David Katz (Chair), Mike Barry (Staff), Jennifer Bretsch (Staff), Anand Chabra, Deborah Cohen, Munish Khaneja, Sreedhar Mandayam (ACPM Resident), Gil Paradis, Jud Richland (Staff), Kees Rietmeijer, Nancy Sheehan, Spence Turner, Eileen Yamada, Audrey Yowell (HRSA/MCHB).

David Katz called the Committee to order at 1:05 PM. He welcomed and thanked the Committee members and led the introductions. Audrey Yowell, Project Officer for ACPM’s adolescent health grant with HRSA/MCHB, introduced the Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH) grant program. As a PIPPAH grantee, ACPM is an integral partner in promoting a national adolescent health agenda, joining other organizations representing the disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, law pediatric dentistry, school health, and social work.

Jud Richland and Jennifer Bretsch summarized ACPM’s four-year adolescent health project. They noted that in May 2001 ACPM’s Board of Regents passed a formal resolution calling on ACPM to take a leadership role in promoting adolescent health issues. This new initiative provides an opportunity to integrate adolescent health issues into the work of ACPM in the short-term and can lay the groundwork for activities beyond the four-year grant. This project has a number of activities which include: hosting a Preventive Medicine Coalition on Adolescent Health; holding sessions on adolescent health at the ACPM annual meeting; convening educational programs on adolescent health via teleconference; developing policy and practice statements on adolescent health; establishing a column on adolescent health in ACPM’s quarterly newsletter; and constructing an adolescent health section on ACPM’s web site.

David Katz noted that the Committee members are well suited to provide guidance and direction for project activities to promote adolescent health issues based on their experience and expertise. He mentioned that the Committee would be high functioning with many tasks to occupy the Committee during the four years. The job will require from time to time, taking the lead to ensure that a particular task(s) is accomplished. As a proposed modus operandi, the Committee will work together to determine its goals and objectives (function) and then determine the means to reach them (form).

The Committee briefly discussed the Preventive Medicine Coalition on Adolescent Health. The purpose of the Coalition is to promote adolescent health within the field of preventive medicine by serving as a forum for information sharing, developing new ideas, and collaboration. A number of prominent organizations have joined the Coalition and there is no fixed number for this group but the goal is to have an optimal, functional group. Suggestions of additional groups to consider were noted (National Medical Assoc., National Hispanic Medical Assoc., National Assoc. of Pediatric Nurse Practioners). The Coalition will continue to take shape once this Committee determines what its goals are and then think about and discuss what partners are needed in the Coalition, making sure that we do not duplicate efforts by other organizations.

The planning for an annual meeting session is a short-term priority for this Committee. ACPM will offer a 90-minute session focused on adolescent health at ACPM’s 2003 annual meeting in San Diego, CA, February 19-23. The proposed topic for this session is ‘outcomes from sexual activity,’ which includes STD’s but may include other relevant issues. The Committee discussed using the session to provide an overview of adolescent health issues, a summary of the issues this project and Committee will address, and time for presentations specifically related to STD’s. Discussion of the planning and specifics for this session will continue on the Committee’s listserv to refine concepts and develop specific learning objectives. It was noted that all but one of the Committee members plans to attend ACPM’s annual meeting and that all would be willing to serve on a question and answer panel for this session.

David Katz summarized the RFP Enhancing Adolescent Health Promotion Across Multiple High Risk Behaviors that was distributed with this meeting’s agenda. He noted that this RFP provides an opportunity for additional collaboration among Committee members and he encouraged the members to review it and think about that possibility for the future. Additional discussion can take place via the listserv. The RFP is open through 2005.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:11 PM.