Wellness Assessment for Youth to Get Organized! (WAY2GO!)

PAMF’s WAY2GO! program uses teenagers’ favorite communications method – a cell phone – to motivate them to develop good habits that will keep them healthy their whole life long.

How It Works

With the WAY2GO! program teenagers start by taking a confidential, online wellness assessment that asks questions about their general health and development, physical activity, nutrition, substance use, puberty, sexuality, relationships and experience with trauma. The answers trigger an immediate, individually tailored report with links to medically accurate health and wellness resources from PAMF’s teen website.

The program then links teens to RallyOn's free health coaching service that makes it fun to work on the daily health goals highlighted in their report (such as remembering medication, packing a lunch, limiting screen time and getting enough exercise, sleep or fruits and vegetables)

With a unique keyword PAMF can provide annual reports with aggregated data comparing specific site results to Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) or state-level health data, as available. This is available at no cost to schools and other groups as part of PAMF’s ongoing commitment to community health education.

PAMF is currently developing two further versions of the WAY2GO! program – one for preteens and another for college students.

Sponsor

The early development of WAY2GO! was supported by a grant from The Health Trust, a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance health and wellness in Silicon Valley.

Tried and Tested by Teenagers

In 2010 the WAY2GO! was pilot tested by more than 250 teenagers from high schools in Santa Clara County, California, whose feedback was extremely positive. Schools, community groups and medical practices can use the WAY2GO! program as an integral part of their own wellness programs.

Want more information?

Contact Nancy Brown, Ph.D., at brownn@pamf.org or 650-853-4773 to get a unique keyword so that PAMF can send you an aggregated report for your group or practice.

Ready to try WAY2GO!?

1. Click on the WAY2GO! link.
2. Register – sorry, this is a lot of information – remember it is confidential.
3. Complete each section and click ‘Save & Continue.’
4. Review your answers: Click ‘Edit Section’ if you need to correct something.
• Select ‘Save my answers and view my report.’
• Select ‘Yes – opt in – I understand and agree to have ….’
5. Review each section of your report.
• If you link to resources remember to come back to the WAY2GO! homepage.
6. Go to RallyOn: Click on the ‘Visit RallyOn’ button

Welcome to RallyOn!

1. Get started: check out the one-click packages which get you started quickly with a few scheduled health activities.
• Go to the ‘Add’ tab, select a ‘One-Click Package’ or a couple of health activities you’d like to work on.
• Join a fun wellness challenge and take on one of your health goals for one or two weeks with the help of others.
2. Go mobile: Use RallyOn through text messaging on your cell phone or through your smartphone browser:
• If you want to get health tips or track your activities via text message, go to ‘My Account,’ enter your cell phone number and respond to the verification text message.
3. Game on! Now you’re all set up, go get it done and come back to RallyOn to track your results on the ‘Track’ tab, compete in health challenges and view your progress under the ‘History’ tab.