ACT for Adolescent Health provider resources
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Young People and Abortion in New York State
Do young New Yorkers know that abortion continues to be their legal right in New York State? Here ACT for Youth provides the basics on the post-Roe landscape in NYS and links to resources for finding and paying for abortion services.
ACT for Youth
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Abortion Finder
With more than 700 health centers, AbortionFinder.org features the most comprehensive directory of trusted (and verified) abortion service providers in the United States. The site also describes types of abortions and offers a state-by-state guide and FAQs.
Power to Decide, Planned Parenthood, National Abortion Federation, and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health
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Mary T. Bassett: Without My Abortion, I Would Not Be New York’s Health Commissioner
“Today, abortion is a difficult issue. But when I needed an abortion as a medical student in 1979, it was not a difficult decision for me.
"I was at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, preparing to enter what was sure to be a grueling internship in internal medicine at Harlem Hospital. Up and through this point, I had spent my entire young adult life—eight years of schooling and countless hours working, studying, and testing—readying to be a doctor, not a parent. I was almost there…."
Elle Magazine
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The term “monkeypox” can be stigmatizing but is currently necessary for clarity. The World Health Organization is in the process of renaming the condition. In the meantime, some organizations have introduced “MPV” and “MPX” as alternatives. |
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Monkeypox
New York State Department of Health
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MPV: What Healthcare Professionals Should Know
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Factsheet for Reporters on Monkeypox (MPV) and the LGBTQ Community
This MPV explainer also offers guidance on communicating about the virus without stigmatizing LGBTQ populations.
GLAAD
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Offering SRH to Adolescents in School Settings Can Create More Equitable Access
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education and services are too often inequitably distributed and unavailable to students from minoritized communities. School-based health centers and other in-school settings can help close the gap by providing SRH services to students in settings that are more conducive to their circumstances, comfort levels, and sense of empowerment.
Child Trends
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Emergency Contraception (EC)
This brief provides updated information on EC, including major methods, availability, and policy in the U.S., use by age and race/ethnicity, access issues, and more.
KFF
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The Daily: Inside the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
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In this August 30, 2022 podcast, the New York Times describes the adolescent mental health crisis and underlying causes.
The New York Times
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Well-Being Index
The Well-Being Index is a brief self-assessment designed to capture a holistic view of each student’s sense of their own physical, emotional, and social health. This self-assessment measures how a young person is feeling and functioning through an assets-based lens, contributing to a proactive and integrated approach to support that does not stigmatize students.
Turnaround for Children
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Webinar Series: Adolescent Mental Health
In light of the increasing incidence of mental health challenges among young people, ACT for Youth sponsored a series of webinars for school-based health centers and other youth-serving organizations funded by the New York State Department of Health. Topics include recognizing when students are struggling, non-suicidal self-injury, and mindfulness-based programs.
ACT for Youth
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Timely Topics: Addressing Adolescent Opioid Use
This online module is intended to assist primary care and behavioral health providers navigate adolescent and young adult opioid use and misuse in strengths-based, youth-friendly ways.
Adolescent Health Initiative
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Toolkit: Youth Mental Health
In this new addition to the ACT for Youth Adolescent Development Toolkit, youth-serving organizations will find resources to help them:
- Understand adolescent mental health and illness
- Understand adolescent mental health inequities
- Respond to mental health crises
- Put prevention strategies in place
- Direct young people to online resources and help lines
ACT for Youth
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To see past issues of ACT for Adolescent Health visit:
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This newsletter was developed with funding provided by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Women, Infant and Adolescent Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the ACT for Youth Center for Community Action and do not necessarily represent the views of the New York State Department of Health.
If you have a resource to suggest, email Karen Schantz, ACT for Youth clearinghouse director: [email protected]
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ACT for Youth [www.actforyouth.net]
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