Teens

 
Do you have questions about your sexual health?

Have you heard that everybody’s doing it?

Are you someone who thinks condoms break easily?

Do you know there is free and confidential sexual health information for youth right here in Brockton?

Take a look at this information…

1. There are tons of really helpful websites you can go to for answers to your sexual health questions. Click on the Resources for Youth tab and check it out!
    
2. Did you know that more than half of high school students will have chosen to abstain from sex (chosen not to have sex) by the time they graduate?
    
   
3. For those youth who are sexually active, condom use is on the rise. Oh, and just for the record, they don't break easily, either!
    
   
4. Parents/guardians and members of your extended family can be really great resources. About half of ALL high school students have spoken with a parent or another adult in their family about their sexual health.
    
   
5. There are really helpful, local places youth can go for confidential sexual health information, including Brockton Family Planning. Click on the Resources for Youth tab and check it out!

Info obtained from 2009 MA Youth Risk Behavior Survey