Adolescents

This fact sheet provides an overview of research on effective sex education, laws and policies that shape it, and how it can impact young people’s lives.

This information sheet provides information and guidelines for talking with young people with disabilities about their sexuality and sexual health. Selected recommended resources for parents and guardians are included.

This recorded presentation delves into the critical issue of STI disparities among adolescents in the Southern United States, a pressing public health concern with significant implications for health equity. Understanding these disparities is essential for developing effective interventions and policies to promote the well-being of marginalized communities. 

This video from World Hepatitis Alliances highlights youth voices and a discussion on viral hepatitis and HIV.

This resource is geared towards local, state, and national organizations and agencies to strengthen their support for minor consent and includes talking points demonstrating the need for and benefit of the ability for minors to consent for STI testing.

This toolkit provides a framework for a standardized approach to developing and implementing a comprehensive health service referral system in your priority districts and or schools.

This video explains how (YRBS) data can be used by school professionals in their day-to-day work to improve the health issues students are facing. 

This video explains how the information collected from YRBS can be used to help students make healthy choices to become healthy adults.

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is administered to high school students in grades 9-12 every other year. YRBS collects important information about high school students’ behaviors and experiences anonymously and voluntarily.