Sexual and Reproductive Health Resource Explorer

The resources included in the Resource Explorer are designed specifically for professionals who support young people experiencing the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work (i.e., opportunity youth).

We continuously update the Resource Explorer. Have a resource you’d like us to consider adding? Please share that resource with us.

Use the drop-down options below to find the resources best suited to your work. Click here for a guide to using the Resource Explorer.

TIPS FOR REVIEWING RESOURCES
Some sexual and reproductive health topics include more resources than others. Consider asking the following questions as you consider whether to use a resource:
- - What is the purpose of the resource? Resources address a wide variety of subjects. For example, some may be focused on policy recommendations while others focus on sharing topical information. The type of resource can be a helpful indicator of the purpose of the resource—toolkits and trainings often have more practice recommendations than briefs and reports.
  - Is the resource relevant for the context in which you provide youth support? Bear in mind that some of the resources were developed to provide state-specific guidance, especially as you look at resources that provide recommendations on compliance and information about the law, rights, and access to sexual and reproductive health services.
  - Is the resource relevant for the youth you support? If there are no resources on a topic for the specific youth population you support, consider whether resources on the same sexual and reproductive health topic but focused on a different population could be relevant.
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TOPIC FILTER
- Relationships: Resources with information about supporting youth in forming healthy romantic relationships, talking about consent with youth, and working with youth who have experienced intimate partner violence.
- Reproductive Health and Family Planning: Resources with information on accessing abortion, pregnancy and prenatal care, contraceptives, and sexual and reproductive health care; strategies for preventing adolescent pregnancy and contextual information on adolescent pregnancy; and guidance on the needs of parenting youth and supports available to them.
- Rights and Access: Resources with strategies to ensure that youth understand their sexual and reproductive health rights and can access sexual and reproductive health services.
- Sexual Development and Sexuality: Resources with information on sexual identity, gender identity, and sexual development/puberty.
- Sexual Violence: Resources with information on working with and supporting youth who have experienced survival sex, sexual assault and abuse, sexual harassment, sex and human trafficking, and/or intimate partner violence, as well as guidance on sexual violence prevention.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Education: Resources with guidance on communication strategies and talking points around sexual and reproductive health, as well as sexual and reproductive health education programs.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections: Resources with information on risk factors and prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
- Youth Engagement and Mentorship: Resources with information on building relationships between youth and supportive adults in their lives as well as guidance on engaging youth in programming.
YOUTH IDENTITIES TOPIC FILTER

Expectant and Parenting Youth: Young people who are expecting or parenting a child

Tribal Youth: Young people involved in the Tribal Child Welfare or Tribal Court Systems

LGBTQIA+ Youth: Young people who are lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or another marginalized gender or sexual identity

Youth of Color: Young people who are Black, Indigenous, Hispanic/Latine, Asian, or another marginalized race

Youth with Disabilities: Young people who have physical, mental, developmental, or learning disabilities

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Source: Activate reviewed the websites of approximately 70 government, university, and nonprofit organizations that publish and/or compile research and resources on youths’ sexual and reproductive health. We identified research-informed resources focused on select sexual and reproductive health topics for youth-supporting professionals who support young people experiencing the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work (i.e., opportunity youth). We continue to add resources and expand the Resource Explorer to include additional sexual and reproductive health topics.