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Poster Presentation

Social Justice and Health Equity

Thursday Poster Power Hour

THURS-049 - Youth in Juvenile Justice: Equitable Approaches to Teaching Sexual Health Education in Juvenile Justice Settings

Thursday, April 17, 2025
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PST
Location: Pacific I/II, 2nd Floor
Area of Responsibility: Area III: Implementation
Subcompetencies: 8.1.4 Promote health equity. 8.1.5 Use evidence-informed theories, models, and strategies., 7.2 Prepare others to provide health education and promotion.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the mechanics of sexual education facilitation within juvenile justice systems and identify at least 3 adaptations that can be made to current curriculums to make them detention facility friendly.
  • Describe at least 3 ways to improve health outcomes for youth living in juvenile detention facilities.
  • Recognize the overrepresentation of minority youth in juvenile justice settings and the costs associated with confined youth.
Brief Abstract Summary: Recognize the overrepresentation of minority youth in juvenile justice settings and the costs associated with confined youth. Speakers will discuss sexual education, and mental health issues with youth in JJ. Discussions of education attainment, rights to education, and interventions in confinement, such as skill building that focuses on cognitive-behavior techniques and social skills are essential in minimizing recidivism by juvenile offenders. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) will be discussed, what we can do with this data, and how does Sacramento County use this data to modify and adapt the Power Through Choices (PTC) curriculum to ensure that they are directly teaching toward the current needs of students.

Detailed abstract description: By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to understand the mechanics of sexual health education facilitation within juvenile justice systems. Participants will learn tips and tricks to engaging this population in lessons, as well as how to engage stakeholders, such as probation department staff, in allowing outside facilitation staff. Attendees will also leave more knowledgeable about the costs associated with confined youth, health issues among youth in detention facilities (focusing on mental health and trauma associated with living conditions), attitudes towards sexual health education programs, statistics related to educational achievement in detention facilities, state-level recidivism rate data, and overall outcomes associated with our chosen curriculum Power Through Choices (PTC).