Adolescents aged 11–21 years undergo tremendous physical, psychosocial, and emotional changes, all of which affect their sexual and reproductive health ( ). National recommendations for adolescent-centered care include time during health care visits for comprehensive, medically accurate, and developmentally appropriate sexual health conversations, including reproductive education and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening ( ). Clinician-adolescent discussions in primary care are incredibly brief, lasting an average of 36 s, and lacking substantial content ( Sieving et al., 2020 Sieving R.E. Mehus C. Catallozzi M. Grilo S. Steiner R.J. Brar P. Santelli J. Understanding primary care providers’ perceptions and practices in implementing confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

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