregivers when designing campaigns; what they want to know about the adolescent well visit will likely be different than what you think they want to know
- The Minnesota and Iowa state teams both designed communications campaigned that aimed to market the adolescent well visit. Minnesota went with an emoji-based campaign while Iowa went with a campaign centered around, "every age, even teenage"
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Clinical Quality Improvement | - Encouraging clinical QI among pilot sites that provide services to AYAHs shouldn't really live with the state health departments. A suggested strategy is for state health departments to partner with organizations that have expertise in clinical QI, and have them provide assistance directly to clinic sites.
- When working with clinics to complete QI projects, be sure to set data collection expectations up front
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Training (providers, young people, parents, decision makers) | - Be sure to train the youth your program is working with in the following topics: health literacy and health equity
- Resources to provide trainings are limited; share seamlessly and steal shamelessly!
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Changing and/or Refining Policy | - Policy change can happen when you explain the why, the how, and the best practice behind it
- Allow time for preparing the resources needed to make big policy changes
- Clarify consent and confidentiality laws and best practices as a training for provider
- Consider collecting longitudinal data to demonstrate the impact of the well visit on community connectedness as way to "make the case"
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Partnering with Young People | - Fully involve youth and young adults in the process: trust them, listen to them, and ask them…they will tell you!
- Partner with organizations that have strong youth engagement components if your project is missing that element
- Several CoIIN teams expressed the value of creating paid positions for youth and young adults to serve as advisors to the project
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