Adolescent Reproductive Health

Expanding Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services

Access to accurate information and available services will help adolescents make information decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and well-being, with support from a parent/caregiver or a trusted adult. Health care providers also play an important role in providing information and making preventive services more accessible and culturally relevant to their patients.

Check out these resources from OPA and AAP.

OPA Resources

AAP Resources

Clinical Guidance and Policy

• The Adolescent’s Right to Confidential Care when Considering Abortion
• Options Counseling for the Pregnant Adolescent Patient
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services
• Contraception for Adolescents
• Barrier Protection Use by Adolescents During Sexual Activity
• Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
• Male Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
• Emergency Contraception
• Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents

Tools and Resources

• Equitable Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health for all Youth
• Adolescent Sexual Health (aap.org) –Web site with links to policy, tools, and resources
• Bright Futures Guidelines