At OPA, we are dedicated to improving reproductive health outcomes and adolescent health and wellbeing across the nation. We focus on ensuring access to family planning and preventive health services to ensure that everyone has the tools to make informed health decisions. We also implement new and innovative approaches for promoting positive health outcomes among adolescents. Additionally, we support a range of programs, from grants to research, all aimed at enhancing quality of life and promoting health equity. Learn more about our mission, leadership, and news. https://opa.hhs.gov/about

Since 2010, our Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program has served over 1.57 million youth through grant programs, trained 23,500 professionals, and developed 56 innovative programs. Through this program, we use an innovation-to-scale continuum, where our grant recipients create, identify, and expand the reach of effective approaches in communities across the country. Discover more about the TPP program, including successful strategies, performance measures, and current grantees. https://lnkd.in/e7fWimZd

For more than 50 years, Title X has been a trusted and critical part of the health care safety net, ensuring access to a broad range of person-centered, quality family planning and preventive health services. Title X providers are often the only point of health care for clients. Essential services like reproductive cancer screening and contraceptive counseling and care are provided by Title X in mobile health clinics, state and local health departments, and other health centers. Learn more about the where, why, who, and what of Title X clinics, or use the clinic locator to find services in your community. https://lnkd.in/eKAsmMzP

Title X services are client-centered, culturally, and linguistically appropriate, inclusive, and trauma-informed. Providers ensure equitable and quality service delivery consistent with nationally recognized standards of care. Our Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) 2023 National Summary highlights the importance of Title X as a resource for STI and HIV testing and cancer screening. In 2023, Title X providers performed 1,343,403 chlamydia tests, 1,567,115 gonorrhea tests, 734,879 syphilis tests, and 984,375 confidential HIV tests. Title X providers also conducted 461,085 cervical cancer screenings (Pap tests) for female clients. For many clients, Title X services are the only ongoing source of health care and health education. Read about the impact of the Title X program by exploring the 2023 FPAR. https://lnkd.in/g86YaWJ4

Our Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program is a national grant program that invests in community-driven strategies to support communities throughout the nation. The grant program is dedicated to scaling evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention strategies and uses six key elements to do so–multiple settings, partnerships and services, caregiver engagement, safe and supportive environments, evidence-based programs, and youth engagement. Learn more about both these key components and our current grant TPP recipients on our website.  https://lnkd.in/e7fWimZd

For more than 50 years, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and preventive health services. Title X clinics: - Provide reproductive health care to millions of people across the country and in territories and freely associated states, many who are unable to get care anywhere else. - Provide services such as birth control, pregnancy testing and counseling, basic infertility services, and more. - Pivot, innovate, and meet people where they are to provide the support and resources they need to be healthy and thrive. Learn more from Title X grant recipients as they reflect on the program’s impact. https://lnkd.in/e_qr5qD8

The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) now examines program components! The review identified two components that show promise: sexual health risk reduction counseling implemented with an evidence-based TPP program, and in-person intervention delivery of a clinic-based intervention. Explore the list of evidence-based program components to make sure your program still meets your needs. https://bit.ly/4cSOWNH

Our Title X family planning program grant recipients provide care to a diverse group of clients. The Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) 2023 National Summary highlights their great work! In 2023, Title X clinics provided clients access to a wide range of contraceptive methods to meet individual needs and allow clients to choose the method that works best for them. 72% of all clients reported using a contraceptive method for family planning. Learn about the work Title X program and grant recipients have done by reading the 2023 FPAR. https://lnkd.in/g86YaWJ4

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We are joining the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to spotlight the impact of domestic violence and share supportive resources for those affected by it. In this video series from the OPA-funded Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC), providers can learn how to apply the Confidentiality, Universal Education + Empowerment, and Support (CUES) intervention in response to intimate partner violence. https://lnkd.in/gfvX2R2i

For health information to be accessible, it should be easy to understand and easy to find for the people it is meant to reach. Improved health literacy can help youth learn and thrive as they begin to find, take in, and judge health information more independently. During Health Literacy month, explore our Take Action for Adolescents toolkit to find practical ways that any adult – policy makers, health care and human service providers, youth-serving professionals, parents, legal representatives, and caregivers – can empower young people to make informed decisions, advocate for their own well-being, and navigate complicated health care and human services. https://lnkd.in/e4dutf-m