Providing Youth-Friendly Clinical Services the “Rights” Way: 5 Tips
Date: April 23rd, 2014
By: Mousumi Banikya-Leaseburg
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Those interested in the topic of youth-friendly clinical services are perhaps well-versed on what constitutes such services. Healthy Teen Network has certainly covered this topic extensively through our blog, webinar, on-site training, and technical assistance. Youth-friendly services include convenient location and hours, affordable fees, friendly staff competent clinicians, comprehensive services, and community support, among others.…
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3 Steps to Establish a Clear Goal to Engage Communities
Date: April 17th, 2014
By: Healthy Teen Network
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Healthy Teen Network’s Education & Outreach Department What is Community Engagement? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Committee on Community Engagement defines community engagement as “the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people.”…
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One Hobby Lobby Story
Date: April 2nd, 2014
By: Intern
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court listened to oral arguments in the case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, which will determine if a for-profit company can deny its employees health coverage of contraception based on the religious objections of the company owner. The case represents the latest controversy in the health reform/reproductive justice/religious liberty debate—just…
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Are you SMART?
Date: March 26th, 2014
By: Genevieve Martínez-García
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The first step for designing an evaluation plan is to get a comprehensive understanding of what the program is trying to achieve and with whom. SMART Objectives, as part of the program logic model, can tell us just this information. The program logic model not only lays out a plan or a map to developing…
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5 Free Sexual Health E-Learning Opportunities You Can Access Today
Date: March 19th, 2014
By: Kelly Connelly
As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health’s (CDC-DRH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through Community-Wide Initiatives cooperative agreement, Healthy Teen Network provides capacity-building assistance to support grantees to implement evidence-based programs (EBPs) and strategies, with quality and fidelity. Over the course of the project, it…
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Confessions of a Sex Ed Mom
Date: March 7th, 2014
By: Deborah Chilcoat
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If you are expecting a blog post chock-full of shockingly juicy confessions, this one is NOT for you. Those will have to wait until my memoir is published posthumously (which, I hope, is no time soon). However, I do want to share few tidbits that—dare I say—help me be the best “Sex Ed Mom” to…
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9 Tips to Create a Safe Space for Teachable Moments
Date: February 27th, 2014
By: Gina Desiderio
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A teachable moment is a situation where opportunity knocks—a time at which a person, especially a child, is likely to be particularly disposed to learn something or to be particularly responsive to being taught or made aware of something. Teachable moments can make initiating conversation about sex and contraception easier and more comfortable for everyone…
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Supporting Change through Motivational Interviewing
Date: February 19th, 2014
By: Deborah Chilcoat
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Motivational interviewing (a.k.a. MI) is gaining a robust evidence-base and practitioners are enthusiastically integrating it in program implementation. According to Miller and Rollnick (2013) “Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change.” (Miller W. R. & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, 3rd Ed.…
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Date: February 12th, 2014
By: Deborah Chilcoat
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Well, it’s just about that time of year again: Valentine’s Day. Everywhere I turn, I am bombarded by sappy love songs, ruby hearts, and images of smitten couples. Even one of the nation’s most respected news networks entices me to click a link so I can ponder if the movie “The Notebook” causes breakups. And…
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Lisa Carter: Victory and Triumph
Date: January 30th, 2014
By: Healthy Teen Network
“Her journey, though wrought with obstacles nearly every step of the way, speaks victory and triumph.” This short excerpt from a nomination letter for Lisa Carter, the 2013 Outstanding Teen Parent Awardee, paints just one small part of the picture, but tells so much. When she was nominated for the award that she ultimately ended…
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