
Advocacy for Young Adults with Chronic Diseases in College and Beyond
Recorded On: 08/19/2020
Advocacy for Young Adults with Chronic Diseases in College and Beyond
There are unique needs for students with chronic illnesses as they transition to adulthood. College is a critical period as there is more independence, often including greater individual accountability for health. Many young patients are lost as they transition abruptly, without preparing for independence with their health. Newfound freedom can be a catalyst of psychosocial stressors. This session will include methods to support young patients’ needs in their transitionary period beginning with college.
This webinar is partially sponsored by the American College Health Foundation Josh Kaplan Fund for Clinical Medicine.
Session Information
Format: Self-paced, recorded webinar
Original Recording Date: August 19, 2020
Release Date: August 19, 2020
Expiration Date: May 19, 2022
After the expiration date, this webinar will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit must be requested by the expiration date.
Cost:
$25 for ACHA individual members
$50 for nonmembers
Fees are nonrefundable.
Speaker(s)
Sneha Dave
Health Advocacy Summit
Intended Audience
- Administrator
- Advanced Practice Clinicians
- Dietician/Nutritionist
- Health Educator
- Health Information Management Professional
- Mental Health Professional
- Nurse
- Pharmacist
- Physician
Learning Objectives
After this session, participants should be able to:
- Define what independence means for chronically ill students as they enter college.
- Describe how colleges and related stakeholders can support young adults with chronic conditions.
- Discuss different challenging advocacy scenarios chronically ill students may encounter as they progress through college.
Program Planning Committee
Resolution of Potential Conflicts of Interest — Program Planning Committee
Committee members have completed conflict of interest statements regarding relationships with commercial entities.
- Melanie Trost, MD, has disclosed that her spouse owns general stock in Gilead Sciences.
- Ryan Patel has disclosed that he owns stock in Pfizer, GSK, Celgene, and Abbvie.
All other Program Planning Committee members have reported no relevant conflicts of interest.

Sneha Dave
Health Advocacy Summit
Sneha Dave is the founder and executive director of Health Advocacy Summit, a nonprofit that facilitates events and programs for adolescents and young adults with chronic and rare diseases. She graduated from Indiana University in May 2020 and leads a team of young adults to facilitate the programs and events of Health Advocacy Summit. She is the 2020 American Association of People with Disabilities emerging leader for her advocacy work for young adults with chronic medical disabilities.
Credit and Disclosures
Types of Credit Available
Refer to the Continuing Education Key.
- CNE: 1.0
- CHES: 1.0
- CPEU: 1.0
Instructions for Obtaining Credit (or certificate of attendance)
Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require one hour to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).
Step 1: View the webinar video in its entirety.
Step 2: Complete the mandatory Post-test for CE Credit.
Step 3: Select the certificate for the type of credit you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit is being requested.
Statements and Disclosures
Continuing Education
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education content hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available.
This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 1.0 CPEUs.
Successful Completion/Post Test
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the download.
Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial company with which she/he has a financial relationship.
All planners and presenters of this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial companies pertaining to this activity.
Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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