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Advocacy for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in Foster Care
Date: October 10, 2008
Healthy Teen Network and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law collaborated to provide answers to some common questions practitioners face when advocating for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care. The answers can be helpful in your advocacy efforts.
Citation: American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and Healthy Teen Network. (2008). Advocacy for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in Foster Care. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadTip Sheet: Opportunity Knocks
Date: October 1, 2008
With accurate information and adequate support, young people can make healthy and responsible decisions about having sex and using contraception. Adults can be most effective by providing the information and support needed to promote responsible decision-making in youth and help ensure transition to adulthood is safe and healthy. In addition to this tip sheet, a complete presentation design is available, for…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network & Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. (2010). Tip sheet: Opportunity knocks: Using teachable moments to convey safer sex messages to young people. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadBDI Logic Model for Working with Young Families Resource Kit
Date: July 1, 2008
In response to a need voiced by professionals working with young families, Healthy Teen Network designed a Behavior-Determinant-Intervention (BDI) Logic Model for Working with Young Families in collaboration with various professionals in the field.
Citation: Desiderio, G., Wilson, M. M., & Max, J. (2008). A BDI logic model for working with young families resource kit. Baltimore: Healthy Teen Network.
Read more DownloadKeeping Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out: A Guide for Policymakers and Schools
Date: April 3, 2008
Providing better support for pregnant and parenting students is a critical step for schools to take in their efforts to reduce dropout rates. Graduating from high school improves pregnant and parenting teens’ chances of going on to further education and the workforce and avoiding poverty and/or the need to rely on public assistance. It also…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2008). Keeping Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out: A Guide for Policymakers and Schools. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadEngaging Youth…On Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community
Date: March 1, 2007
Healthy Teen Network believes it is the youth most disengaged from our usual systems of care and ultimately those most in need of positive messages and support. We believe it is our duty to find these young people and use any means possible to support their healthy development and transition to adulthood. We recognize the…
Citation: Kahn, A., Max, J., & Paluzzi, P. (2007). Engaging Youth… On Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community. Washington, DC: Healthy Teen Network.
Read more DownloadHelping Teens Help Themselves
Date: September 21, 2006
This national blueprint represents a multi-year, multidisciplinary approach to increase supportive housing options for pregnant and parenting teens exiting foster care.
Citation: Max, J., and Paluzzi, P. (2006). Helping Teens Help Themselves. DC: Author.
Read more DownloadPromoting Successful Transition from Foster/Group Home Settings to Independent Living among Pregnant and Parenting Teens
Date: October 4, 2005
Summary Report The summary report, “Promoting Successful Transition from Foster/Group Home Settings to Independent Living Among Pregnant and Parenting Teens,” generously supported by the Freddie Mac Foundation discusses the difficulties facing teenagers in foster care/group settings and the policy that surrounds it.
Citation: Max, J. & Paluzzi, P. (2005). Summary report: promoting successful transition from foster care to independent living. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadWe’ve Come a Long Way in 25 Years – We Keep Doing the Impossible
Date: November 18, 2004
Dr. Douglas Kirby’s Keynote Address at Healthy Teen Network’s (then NOAPPP) 25th Annual Conference. In 2004, the National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention (NOAPPP) was busy deciding how best to celebrate 25 years as a national leader in the field of teen pregnancy, parenting and prevention. We embraced Sankofa, a Ghanaian concept connoting…
Citation: Kirby, D. (2004, November 18). We've come a long way in 25 years--We keep doing the impossible! Keynote presented at Healthy Teen Network (formerly NOAPPP) 25th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Read more DownloadAnother Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers
Date: May 5, 2004
This report by Lorraine Klerman, DrPH, summarizes what is known about additional births to teen mothers, the dimensions of the problem, the factors that seem to increase the chances of such births occurring to teen mothers, their consequences, and the potential for prevention. The primary focus of the 49-page report is a critical review and…
Citation: Lorraine V. Klerman. (2004). Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers. Baltimore: Author.
Read more DownloadEvaluation Readiness Assessment Guide
Date: January 1, 2000
Is Your Program Ready to Evaluate Its Effectiveness? A Guide to Program Assessment This guidebook was developed as an attempt to share the challenges we have encountered while evaluating programs participating in the National Urban Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program (NUAPPP). Much of the material has been based on direct feedback from the NUAPPP participants.
Citation: Sedivy V. (2000). Evaluation readiness assessment guide: Is your program ready to evaluate its effectiveness? Monograph published by Sociometrics Corporation and National Organization of Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention.
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