Confidentiality For Teenagers: Article Analysis

1. Briefly summarize the main points of the article you chose (one page).

I read the article about confidentiality for teenagers. In the article it offered very interesting insight as to why teenagers avoid going to receive reproductive care services. It was found that the number one reason for teens not seeking reproductive health services is because of their parents. The reasons teenagers wanted the confidentiality of their visits kept away from their parents was mainly from fear of retribution or to start acting like an adult. Teenagers want to advocate for their own sexual health, but they want to do it without the knowledge or consent of their parents.
What the author of this article is trying to stress is that it is crucial that teens are given the opportunity to take advantage of reproductive health services. These services should also have a very strict level of confidentiality attached to them. The reason for this is because, teens that were represented in the article voiced that if they
Teenagers coming in and getting services and they run the risk of running into a familiar face or even taking the chance of being billed through the insurance company and having their parents still find out. However, if they choose not to go through their insurance company, the odds are they will have to pay a lot of money for the services they received. After going through all the different scenarios that happen because of parents, cost, and confidentiality or lack thereof the author points the best proven program out of California called the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment Program also known as PACT. This program provides low cost services, reaches out to at risk teens, and insures confidentiality. PACT has proven its effectiveness by increasing the number of teens who came for services and decreased the want for family services in the