Young people want better sexual health care
A new report from UBC and Options for Sexual Health suggests that current sexual health services in British Columbia are failing to meet the needs of young people aged 15 to 29. The study highlights barriers such as lack of privacy, misinformation, and inadequate sex education in rural and remote areas.
Why it matters
Addressing these gaps is essential for improving public health outcomes and ensuring equitable access to reproductive care.
Sexual health care providers in B.C. need to switch things up to improve care for young people aged 15 to 29, according to a new report.
The report was produced by Options for Sexual Health and the University of British Columbia, with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Researchers spoke with 91 young people and 47 sexual health-care providers and focused on rural, remote and underserved communities.
Over the last decade B.C. has made some big strides towards improving services for sexual and reproductive health, including introducing mail-order cancer screening , making medication for abortion more widely available , making all contraceptives free and able to be prescribed by a pharmacist, and introducing GetCheckedOnline , which allows people to access screening for sexually transmitted infections without providing their ID.
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