Bringing juvenile justice and public health systems together to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of justice-involved youth.

ABSTRACT: Constitutional mandates require access to medical testing and treatment in correctional settings, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care services. These same mandates do not apply to youth supervised in the community, who represent the majority of justice-involved youth. Waiting until youth are in detention settings to provide access to SRH services misses an opportunity to improve health outcomes for youth who have earlier points of contact with the system. This mixed-methods study explored structural intervention development and policy geared toward increasing access to and uptake of SRH prevention, treatment, care, and support services for court-involved, nonincarcerated (CINI) youth. Data were collected from a nationwide survey (N = 226) and qualitative interviews (

SUBMITTER: Tolou-Shams M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9208729 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature