Strategies

Establish programs that accept expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from designated users and dispose of them responsibly

Provide reproductive health care services such as counseling, contraception, and testing in middle and high school-based health centers

Encourage children to spend time away from TV and other stationary screen media, often as part of a multi-faceted effort to increase physical activity and improve nutrition

Support school-, community-, and clinic-based teen pregnancy prevention programs such as comprehensive sex education, HIV/STI prevention and youth development efforts, service learning, etc.