iCARE

The Inclusive Consent and Access to Resources for Everyone (iCARE) Study assesses the impact of minor consent laws on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing, treatment, and prevention services use among US adolescents using legal epidemiological, causal inference, and online survey methods.

PI: Kimberly Nelson

Study staff: Sam Haiken

This work is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH119892).

Cheng, M., Levinson, E., Pierre, J., Reddy, D., Sattler, K., Siva, O., Wu, J., & Nelson, K.M. (2025). Youth voices are needed now more than ever to improve adolescent sexual health research: Lessons from five years with a youth advisory board. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1007/s13178-025-01230-4

Nelson, K.M., Gray, A., Haiken, S., & Underhill, K. (2025). The state of sexual education: State laws and regulations mandating sexual education in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 115(10): 1723-1733. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308199

Nelson, K.M., Skinner, A., Stout, C.D., Raderman, W., Unger, E., Raifman, J., Agénor, M., Ybarra, M.L., Dunsiger, S.I., Austin, S.B., & Underhill, K. (2023). Minor consent laws for sexually transmitted infection and human immunodeficiency virus services in the United States: A comprehensive, longitudinal survey of US state laws. American Journal of Public Health, 113(4): 397-407. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307199

Underhill, K. & Nelson, K.M. (2022). Consent laws for minors regarding sexually transmitted infection and HIV services-reply. JAMA, 328(23): 2364. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.19040

Nelson, K.M., Skinner, A., & Underhill, K. (2022). Minor consent laws for sexually transmitted infection and HIV services. JAMA, 328(7): 674-676. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.10777

iCARE Team (Inclusive Consent and Access to Resources for Everyone) (March 12, 2025). State Minor Consent Laws for HIV/STI Services. LawAtlas.org. https://lawatlas.org/datasets/state-minor-consent-laws-hiv-sti-services