Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents

About this episode

Dr. Aletha Akers discusses best practices for providing sexual and reproductive health care to adolescents.

This Clinical Chats podcast episode features Dr. Aletha Akers, a national expert in adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare, with hosts Dr. Kristin Metcalf-Wilson and Dr. Tammy Bennett. In this episode, Dr. Akers provides insights into best practices for healthcare providers when caring for adolescents, including making practices adolescent-friendly, navigating confidentiality, and utilizing screening tools and scripts. This episode aims to enhance the knowledge of sexual and reproductive health professionals, particularly Title X clinicians.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Kristin Metcalf-Wilson, Dr. Tammy Bennett

Guest: Dr. Aletha Akers

Topics covered

• adolescent healthcare
• sexual health
• reproductive health
• confidentiality
• screening tools

Keywords

• adolescent health
• sexual health care
• reproductive health
• healthcare providers
• confidentiality
• screening tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health

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