Strategies

Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care

Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings

Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings

Use regulation to extend nurse practitioners’ (NPs’) scope of practice to provide care to the full scope of their training and skills without physician oversight, especially for primary care

Regulate the quality of food that can be sold to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), à la carte options, vending machines, etc.

Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates