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Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings.

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Santa Maria, D; Guilamo-Ramos, V; Jemmott, LS; Derouin, A; Villarruel, A
Published in: The American journal of nursing
January 2017

: Nurses care for adolescents in a variety of settings, including communities, schools, and public health and acute care clinics, which affords them many opportunities to improve adolescents' sexual and reproductive health and reduce the rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. To ensure that adolescents have access to sexual and reproductive health care (which includes both preventive counseling and treatment) in all nursing practice sites, nurses need to gain the knowledge and hone the skills required to deliver evidence-based counseling and services to adolescents and parents. Collectively, nurses can use their unique combination of knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes. Nurses have the capacity and opportunity to disseminate information about sexual and reproductive health to adolescents and their parents in communities, schools, public health clinics, and acute care settings. This article discusses the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine's goals and recommendations, which address adolescent sexual and reproductive health as both a health care and a human rights issue.

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Published In

The American journal of nursing

DOI

EISSN

1538-7488

ISSN

0002-936X

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

117

Issue

1

Start / End Page

42 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Sex Education
  • Reproductive Health
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence
  • Pregnancy
  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Santa Maria, D., Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jemmott, L. S., Derouin, A., & Villarruel, A. (2017). Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings. The American Journal of Nursing, 117(1), 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000511566.12446.45
Santa Maria, Diane, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Anne Derouin, and Antonia Villarruel. “Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings.The American Journal of Nursing 117, no. 1 (January 2017): 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000511566.12446.45.
Santa Maria D, Guilamo-Ramos V, Jemmott LS, Derouin A, Villarruel A. Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings. The American journal of nursing. 2017 Jan;117(1):42–51.
Santa Maria, Diane, et al. “Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings.The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 117, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 42–51. Epmc, doi:10.1097/01.naj.0000511566.12446.45.
Santa Maria D, Guilamo-Ramos V, Jemmott LS, Derouin A, Villarruel A. Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings. The American journal of nursing. 2017 Jan;117(1):42–51.

Published In

The American journal of nursing

DOI

EISSN

1538-7488

ISSN

0002-936X

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

117

Issue

1

Start / End Page

42 / 51

Related Subject Headings

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Sex Education
  • Reproductive Health
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence
  • Pregnancy
  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Male
  • Humans