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Let’s See: Pulse Short-Term Impact Results
March 6, 2020
Authors: Elizabeth Cook, Research Scientist from Child Trends and Nick Sufrinko and Mila Garrido, Healthy Teen Network From 2016 to 2019, Child Trends conducted a randomized control trial with 2,317 young women to evaluate the impact of Pulse. Pulse is a web-based mobile app intervention, developed by Healthy Teen Network, that provides comprehensive, medically accurate… Read more
Why Are Youth Watching Porn and What Are They Learning from It?
November 21, 2019
By Ella Dorval Hall It’s common to hear that when there is a lack of sex education in a young person’s life, they turn to porn for more answers, and in doing so, that young person learns risky, harmful behaviors. While it is true that 60% of young people report going to porn to learn…
Read morePower Through Choices
September 16, 2019
Power Through Choices is the only sexual health program designed with and for youth in foster care and other out-of-home care. And it’s proven effective. Healthy Teen Network is the only national provider for trainings-of-facilitators and trainings-of-trainers on Power Through Choices. Copies of the curriculum are only available for purchase by training participants. Want to know more? We periodically… Read more
How Can I Be Gender-Inclusive with Students?
August 26, 2019
Guest Blog Post by Kim Westheimer While gender diversity is not a new thing, the way we talk and think about gender continues to rapidly evolve. If you teach puberty or other health education classes, you may have many questions about how best to be gender-inclusive with students: “How should I talk about bodies…
Read moreInclusive Sex-Positivity
July 11, 2019
Guest Blog Post by Capri Fiello Sex-positivity, which the Feminist Majority Foundation defines as “celebrating healthy sexual relationships, diversity within those relationships, bodily autonomy, and empowering individuals to control their own sex life (or lack thereof),” is incredibly important in supporting adolescents’ sexual development. When sex-positivity is both inclusive and comprehensive, it shifts the paradigm…
Read moreSpring > Winter
May 16, 2019
It’s spring where I live. Flowers are blooming. Trees are blossoming. And here I am, writing a blog post during a pleasant, springtime #SexEdforAll month at the very moment that the Alabama state legislature and governor have enacted the least pro-choice state law in the nation. It feels like a #NoSexforAnyone Nor’easter has blown through…
Read moreBecause Where We Learn Matters
April 2, 2019
Today is National Healthy Schools Day, sponsored by Healthy Schools Network to raise awareness of issues of environmental health at school. Healthy Schools Network promotes reform in three core areas defining environmental health at school: Environmental public health services for children at risk or with suspected exposures at school. Child-safe policies for housekeeping and purchasing…
Read moreSexual & Reproductive Health Is a Social Justice Issue with Public Health Impacts #NPHW19
March 28, 2019
Next week is National Public Health Week 2019, or #NPHW19, sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA). We believe that adolescent sexual and reproductive health is a social justice issue with public health impacts. These impacts are confounded by how and where youth live, learn, and play and require a holistic, or Youth 360⁰,…
Read moreHow to Prioritize Your Mental Health in College: Tips from a Senior
March 21, 2019
Guest Blog Post by Arsha Pinson I never imagined how fun but challenging college would be, but now being in my final semester of undergrad, I can honestly say it’s been one of the best experiences of my youth. In college, students have many chances to meet new friends and figure out who they are.…
Read more5 Tips to Help Your Child Set Good Healthcare Habits
March 14, 2019
The habits we develop when we’re young set the tone for our habits as adults. Many of us could improve how and when we go to the doctor…let’s face it: preventative care could save many people a lot of heartache. Get your child on the right track: Talk early and often about accessing health care.…
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