Implementing Youth Advisory Councils in Primary Care Settings: The Importance of Acknowledging Youth Patient Voices

2. Health equity at the Centre

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    • This webinar will be available for a limited time after the conference- don't miss it on Wednesday October 12th during the conference!
  • Style: On-demand Webcast
  • Focus: Practical (e.g. Presentation on how to implement programs and/or practices in the team environment)
  • Target Audience: Leadership, Clinical providers

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the steps for recruiting members into a Youth Advisory Council
  • Understand how to implement social media in creating youth-centered content
  • Understand how to maintain consistent patient relationships with youth

Summary/Abstract
The transition from being a child to a youth patient is complex and is often overlooked by the healthcare system. As young patients who understand the complex challenge of independently navigating our medical needs, the Youth Advisory Council at the St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team plays a vital role in being the voice that advocates for our rapidly growing community. As such, the Youth Advisory Council has begun the process of implementing diverse initiatives to establish a distinct youth presence within its hospital network, Unity Health Toronto. In this presentation, four youth members will identify the process of recruitment into a youth advisory council, taking into consideration the unique lived experiences of each member and their reasons for joining. We will then highlight the results of a project in collaboration with the Unity Health Toronto social media team, in which four youth advisory members participated in short videos posted on Unity Health Toronto’s Instagram, Twitter and YouTube social media accounts. An article was also published on the hospital network’s main website that was shared on Facebook and Linkedin. We will discuss the importance of utilizing existing social media resources to create content that is youth-centered and the outcomes we intend to observe in the future.
 

Presenters

  • Christina Jeon    MSc., HBSc., Youth Council Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team
  • Vanessa Anne Facinal, HBSc Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team
  • Seojin Lee, HBSc Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team
  • Griffin Cullen-Norris, HBA Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team
     

Authors

  • Christina Jeon, MSc., BSc., Youth Council Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team    
  • Vanessa Anne Facinal, HBSc Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team    
  • Seojin Lee, HBSc Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team    
  • Griffin Cullen-Norris, HBA Student, Youth Council Committee Member, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team    
  • Juliana Tobon, Ph.D., C.Psych., Psychologist, St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team, Unity Health Toronto