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Empowering Transition-Aged Youth Through Technology

Ginny Puddefoot presented at the 2012 The California Wellness Foundation Conference on the Health and Well-being of Transition-Aged Youth; featuring a live demonstration of HealthShack, a Personal Health Record (PHR) system developed and implemented for homeless youth in Sacramento, followed by presentation of how Internet-based information systems can provide transition-aged youth with access and control over their own health, education and other essential records. 

 
 

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