Reduce Unintended Pregnancy & Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Prevention

Adolescence is a time of tremendous opportunity and change. Becoming a sexually healthy adult is one of the most significant developmental tasks of adolescence. Healthy sexuality is to be respected, and requires a sense of responsibility to be emotionally and physically prepared and protected. Youth are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy or contract an STI if they have access to and use medically accurate and culturally appropriate information along with health services and well-developed skills to make thoughtful choices about relationships and sexual health.

• Programs that Work
• Oregon Youth Sexual Health Plan

Current AHP unintended pregnancy and STIs prevention programs in Alaska:

• Healthy Empowered & Responsible Teens (Anchorage)
• Resiliency Informed Sexual Health Education (Homer)
• The Fourth R for Healthy Relationships
• Alaska Youth Friendly Clinics
• Alaska Coalition for Healthy Youth

To learn more about Alaskan adolescents’ sexual health status:

• Teen Births and Adolescent Health Sexual Health in Alaska (2016)
• Birth Spacing Materials
• Youth in Foster Care Pregnancy Prevention Bench Cards
• STD/HIV Fact Sheet
• Unintended Pregnancy and STI Publications & Resources