Barriers to sexual and reproductive care among cisgender, heterosexual and LGBTQIA + adolescents in the border region: provider and adolescent perspectives

• Published in: Reproductive health Vol. 19; no. 1; p. 93
• Main Authors: Hubach, Randolph D, Zipfel, Rebecca, Muñoz, Fatima A, Brongiel, Ilana, Narvarte, Annabella, Servin, Argentina E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.04.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Access to sexual and reproductive health; Adolescent; Adolescent health; Chlamydia; Cisgender; Community; Confidentiality; Demographic aspects; Education; Ethnicity; Female; Focus groups; Gays; Gonorrhea; Health aspects; Heterosexuality; Heterosexuals; Humans; Interviews; LGBTQIA; Minority & ethnic groups; Minority Groups; Pregnancy; Reproductive Health; Reproductive Health Services; Secondary schools; Services; Sexual and reproductive health; Sexual Behavior; Sexual health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control; Social aspects; Teenage pregnancy; Teenagers; U.S.-Mexico border region; United States; Young adults; United States; United States > US; Mexico; Adolescent health; U.S.-Mexico border region; Access to sexual and reproductive health; Sexual and reproductive health; LGBTQIA

The United States (U.S.) has higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and adolescent pregnancy than most other industrialized countries. Furthermore, health disparities persist among racial and ethnic minority adolescents (e.g., African American and Latinx) and in counties located alon...