This short article, Understanding Innovation, for practitioners provides an introduction to the adoption of innovative practices. It identifies three management strategies and eight leverage points.. The article recommends these goals and leverage points as central to starting the process of change. The management strategies are:
Maintain stakeholder attention on purpose and outcome.
Translate ideas into action.
Promote shared ownership.
ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center of Excellence connects research to practice in the areas of positive youth development and adolescent sexual health.
Resources to aid those working in the areas of youth development and adolescent sexual health: publications and presentations, the e-letter ACT for Youth Update, and the websites actforyouth.net and nysyouth.net.
Technical assistance and training for Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention programs funded by the New York State D
