We Love It When a Plan Comes Together
Date: March 25th, 2015
By: Gina Desiderio
As reported in The Baltimore Sun last week, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the encouraging news that the city’s teen pregnancy rate has dropped nearly a third from 2009 to 2013. While this downward trend in Baltimore mimics the national declines we have been seeing, Baltimore has shown a strong commitment to reducing teen pregnancy…
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LARC Trends and What’s Next for Colorado?
Date: March 12th, 2015
By: Kelly Connelly
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Use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) increased nearly five-fold in the last decade, according to recent data from the National Survey of Family Growth. These contraceptives, which include intrauterine devices (more commonly known as IUDs) and subdermal hormonal implants, have gained popularity in recent years because of their high efficacy in preventing pregnancies. LARCs are…
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Healthy Teen Network on Mi Escuela Es Su Escuela
Date: February 25th, 2015
By: Genevieve Martínez-García
Mi Escuela Es Su Escuela (My School Is Your School), a radio show broadcast from Montgomery College, provides information about education to Latino parents in the Montgomery County, Maryland, community. I was recently interviewed on the show to talk about the Latino youth’s dreams study we conducted in 2012. The interview covered various topics, including…
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Native VOICES: American Indian & Alaska Native Youth Making Healthy Choices
Date: February 19th, 2015
By: Guest Blogger
Guest Blog by Mattie Tomeo-Palmanteer Adolescent health and positive youth development are important issues for many tribal communities. Good adolescent health provides a strong foundation for adult health. However, some adolescents’ choices can have serious life-threatening consequences. Without options and direction, many youth take milestone steps that impact their adulthood without even being aware that…
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February is National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month
Date: February 11th, 2015
By: Guest Blogger
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Guest Post by Anna Burns, Outreach and Engagement Associate, School-Based Health Alliance Every February, the school-based health care community comes together to celebrate its successes and recharge its focus on redefining health for kids and teens. This year, the School-Based Health Alliance—a national nonprofit organization that works to advance and advocate for school-based health care—is…
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Expanding Your Partnerships
Date: February 4th, 2015
By: Pat Paluzzi
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Last week, I had the opportunity to be part of a virtual conference for providers working in the Indian Health Service. It was a nostalgic moment for me. I say that because my career started some 40 years ago when I took a job, fresh out of nursing school, with the Indian Health Service. It…
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Communication in Conflict: Research Findings from a Latin American Public Health Project
Date: January 28th, 2015
By: Guest Blogger
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A Guest Blog Post by Erica Nelson, PhD, Independent Consultant Estimados colegas, this post is directed at those of you working to improve the sexual and reproductive health of Latino teens, to share the research findings from a Latin American public health project. Proyecto CERCA, or “Community Embedded Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents,” targeted young people living in…
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I ♥ GTO®
Date: January 14th, 2015
By: Gina Desiderio
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I ♥ GTO® (otherwise known as Getting to Outcomes®). Now, I’m not about to plan my vacation using GTO like Mary Martha Wilson has suggested, nor am I going to sing about my little GTO, like Abe Wandersman…but still, I love GTO . I’m often the first among our staff to suggest GTO as the…
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The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same
Date: January 6th, 2015
By: Bob Reeg
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If you are a Republican, who can blame you for gloating over the “landslide” results of the 2014 midterm elections held November 4? If you are a Democrat, who can blame you for entering a period of mourning?There’s no way that those among us who care about public policy and/or politics would not have been…
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#healthyteen14 on Twitter: Best of the Hashtag
Date: October 28th, 2014
By: Kelly Connelly
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Last week in Austin was really something special as we explored the idea of Synergy during our 35th Annual National Conference. More than any other year, participants took to social media, sharing their thoughts and experiences, tagging with #healthteen14, the official conference hashtag. Check out some of the best tweets from the event:
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