Reproductive Healthcare for the Medically Complex Adolescent and Young Adult

Dr. Paula Hillard is Professor Emerita in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford Univesity School of Medicine.  She founded the program in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford as well as the Fellowship Program in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  She is an internationally-recognized expert in pediatric and adolescent gynecology with a focus on menstrual management and contraception.  She has edited 10 previous textbooks and authored over 130 book chapters as well as over 160  peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. Dr. Rachel Goldstein is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a board certified Clinical Informaticist with expertise in adolescent confidentiality and the electronic health record. Dr. Goldstein is the Director of Adolescent and Young Adult Transition Programs within the division, having developed reproductive health programs to improve access to care in the inpatient and outpatient settings.Dr. Jennifer Carlson is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, where she provides primary and specialty care to adolescents and young adults with medical complexity. She is board certified in Clinical Informatics and has collaborated on operational initiatives to improve adolescent privacy and information sharing within the electronic health record (EHR).This book focuses on the reproductive health needs of adolescents and young adults with health conditions, both chronic and medically complex. As strides have been made in the medical management of chronic and severe health conditions across the world, more medically complex children are surviving and thriving into their reproductive years. Appropriate reproductive health care depends on both reaching adolescents and young adults where they are (both physically and developmentally), as well as understanding the nuances that may be associated with specific medical conditions.

• Reproductive healthcare for the adolescent and young adult with chronic conditions.- Counseling the adolescent and young adult with chronic conditions on sexual and reproductive health.- Confidentiality considerations for sexual and reproductive healthcare in adolescent and young adults.- Common gynecologic conditions in adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions.- Menstrual management and suppression for adolescents and young adult with chronic conditions.- Contraception for adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions.- Eating disorders in adolescents and young adults.- Gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults.- Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in adolescents and young adults.- Reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults who have undergone an organ transplant.- Fertility Preservation for adolescents and young adults.- Reproductive Healthcare for the adolescent and young adult with cystic fibrosis.- Hematologic Disorders and reproductive health in the adolescent and young adult.- Reproductive healthcare in adolescents and young adults with mobility limitations.- Sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults with intellectual disability.- Size inclusivity in reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults.- Reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults with neurologic conditions.- Pregnancy and options counseling for adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions.- Reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adults with mental health conditions.