Increasing access to all reproductive

health options

All Access EKY works to build the capacity of health care providers to offer high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care to all residents in the region. Through community outreach, storytelling, videomaking, and social media we provide eastern Kentuckians of all ages, but especially youth, with the information, access, and opportunity to ensure their reproductive well-being and pursue the futures they hope for.

What We Do

  • PROVIDER TRAINING: Build the capacity of clinical and non-clinical providers to offer high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care by offering trainings and workshops to a variety of providers (APRNs, OBYNS, Social Workers, Health Educators, etc.) as well as young people in the region (e.g., high school and college aged youth, nursing and medical students). Recent trainings include Gender Affirming Care, Birth Control Methods Updates, and Reproductive Well-Being in Kentucky. AAEKY staff visited 35 clinics in 2023, giving updates on Birth Control Methods, and providing supplies and additional resources.

  • FREE BIRTH CONTROL: We provide free Plan B, condoms, and informational materials to individuals and organizations in EKY. As of Fall 2023, we have fulfilled more than 700 individual requests and 15 requests from organizations, highlighting the urgent need for these supplies.

  • FACTUALLY ACCURATE SOCIAL MEDIA: To address the lack of comprehensive sex education courses in regional public schools and widespread social media misinformation, AAEKY provides reproductive health-related social media content through blog posts and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Please follow us and share our posts!

  • YOUTH MEDIA: With support from All Access EKY, young media makers in Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute have produced over twenty short documentaries addressing issues of reproductive well-being from a youth perspective. These videos that offer a young person’s perspective on reproductive health and well-being have been shared with other youth, educators, health providers, and community leaders. Find the videos on the All Access EKY YouTube Channel.

  • POLICY ADVOCACY: Power to Decide offers an interactive, online training to build knowledge of policy solutions for increasing contraceptive access on a local, state, and national level. Included are tools for effective advocacy, and a template for creating an advocacy action plan.

    AAEKY collaborates with advocates around Kentucky to support policies that: (1.) allow public and private payers to cover an extended supply (12 months) of self-administered hormonal contraception (i.e. birth control pills, rings, or patches) at one time; (2) allow for the provision of contraception by any willing and qualified provider including pharmacists; (3) protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for birth control coverage without copays or deductibles.