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Strengths-Based Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Health

Encourage your team to consider how staff and providers in varied roles can create a climate where adolescents are more likely to discuss their sexual health openly and honestly. By the end of this Spark, participants will be able to identify what it means to employ a strengths-based approach when addressing topics related to sexual health and identify strategies and opportunities to practice these approaches.
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FOR MEDICAL HEALTH CENTERS
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In our health center, we have a chance to create a space where teens will come to us for sexual health services, and be honest with us when they do.

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Being strengths-based means that we are counteracting some of the many negative, confusing, or contradictory messages that young people receive about sexuality.

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Examples of Strengths-Based Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Health

FOR YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
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Explore how we approach sexual health with young people, and how our attitudes can set a tone with them.
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Experts recommend that adults adopt a “strengths-based approach” when talking to teens about sex, which frames sexuality as a normal part of life.

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Take a moment to reflect upon an interaction where you discussed sexual health with a young person.

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