Key Adolescent Health Issue Area 3:
Reproductive Health
(Refer to the Strategic and Operational Plans for more details.)
Goal 6: Adolescents and their families will be able to make informed decisions about their reproductive health.
Goal 7: Reduce the rates of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents.
Goal 8: Promote the continued downward trend in pregnancy and birth rates among adolescents.
Goal 6: Adolescents and their families will be able to make informed decisions about their reproductive health.
- Objective 6.1: Delay the onset of sexual activity.
- Objective 6.2: Increase the number of schools with quality health education including evidence-based reproductive health.
- Objective 6.3: Increase the communication between parent/guardian and teens about reproductive health.
- Objective 6.4: Increase access and provision of reproductive health services to adolescents through medical homes and family planning clinics.
Goal 7: Reduce the rates of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents.
- Objective 7.1: Increase screening for sexually transmitted infections, including Chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
- Objective 7.2: Increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiation and completion in males and females.
- Objective 7.3: Increase the use of dual contraceptive methods to reduce exposure to sexually transmitted infections and HIV in addition to pregnancy prevention.
Goal 8: Promote the continued downward trend in pregnancy and birth rates among adolescents.
- Objective 8.1: Increase use of effective and appropriate contraception among adolescents including abstinence.
- Objective 8.2: Increase the number of clinicians recommending the use of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) in adolescents.
