Youth Health Rights
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Youth Health Rights
Presented by the Balboa Youth Advisory Board
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What is Minor Consent?
Minor consent is aminor’s (ages 12-17)
right by California law to confidentiality and clinical services such
as…
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Youth consents (Ages 12-17)
• Birth control (e.g., condoms, pills, “the shot”)
• Plan B (Morning After Pill)
• STI/HIV Testing
• Pregnancy testing
• Health Education services
• Mental Health/Substance Abuse Counseling*
• Other sensitive services
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Hormonal:• NuvaRing • The Pill• The Patch• Depo Provera Shot• IUD
Birth ControlNon-hormonal:• Condoms• Spermicide• Diaphragm • Abstinence
Emergency Contraception (Plan B)
Use within 1-5 days after unprotected intercourse
NOT a form a birth control
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STI Testing: Diagnosis and Treatment
•STI = Sexually Transmitted Infections
•Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are most commonly tested
•Testing is painless
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Pregnancy Testing
At least 11 days after unprotected sex
Testing is through urine sample
Testing is painless
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Mental Health/Substance Abuse Counseling
•Free counseling
•Talk about anything that is bothering you
•Does not mean you are crazy
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Confidentiality
Anything you say about sex, drugs, and feelings is CONFIDENTIAL unless you give the health care provider permission to share it.
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When Confidentiality is Broken If you tell him/her:
• You are being abused (physically and/or sexually)
• You are going to hurt yourself or someone else
• You are under 14 and having sex with someone 14 years or older
• You are under 16 and having sex with someone 21 years or older
Then he/she must report to Child Protective Services
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Parental Consents• General medical visits
• Immunizations
• Medications
• Mental Health/Substance Abuse Counseling*
*All youth have the right to an assessment for counseling services without parental permission; after the assessment, it is determined if parental consent is needed
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True or False?
• Without parental consent, you can get drug and alcohol counseling
• A clinic can give you birth control without parental consent
• A clinic will not tell your parent if you have an STD
• A clinic can provide a pregnancy test to girls 12 and older without parental consent
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Without parental consent, you can get drug an alcohol counseling
TRUE- Your parents never have to know that you received care
A clinic can give you birth control without parental consent
TRUE- You can get condoms and other forms of birth control on your own
A clinic will not tell your parent if you have an STD
TRUE- Nobody can tell your parent you have an STD unless you give them permission
A clinic can provide a pregnancy test to girls 12 and older without parental consent
TRUE- Pregnancy testing is among your confidential minor consent rights
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How Much Does it Cost?
. . .Everything is
Free!!!
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Acknowledgements• Balboa Teen Health Center StaffBalboa Teen Health Center Staff• Balboa PSTABalboa PSTA• Student Advisory Council Student Advisory Council • SF Youth Commission SF Youth Commission • SF Health Commission SF Health Commission • Eric Mar, Board of Education Eric Mar, Board of Education • Kim-Shree Maufas, Board of Education Kim-Shree Maufas, Board of Education • Eduardo Aguilar, California Center Eduardo Aguilar, California Center • Chinatown Youth CenterChinatown Youth Center• Kellogg Foundation Kellogg Foundation • Michael Smith and Hector Lara, California School Health Centers Michael Smith and Hector Lara, California School Health Centers
Association Association • Alison Wu, Katie Kaplow, Belinda La, and Amanda Piercy, Alison Wu, Katie Kaplow, Belinda La, and Amanda Piercy,
Lifetime YAB MembersLifetime YAB Members• Monica Guerra, Student Volunteer Monica Guerra, Student Volunteer • Adolescent Health Working Group Adolescent Health Working Group • Youth Funding Youth Ideas Youth Funding Youth Ideas • Sarah Brant, Art Concordia, and Rocio Ramirez, BHS TeachersSarah Brant, Art Concordia, and Rocio Ramirez, BHS Teachers• Kevin Gogin, School Health Programs Department, SFUSDKevin Gogin, School Health Programs Department, SFUSD