ARH for Nurses, Educators and people who work with youth

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Adolescent Reproductive Health for Nurses, Educators and People Who Work with Youth

If you are looking for updated sexual and reproductive health information, and effective ways to increase inclusivity into your classroom or clinical space, this online, on-demand series is for you. After talking with educators, nurses and people who work with youth, we have designed this series to provide an informational framework for having conversations with youth and their families about reproductive and sexual health. For those who teach sex ed, we’ve included a module on how to approach this material in the classroom. 

MODULES/TOPICS
Module 1: Introduction to Gender and Sexuality
Module 2: Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
Module 3: Pregnancy and contraception
Module 4: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Module 5: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Overview
Module 6: Approaching Sexual Health Education in the Classroom

Course graduates will automatically become part of the Adolescent Reproductive Health ECHO Program learning community which includes live case-conferences, monthly clinical pearls and the resources on this website.

NCPD:  This activity has been approved for Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credit. ECHO participants earn one credit per session attended. 

CE FOR EDUCATORS: This course was designed with the potential for Colorado Educators to earn CEUs. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at end of the course with information required by the Colorado Department of Education to submit for renewal credit, if it is applicable to the educator's license. For educators outside of Colorado, please check with your local/state board to see if this activity qualifies for you. 

SURVEY: You will receive survey link at the end of this ECHO series. Please be sure to complete this survey, which should take no more than 5-10 minutes. Surveys must be completed by the indicated deadline in order to receive CE credit.

This course includes 12 interactive activities that reinforce key topic areas.
You can access the activities below.

RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES

PREGNANCY AND CONTRACEPTION

All Options Hotline to talk about pregnancy options

Guttmacher Institute: Research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health 

Bedsider Website: Birth Control information and support

Your Birth Control Choices Fact Sheet from the Reproductive Health Access Project
How Well Does Birth Control Work? from UCSF’s Beyond The Pill 


Interactive Activities

How a Body Becomes Pregnant

Birth Control Methods

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS)

ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OVERVIEW

Adolescent Health Working Group: Provider toolkit for free download

A guide for collecting data from the National LGBTQAI+ Health Education Center, Fenway Institute

Sex Etc Website: Sex education website designed by teens, for teens

State-by-State Guide to each states’ laws on sexual and reproductive health

Research on Gender Affirming Care for Youth from the Trevor Project


Interactive Activities

Gender Affirmation

Open-ended vs. Close-ended Questions

APPROACHING SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM

MEET THE CO-AUTHORS/INSTRUCTORS

DR. ELIZA BUYERS (SHE/HER)

Dr. Eliza Buyers (she/her) is an adolescent gynecologist who has practiced in the Denver metro area for over 25 years. She is the Director of Teen and Community Programs at Boulder Valley Health Center, a community reproductive and sexual health clinic in Boulder, CO. In addition to caring for young people in the clinic, she leads their youth programs that deliver comprehensive sex ed to thousands of students each year, and the REAL Youth Council focused on Reproductive Justice, Education, Advocacy and Leadership. In 2019, Eliza created ECHO Colorado's Adolescent Reproductive Health program to expand access to reproductive health care in the pediatric primary care and community setting. This program has expanded to include an online community of practice for people who work with youth. 

CAITLIN LONG (THEY/THEM)

Caitlin Long (they/them) is a sex educator with over ten years of experience working in gender-specific and social-emotional health education programming. They earned their Masters of Education in Curriculum and Teaching with an emphasis on gender and curriculum from Teachers College, Columbia University. They are a zaza/parent, experienced sexuality educator, adult facilitator, curriculum designer and public school teacher. They are an AASECT-certified sexuality educator and co-founder of re|scripted, a feminist education consulting practice. In their ten years of experience, they learned how to make it easier for people (youth and adults) to engage critically, authentically and vulnerably with each other about sex, bodies and relationships. 

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