This five-part tutorial illustrates how youth supporting professions can use the “Helping Young People Choose the Birth Control Method Right for Them” resource. It also summarizes what we know about factors that influence young people’s choice of birth control methods and provides information about different types of birth control.
Activate developed this booklet to help youth-supporting professionals empower these
young people to choose the birth control method that is right for them.
This guide is a research-informed resource designed for professionals who work with young people who experience the child welfare or justice systems, homelessness, or disconnection from school and work. It is intended to facilitate a conversation that centers young people’s birth control preferences, needs, and priorities. The guidance it offers was informed by research and conversations with young people who have lived expertise and with youth-supporting professionals.
This fact sheet presents findings from research on STIs among youth involved with the child welfare or juvenile justice system or youth experiencing homelessness.
This fact sheet presents findings from research on condom use among youth involved with the child welfare or juvenile justice system or youth experiencing homelessness.