2019 Annual Report Celebrating 40 Years of #StandingStrong October 2019In the 2019 Annual Report, we reflect on our work over the last 40 years and look forward to our goals for the future. We are grateful to our Board members, staff, professional members, and donors...
Power Through Choices: Final Impact Evaluation Report
Final Impacts of the Power Through Choices Program Evaluation Reports September 2016Power Through Choices was evaluated as part of the federal Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA) in collaboration with the Oklahoma Institute for Child...
Internet Advertising to Recruit Youth
Internet Advertising to Recruit YouthPresentations, Trainings, & Support Available Online & In-Person What’s all the hype about internet advertising? Not sure where to start, but you want to start now? Tried it before but with mixed results? Need some tips to...
Sex and Labor Trafficking: What Parents and Caregivers Need to Know
Sex and Labor Trafficking: What Parents and Caregivers Need to KnowJuly 2019Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of Social Work’s Prevention of Adolescent Risk Initiative, this elearning unit is available to learn about sex...
Selling Sexual Health
Selling Sexual Health: Comparing Two Pilot Recruitment Internet Ad Campaigns for Latinx Individuals2019Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter offer the opportunity to reach large numbers of youth. However, program managers' success in...
Just Down the Street: Minor Sex Trafficking
Hidden in Plain Sight: Minor Sex Trafficking in Maryland2017What is sex trafficking? What are some signs sex trafficking is happening? What should you do if you see sex trafficking? Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of...
Volt20
Volt202019Volt20 helps youth create a written “game plan” as they think about their lives and plan for a healthy future. With Volt20, adolescents and young adults, up to 24 years old, can focus on what’s going on with their bodies, minds, relationships, and the...
Staying On Tracking Using Getting to Outcomes®
Staying on Track Using Getting to Outcomes®2015Getting to Outcomes® (GTO)is an evidence-based approach for planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining a program. Whether you are just getting on board using GTO, or you have years of experience using it, this...
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to Know
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to KnowU Choose to Know Digest, 2018When you teach sex education (and maybe even when you teach other topics), the subject of abuse within relationships is likely to come up. Abuse is also sometimes called...
Best Practices in Sexuality Education
Best Practices in Sexuality EducationU Choose to Know Digest, 2018Check out this U Choose to Know tip sheet for some best practices for teaching sex education and some resources that may help you if you get stuck on a student's question. Contributing...
Fidelity is a Delicious Pie
Fidelity is a Delicious PieU Choose to Know Digest, 2018Consider this: fidelity is like a delicious pie. Say your favorite pie is your grandmother’s special apple pie. Her recipe uses frozen pie crust, Gala apples, and brown sugar. You decide to make it one day, but...
Hidden In Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking
Hidden in Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking in Maryland2017What is labor trafficking? What are some signs labor trafficking is happening? What should you do if you see labor trafficking? Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of...
Recruiting? Facebook can help
Recruiting? Facebook can help: Using social media to recruit participants2018Here, we use and infographic show lessons learned from using social media channels to recruit participants into research studies and programs. This resource was originally designed for our...
Supporting Young Parents to Reach for the Stars
Supporting Young Parents to Reach for the Stars!U Choose to Know Digest, 2018It can be hard keeping up with schoolwork, and even harder when pregnant and/or parenting. While it is true that only about 50% of young mothers graduate from high school (as opposed to 89%...
The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care
ReSHAPINGThe sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2018 Amy Dworsky, PhD, MSW, BA Suggested Citation Dworsky, A. (2018). The sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care. In Elizabeth Trejos and Nancy Trevino...
Youth Engagement
Authentic youth engagement is vital for achieving positive health and well-being outcomes for all youth. Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on October 22, 2018Position Healthy Teen Network believes that authentic youth engagement, an approach we...
Evidence and Innovation
Evidence-based interventions and approaches coupled with innovation is critical to addressing the holistic needs of all youth.Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on June 8, 2018Position Healthy Teen Network believes that organizations and...
Substance Abuse and Its Intersection with Sexual Behavior among Youth
Sex education should include substance abuse education because research demonstrates a relationship between drug and alcohol use and an increase in risky sexual behaviors. Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on October 22, 2018Position Healthy Teen...
A Path Analysis Predicting Contraceptive Use Among Youth Formerly in Foster Care
ReSHAPINGA Path Analysis Predicting Contraceptive Use Among Youth Formerly in Foster Care: Intention or Unmet Need? Society for Social Work and Research, 2018 Katie Massey Combs, Inna Altschul, Samantha M. Brown, Heather Taussig Suggested Citation Combs, K. M. (2018)....
Thriving at the Intersection
Thriving at the Intersection: Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Sexual Health Education to Achieve Positive Outcomes for YouthAmerican Journal of Sexuality Education, Volume 13, 2018, Issue 3 Genevieve Martínez-García, Lisette Torres, Carolyn Camacho, Hope...
2018 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report: Maintaining a Spotlight on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health October 2019The 2018 Annual Report affirms our commitment to maintaining a spotlight on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. It would be easier to shy away from the...
Working with Youth Who Are Transgender and/or Gender Nonconforming
Working with Youth Who Are Transgender and/or Gender Nonconforming U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Transgender youth don’t feel safe at school. They experience bullying based on their gender often and report that school personnel rarely intervene. Almost all transgender...
Send Shame Walking! Applying a Sex Positive Lens to Health Class Facilitation
Send Shame Walking! Applying a Sex Positive Lens to Health Class Facilitation U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Sex positivity is the idea that all sex (as long as it’s healthy and consensual) is a good and normal thing. Sex positivity means teaching sex education without...
Being an Ally to Youth Who Identify as LGBTQ+
Being an Ally to Youth Who Identify as LGBTQ+U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Young people consume more media than ever before. The images they see and messages they receive impact not just how they view the world, but how they view themselves. The messages young people...
Unlocking the Secrets of Classroom Management
Unlocking the Secrets of Classroom Management2018What student behaviors do you find most challenging? What techniques can you use to respond to these behaviors? Explore essential classroom management techniques for the sex education classroom. Take a peek at a few...
Building Support for Sex Ed in Schools
Building Support for Sex Ed in Schools: Communications & Messaging Strategies2018What does (and doesn’t) motivate people to listen to your messages about the value of sex education? In this mini-course, practice building effective messages by working through...
Evidence-Based Interventions
Evidence-Based Interventions2018With this module, learn about evidence-based interventions (EBIs)—what they are, how to use them, and how they are different than other programs. (Evidence-based interventions are also sometimes called evidence-based programs,...
Serving Everyone: Providing Health Services to LGBTQ+ Youth
Serving Everyone Providing Sexual & Reproductive Health Services to LGBTQ+ Youth2018With this module, learn how sexual and reproductive health providers can better treat LGBTQIA+ students with respect. You can meet two students that identify as LGBTQIA+ and learn...
Privacy & Confidentiality
Privacy & Confidentiality for Adolescents Accessing Sexual & Reproductive Health Care2018Follow 16-year-old Kendall and learn about why young people need privacy and confidentiality while seeking sexual and reproductive health care. Complete this elearning...
Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth Living in Group Homes
Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Youth Living in Group Homes Roy F. Oman, PhD, FAAHB; Sara K. Vesely, PhD; Jennifer Green, PhD; Janene Fluhr, MS; Jean Williams, MPHHealth Behavior and Policy ReviewFebruary 2018Objective The purpose of this study was to...
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