New contraception help for teens
Posted on December 7, 2009
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Primary care professionals are to be given a new toolkit to help them engage better with teenagers about sexuality and contraception.
Engaging Teenagers about Contraception has been developed by a team of sexual health experts who investigated teenagers’ attitudes to sexual health and their experiences discussing contraception with healthcare professionals.
Dr Paula Briggs, lead clinician at the community sexual health service Improving Sexual health In Sefton, said the resultant toolkit provided a host of practical tips for GPs and sexual health professionals.
She said: “These range from advice on active listening, to recommending that teenagers are shown examples of contraceptives so they can see the actual size of different types, such as the IUD or implant. It also provides a list of available resources that we and teenagers will find useful.”
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