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Practical tools for professionals working directly with young people: conversation guides, practice tips, checklists, and question-and-answer resources designed to be used in the course of everyday practice.

A Toolkit for Supporting the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young Adults Across Systems

This toolkit contains Activate practice tools published through 2026. These tools, encompassing everything from tip sheets to conversation supports, are designed to provide professionals with concrete, research-informed guidance and resources that can support professionals’ day-to-day work with adolescents and young adults.

  • Research translation methods
New Technical Assistance Tool

Supporting the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young Adults Across Systems: A Compendium of Activate Research and Practice Resources

This compendium contains Activate research summaries and practice tools (e.g., infographics, conversation supports, Q&A resources, tip sheets, etc.) published through 2026. It is organized into five modules (each outlined below) that highlight key insights from the research and concrete strategies to support day-to-day practice with young people.

  • Research translation methods
New Research Summary Technical Assistance Tool

A Technical Assistance Tool for Helping Youth Navigate Peer Influence

This technical assistance tool describes practical, research-informed strategies that youth-supporting professionals can use to help young people recognize and respond to negative peer influences, strengthen positive peer connections, and make safe decisions related to substance use and sexual activity. 

  • Healthy relationships
  • Pregnancy and parenting
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A Practice Guide for Understanding Consent

This guide helps youth-supporting professionals understand and talk about consent, with a focus on young people who have experienced the child welfare or juvenile justice systems, homelessness, or disconnection from school and work.

  • Healthy relationships
  • Consent
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Crucial Conversations About Healthy Romantic Relationships

This resource focuses on three critical topics related to healthy romantic relationships: laying the foundation for having conversations with youth, conversation starters, and dos and don’ts for having conversations with youth.

  • Talking about sexual and reproductive health
  • Healthy relationships
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