Reliable Information for Pregnant Teens
Date: October 9th, 2015
By: Guest Blogger
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Guest Blog Post by Jennifer Lemons It was the longest three minutes of her life. As she opened her eyes to glance at the test, her heart stopped. She couldn’t breathe. Frantically, she tore open the instructions that came with the test to confirm what she already knew. She was pregnant. She laid her head…
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Show Me a Baltimore Hero Series: Youth 360°, Rewiring Our Approach
Date: September 29th, 2015
By: Kelly Connelly
This post is the final installment of a special blog series, Show Me a Baltimore Hero, where Healthy Teen Network highlights Baltimore Heroes. Join us to learn more about the people who bring the Charm to Charm City. Join us on Thursday, October 15th, for a plenary session on holistic approaches to improve the lives of…
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Show Me a Baltimore Hero Series: Rick Barth Awarded Healthy Teen Network Douglas B. Kirby Adolescent Research Award
Date: September 25th, 2015
By: Gina Desiderio
This post is part of a special one-week blog series, Show Me a Baltimore Hero, where Healthy Teen Network highlights Baltimore Heroes. Join us to learn more about the people who bring the Charm to Charm City. Dr. Richard P. Barth will receive the 2015 Healthy Teen Network Douglas B. Kirby Adolescent Research Award, in recognition…
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Show Me a Baltimore Hero Series: Brandon M. Scott Awarded Healthy Teen Network Spirit of Service Award
Date: September 24th, 2015
By: Gina Desiderio
This post is part of a special one-week blog series, Show Me a Baltimore Hero, where Healthy Teen Network highlights Baltimore Heroes. Join us each day to learn more about the people who bring the Charm to Charm City. Healthy Teen Network bestows a Spirit of Service Award in recognition of an exceptionally strong commitment to…
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Show Me a Baltimore Hero Series: Baltimore City Awarded Healthy Teen Network Spirit of Service Award for B’more for Healthy Babies
Date: September 22nd, 2015
By: Gina Desiderio
Healthy Teen Network bestows a Spirit of Service Award in recognition of an exceptionally strong commitment to community and youth. Baltimore City has been recognized specifically for its creative approach to teen pregnancy prevention, through a public/private partnership driven by the Baltimore City Health Department and CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, as part of the…
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Show Me a Baltimore Hero
Date: September 21st, 2015
By: Pat Paluzzi
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Show Me a Hero is a new HBO miniseries by Baltimore’s own David Simon in which Mr. Simon once again looks at some of the more challenging aspects of living in America—this particular show being about housing integration in Yonkers, NY. His most recent series focused on New Orleans post-Katrina, but probably his best known…
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Baltimore: A Taste of It All
Date: September 4th, 2015
By: Healthy Teen Network
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Alex Eisler is a Training and Technical Assistance Manager and freelance writes for Baltimore’s City Paper as a restaurant reviewer. You can find her eating at (and sometimes writing about) many of Baltimore’s great food and drink establishments from comfort food to the exotic. Shanise Taylor is an Administrative and Executive Coordinator and is a…
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Response to NPR Midday with Dan Rodricks, “Teen Pregnancy in Baltimore”
Date: June 10th, 2015
By: Pat Paluzzi
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Last week, I had the opportunity to catch NPR’s Midday with Dan Rodricks, when he and Aaron Henkin hosted a two-hour conversation on teen pregnancy in Baltimore. For the most part, the show was well presented and balanced, and I particularly loved that a teen parent was part of the conversation and a teen parent…
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Healthiest Nation 2030
Date: April 16th, 2015
By: Kelly Connelly
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Compared with people in other high-income countries, Americans have shorter life expectancies and experience more health problems. A variety of social determinants–some within our control, but many not–shape our health. At Healthy Teen Network, we strongly believe it’s important to integrate these social determinants of health to more effectively influence individual behavior and health outcomes.…
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Walking the Walk of Youth 360°
Date: April 8th, 2015
By: Pat Paluzzi
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Healthy Teen Network has been on an interesting journey over the past few years, starting in 2012 with our most recent strategic planning. In assessing our members, colleagues, project officers, and funders, we heard loud and clear that people want a better way to talk about, to advocate for adolescent health. Too often, teen pregnancy/STI/HIV…
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