This guide is a resource for any organization seeking to develop and maintain a successful youth-adult partnership effort. Youth-adult partnerships are a powerful approach to improving policies, programs and practices related to youth.

Some staph bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staph that is resistant to antibiotics called beta-lactams. Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. While 25% to 30% of the population is colonized with staph, approximately 1% is colonized with MRSA.