This brief summarizes available research on seven dimensions of access to sexual and reproductive health care. Our goal is to inform youth-supporting professionals about the complexity of access for youth who have experienced the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work (i.e., opportunity youth).
This brief summarizes available literature on strategies for trauma-responsive affirming care in a way that is relevant for administrators, managers, and professionals whose work centers youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, youth experiencing homelessness, and opportunity youth. We intend for these strategies to be relevant in both medical settings and youth-supporting organizations. In this brief, we define “trauma-responsive affirming care” as a strengths-based approach that responds to the ways in which traumatic experiences intersect with gender identity and sexual orientation—as well as with other identities such as racial/ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, and immigration status—to impact a person’s needs.
These tips cover a range of social conditions and inequities that may arise when talking to youth about sexual and reproductive health.
This video showcases young people talking about the benefits and challenges they experience in their work with Activate to translate research to practice.
This Wish List of strategies for creating resources for youth-supporting professionals is meant to guide resource developers in the creation of resources for youth-supporting professionals who work on behalf of youth with experience in the child welfare system, the justice system, and/or homelessness and opportunity youth.
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.