Check List for Creating Resources to Help Youth-Supporting Professionals Address Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Activate created a Wish List of strategies for creating resources for youth-supporting professionals who work on behalf of youth with experience in the child welfare system, the justice system, youth experiencing homelessness, and/or opportunity youth. If you are somebody who creates resources for youth-supporting professionals, we hope you incorporate these strategies into your work. Throughout the resource creation process, use the checklist below as a guide for assessing whether the strategies have been incorporated into your resource.

If you are a youth-supporting professional looking for resources, use this checklist to determine whether existing resources apply these strategies. For more information about each strategy, see the full Wish List.

• Uses a foundation of research and evidence
• Engaged young people in its creation
• Prioritizes an audience
• Created opportunities for collaboration between resource developers, researchers, youth-supporting professionals, and young people
• Uses an engaging format
• Integrates trauma-informed approaches
• Recognizes and is inclusive of the diverse identities and experiences of young people
• Acknowledges the role of structural racism in shaping adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviors and service needs
• Uses non-judgmental and inclusive language
• Considers a broad range of topics related to adolescent sexual and reproductive health