Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings

: Nurses care for adolescents in a variety of settings, including communities, schools, and public health and acute care clinics, which affords them many opportunities to improve adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and reduce the rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted inf...

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Published in:The American journal of nursing 2017-01, Vol.117 (1), p.42-51
Main Authors: Santa Maria, Diane, Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, Jemmott, Loretta Sweet, Derouin, Anne, Villarruel, Antonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute services
Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services - organization & administration
Adolescents
Clinical outcomes
Community based clinics
Counselling
Counselling services
Evidence based
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Needs and Demand
Human Rights
Humans
Male
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - prevention & control
Preventive health care
Professional knowledge
Professional practices
Public health
Public health clinics
Reproductive health
Reproductive Health - trends
Sex Education - trends
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
Teenagers
Unplanned
Unplanned pregnancy
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Summary:: Nurses care for adolescents in a variety of settings, including communities, schools, and public health and acute care clinics, which affords them many opportunities to improve adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and reduce the rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. To ensure that adolescents have access to sexual and reproductive health care (which includes both preventive counseling and treatment) in all nursing practice sites, nurses need to gain the knowledge and hone the skills required to deliver evidence-based counseling and services to adolescents and parents. Collectively, nurses can use their unique combination of knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes. Nurses have the capacity and opportunity to disseminate information about sexual and reproductive health to adolescents and their parents in communities, schools, public health clinics, and acute care settings. This article discusses the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine's goals and recommendations, which address adolescent sexual and reproductive health as both a health care and a human rights issue.
ISSN:0002-936X
1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000511566.12446.45