Sexual and Reproductive Health Resource Explorer

Some SRH topics have more resources than others. some questions you might ask as you consider whether to use a resource:

• What is the purpose of the resource? Resources address a wide variety of subjects. For example, some may be focused on policy recommendations and others on sharing topical information. The type of resource can be a helpful indicator as to the purpose of the resource – toolkits and trainings often have more practice recommendations than briefs and reports.
• Is the resource relevant for the context where you provide youth support? Some of the resources were developed to provide state-specific guidance. Keep this in mind especially when looking at resources that provide recommendations on compliance and information about the law, rights, and access to SRH services.
• Is the resource relevant for the youth you support? If there are no resources on a topic for the specific youth population you support, consider whether resources on the same SRH topic focused on a different population could be relevant.

• Communicating about SRH: Resources with guidance on communication strategies and talking points for communication on SRH topics.
• Contraceptives: Resources with information on access to and benefits of contraceptives as well as medically accurate information on contraceptive methods.
• Healthy relationships: Resources with guidance on forming healthy relationships between youth, youth and adults in their lives, and youth and their children.
• Pregnancy and parenting: Resources with guidance on supports available to expectant and parenting youth, their needs and rights, and strategies for working with them.
• Pregnancy prevention: Resources with guidance and strategies on preventing adolescent pregnancy, youth perspectives on pregnancy prevention, and contextual information on adolescent pregnancy in Activate’s focal populations.
• Rights and access to SRH services: Resources with strategies to ensure youth understand their sexual and reproductive health rights and can access SRH services.
• Sex trafficking: Resources with information on risk factors for sex trafficking and strategies for working with youth who have been involved in sex trafficking.
• Sexual violence: Resources with guidance on working with and supporting youth who have experienced sexual violence.
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): Resources with information on risk factors and prevention of STIs.
• Trauma and SRH: Resources with guidance on trauma-informed approaches to working with youth and information on how trauma affects youth.