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Position Statement: Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for Adolescent & Young Adult Men
Date: October 24, 2016
Healthy Teen Network believes that adolescent and young adult men (AYAM, or young men) deserve comprehensive sexuality education and optimal sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in order to achieve whole health. SRH services should be designed and delivered with consideration for young men. While young men may enjoy many privileges and opportunities by virtue…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2016). Position statement: Sexual & reproductive health needs of adolescent & young adult men. Baltimore: Author. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-srh-ayam
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for Immigrant Youth
Date: September 21, 2017
Healthy Teen Network believes that immigrant youth (people aged 24 and younger without U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status) deserve comprehensive sexuality education and optimal sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in order to achieve whole health. Sexual and reproductive health services should be designed and delivered with consideration for immigrant youth. Healthy Teen…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2017). Position statement: Sexual & reproductive health services for immigrant youth. Baltimore: Author. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-SRH-immigrant-youth/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for System-Involved Youth
Date: September 21, 2017
Healthy Teen Network believes that youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems (system-involved youth) deserve comprehensive sexuality education and optimal sexual and reproductive health services in order to achieve whole health. SRH services should be designed and delivered with consideration for system-involved youth. Healthy Teen Network shares position statements on relevant issues for…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2017). Position statement: Sexual & reproductive health services for system-involved youth. Baltimore: Author. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-SRH-system-involved-youth/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Sexuality Education
Date: June 22, 2016
This position statement details our belief that that all young people should receive, with unfettered access, comprehensive sexuality education. Sexuality education curricula delivered to all people should be based in scientific theory and supported by an evidence base of effectiveness. Sexuality education should be integrated into all educational levels and programs and across the academic…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2016). Position statement: Sexuality education. Baltimore: Author. www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-sexuality-education/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Substance Abuse and Its Intersection with Sexual Behavior among Youth
Date: October 22, 2018
Healthy Teen Network understands that the teen years are a time of experimentation and risk taking and that this is normative behavior (Chick and Reyna, 2012). However some risk-taking behaviors can lead to highly morbid and even fatal outcomes and thus require prevention, early detection, and prompt treatment. Substance abuse and sexual risk-taking behaviors are…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2018). Position statement: substance abuse and its intersection with sexual behavior among youth. Baltimore: Author. www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-substance-abuse-intersection-sexual-behavior-youth/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Title X Family Planning Program
Date: June 9, 2017
Healthy Teen Network supports continuation of the federal Title X family planning program, which provides federally funded health services to women and families, including preconception and prenatal healthcare, contraceptive care, and other health and screening services. We support sustained and increased funding of the Title X program. Healthy Teen Network opposes the exclusion of qualified…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2017). Position statement: Title X family planning program. Baltimore: Author. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-title-x-family-planning-program/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Universal Right to Health Care
Date: September 21, 2017
Healthy Teen Network maintains that health care is a universal human right, and by extension, a right all Americans should enjoy equitably. In the United States, the universal right to health care must be accomplished by ensuring that each American 1) can enter the nation’s healthcare system without any barrier of discrimination or other impediment…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2017). Position statement: Universal right to health care. Baltimore: Author. http://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-universal-right-health-care/
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Violence Prevention and Response Services for Youth Who Are Pregnant or Parenting
Date: June 22, 2016
Healthy Teen Network shares position statements on relevant issues for young people as a resource to support your advocacy efforts. See more position statements here. We promote egalitarian norms that support healthy relationships, voluntary birth-planning, and non-violent means to deal with stress and conflict as integral approaches to reducing the prevalence of intimate partner violence…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2016). Position statement: Violence prevention and response services for expectant and parenting youth. Baltimore: Author. Available fromhttp://www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-violence-prevention-response-services-youth-pregnant-parenting
Read more DownloadPosition Statement: Youth Engagement
Date: October 22, 2018
Healthy Teen Network believes that authentic youth engagement, an approach we call youth at the center, is vital for achieving positive health and well-being outcomes for all youth. Organizations that deliver sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services should integrate youth engagement in their design, development, and delivery of opportunities, supports, and services. Professionals…
Citation: Healthy Teen Network. (2018). Position statement: youth engagement. Baltimore: Author. www.healthyteennetwork.org/resources/position-statement-youth-engagement/
Read more DownloadPresentation: Sexual Health Education for Youth Involved in Systems of Care: What Works?
Date: February 4, 2020
