Advocates for Youth is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., USA, dedicated to sexuality education, the prevention of HIV and of sexually transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy prevention, youth access to condoms and contraception (including emergency contraception), equality for LGBT youth, and youth participation. In addition, Advocates for Youth sponsors media campaigns and other forms of outreach which attempt to change societal norms to be more understanding of, accepting of, and responsible about youth sexuality.
Physicians for Reproductive Health unites the medical community and concerned supporters. Together, PRH works to improve access to comprehensive reproductive health care. Through their Teen Reproductive Health program, they insure that adolescents have the knowledge, equal access to quality services, and freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions. A large number of the doctors Physicians for Reproductive Health represents practice in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, but many are pediatricians, fertility doctors, family physicians, cardiologists, neurologists, radiologists, and others.
"Advocates for Youth's work in adolescent reproductive health is groundbreaking.The organization is a leader in providing youth with a voice to advocate for their own health.They bring a wealth of knowledge about adolescent health issues and have an understanding of both the health issues that adolescent males face and how they can be engaged in their own health care." said Dennis Barbour, Executive Director of the Partnership for Male Youth . "The Partnership will benefit enormously from the guidance it will receive from the youth that already advise Advocates. As a result of our work with Advocates we hope to engage a new generation of male youth who will understand the importance of maintaining and promoting their own health, for their own sake as well as for the sake of their sexual partners."
"Physicians for Reproductive Health has done tremendous work in the area of health care access, a crucial dimension to the AYA male health care puzzle," said Barbour. "By providing the physician's distinctive voice to debates over reproductive health care PRH plays an important role in shaping policy that affects AYA male health," he said.