Adolescent Health in Title X: Supporting Healthy Development

About this episode

This episode discusses the foundational elements of providing high-quality care to adolescents within the Title X framework.

In this episode of Clinical Chats, part of the Adolescent Health in Title X series, host Dr. Kristin Metcalf-Wilson and guest Rachel Whitfield, APRN, MSN, discuss the foundational elements of providing high-quality care to young people. The conversation addresses the unique challenges Title X clinicians face in balancing confidentiality, legal requirements, and adolescents' developmental needs. This episode covers body literacy, menstrual health, consent, healthy relationships, and navigating contraception and fertility planning for this population.Learn more about this topic at Rachel Whitfield's 2026 National Reproductive Health Conference Plenary: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the Adolescent Population.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kristin Metcalf-Wilson

Guest: Rachel Whitfield

Topics covered

• adolescent health
• Title X
• confidentiality
• menstrual health
• healthy relationships
• contraception
• fertility planning

Keywords

• adolescent health
• Title X
• body literacy
• menstrual health
• consent
• healthy relationships
• contraception
• fertility planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Title X

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