Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC)

We're excited to share a new and improved Birth Control Methods Chart with you! ? This new chart is framed around client autonomy and prompts providers to focus on their clients’ contraceptive preferences as a starting point in counseling conversations. This framework offers providers multiple ways to center a client’s specific preferences and is aligned with the forthcoming QFP 2.0. In the chart, methods are organized by whether clients can start and stop on their own and by those that require provider involvement (prescription or procedure). Within each category, the methods are listed in order of effectiveness (i.e., pregnancy risk), as we know clients also value effective methods. Download the chart here: https://lnkd.in/gGRct47n Read more in our email announcement: https://lnkd.in/ghQg4gs2 #BirthControl #ContraceptiveCounseling

"We are motivated by our commitment to strengthening our workforce and ensuring the continued delivery of essential reproductive health services to underserved communities in southeast Nebraska," says Jessi Hitchins, PhD, Executive Director of Family Health Services, Inc. (FHSI) In this month's Grantee Spotlight, learn how FHSI, a #TitleX subrecipient in Nebraska, worked thoughtfully and intentionally to rebuild their staff after unexpected turnover in 2023 using strategies and resources from the RHNTC: https://lnkd.in/gtm_trw3 Hear more from Jessi Hitchins, PhD, and other experts about staff retention strategies in our webinar on December 4: https://lnkd.in/gNVqejFR #ReproHealth #StaffRetention

Yesterday, RHNTC staff Lola Akintobi shared strategies for reimagining #YouthEngagement to include peer leaders and near-peer staff members during a workshop at #HealthyTeen24, with colleagues from Health Resources in Action (HRiA) and Healthy Futures of Texas. Near peers are close in age but slightly older than TPP project participants (e.g., college students), and are uniquely positioned to relate to participants and amplify their voices. However, hiring part-time youth staff represents unique organizational challenges for agencies that typically hire only full-time staff or adult staff. Staff working in TPP programs can use this tool to brush up on best practices for supervising youth staff: https://lnkd.in/gmwRUC5E

There's still time to register for tomorrow's webinar on addressing #syphilis in sexual and reproductive health settings! Join us with speakers Tammy Bennett of the Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Dr. Yomi Obafemi of Peak Preventive Medicine Consulting, Jo Taylor from Columbus Public Health, and Allison Finkenbinder from the RHNTC. Register: https://lnkd.in/gDDpYget

Our team will be in sunny Phoenix for the Healthy Teen Network conference this week! ?????? Stop by the RHNTC booth to chat with us and learn more about the training and technical assistance we provide to adolescent health professionals. #HealthyTeen24

In this video, learn how #TitleX staff at El Rio Community Health Center provide affirming and accepting care to LGBTQ+ clients and their families. Watch the full video series to learn tips from #TitleX providers in Arizona for creating supportive and affirming environments for LGBTQ+ clients: https://lnkd.in/gQzgv_69 #TransgenderAwarenessWeek

Today is #ThxBirthControl Day! Everyone deserves access to the birth control method that works best for their body, their life, and their goals. Our Birth Control Methods Chart was designed for providers to help clients consider their birth control options, by focusing on their clients’ contraceptive preferences as a starting point in counseling conversations. The chart is framed around client autonomy so that providers can help clients make informed choices based on their needs: https://lnkd.in/gGRct47n

November 13-19 is #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, aiming to increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face. Now, more than ever, providing accepting and affirming care in sexual and reproductive health care settings is essential. This training list includes job aids and a video series on accepting and affirming care that can help Title X and TPP Program staff deliver inclusive services and programs to LGBTQIA+ individuals: https://lnkd.in/gJ4b2qfh Log in or create an account on RHNTC to save the Training List to your account.

The RHNTC’s Staff Support and Retention Toolkit has been updated! The updated toolkit includes new resources to support sexual and reproductive health care agencies in developing open, responsive, and supportive work environments, aiming to increase the retention of qualified staff. The toolkit outlines five key strategies SRH agencies can take to promote workforce well-being and staff retention, with action steps and resources your agency can use to implement them: https://lnkd.in/gp6Bkwaw Register for our December 4 webinar to take a deeper dive into these strategies with experts and Title X grantees: https://lnkd.in/gNVqejFR #ReproHealth #WorkCulture #StaffRetention

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