Why Screen for Chlamydia? A How-To Implementation Guide for Healthcare Providers

Why Screen for Chlamydia? A How-To Implementation Guide for Healthcare Providers

Provides information on how to incorporate chlamydia screening, testing, and treatment in a clinical care setting. Includes topics such as taking a sexual history, making screening a routine practice, improving screening and treatment delivery, and providing confidential care to adolescents.

Understanding Confidentiality And Minor Consent In California: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit

Understanding Confidentiality And Minor Consent In California: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit

Provides information on the steps an office can take to protect minor consent and confidentiality.

Includes:

  • Charts on minor consent and confidentiality
  • Practice tools
  • Screening, assessment, and referral tools
  • Resource sheets
  • Health education handouts for teens and their parents/guardians
  • Online resources and research

Adolescent Health Care 101: The Basics – CA Edition: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit

Adolescent Health Care 101: The Basics – CA Edition: An Adolescent Provider Toolkit

Provides information on adolescent health assessment tools and insight on how to create an adolescent-friendly environment.

Includes:

  • Screening tools
  • Brief office interventions and counseling guidelines
  • Resources and referrals
  • Information and tip sheets
  • Health education materials for teens and their adult caregivers
  • Literature and internet resources
  • A Youth Health Rights and Responsibilities poster
  • A counseling tips bookmark

A Teen-Friendly Reproductive Health Visit Infographic

A Teen-Friendly Reproductive Health Visit Infographic

This infographic models a positive reproductive visit in a teen-friendly clinic. Use it to assess your clinic’s opportunities to become more teen-friendly.

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Essential Sexual Health Questions to Ask Adolescents

Essential Sexual Health Questions to Ask Adolescents

Provides information on how to assess an adolescent patient’s sexual risk and provides a framework determine the types of services and STI screenings needed.

Talk With Your Kids Timeline and Tips

Talk With Your Kids Timeline and Tips

Provide this timeline to parents or guardians who would like suggestions for age-appropriate sexual health topics to discuss with their kids from ages 0 through 18 years. Additional information about each topic, including tips for starting conversations, is available on the partner website, www.talkwithyourkids.org.

CDC Information for Teens – STI Fact Sheet

CDC Information for Teens – STI Fact Sheet

A fact sheet for teens with more information about STIs and STI prevention.

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Teen Patient Warm Hand-Off Sheet

Teen Patient Warm Hand-Off Sheet

Use this sheet to facilitate key communication between the MA/nurse and clinician as part of the adolescent patient hand-off after intake has been completed by an MA, intake nurse, etc.

Medical Assistant Script for Sensitive Conversation Starters during Alone Time

Medical Assistant Script for Sensitive Conversation Starters during Alone Time

Use this script to train clinic staff on how to start conversations with adolescents about sensitive topics—including safety, sexual health, and Family PACT services—during their alone time with these patients.

Adolescent Alone Time Policy Letter

Adolescent Alone Time Policy Letter

Provide this script to adolescents to let them know what to expect during their well-check visit. Includes safety and sexual health topics. 

Illustration of sex ed class. The tutor is holding a book and pointing to a condom while a learner points at the screen.