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Doing It Is Essential & Here’s Why…
May 17, 2016
Pssst! I gotta ask you something….come closer….a little closer. Okay, good. Do you do it? C’mon, be honest. Do you do it as much as you should? Do you do it every single time? I bet you are no different than everyone else. You say you’re going to do, you even block time in your…
Read moreMake Sure All the Mamas in Your Life Are Seen and Celebrated
May 2, 2016
Guest Blog Post from MamasDay.org People have been creating and sending cards for generations because it’s a simple, but powerful, way to maintain connection and sustain our families. But too often, the Mamas Day cards we see in stores don’t reflect the mamas in our lives, or the struggles they face. It’s a distraction from…
Read moreA Look Back at Recent Outstanding Emerging Innovation Programs
April 22, 2016
A few weeks ago, we re-introduced you to recent recipients of Healthy Teen Network’s Outstanding Teen Parent Awards. Among the other awards bestowed at conference is the Emerging Innovation Award, which recognizes programs in existence for less than three years and are comprehensive in scope, innovative, linked with other appropriate public or private agencies, and could be replicated in other…
Read moreB-HEALTHY: 8 Ways to Be a Better Sex Ed Instructor
April 13, 2016
It’s no secret that some people find it difficult and/or uncomfortable to teach sex ed. And professionals who support sexual health educators often ask us for tips to make it easier. Through our work with CDC-DASH (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Adolescent and School Health), we compiled eight key strategies you…
Read moreOutstanding Former Teen Parents
March 24, 2016
Each year during the Healthy Teen Network national conference, it’s our honor to recognize programs, groups, and individuals for their outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of youth. Until April 29, we are accepting award nominations for our 2016 awards, including the Outstanding Teen Parent award. The acceptance speech from this awardee is, without exception, one…
Read moreWhat Are the Health Concerns of Young Men?
March 17, 2016
Adolescent and Young Men’s Health: Focus Groups: Findings and Recommendations Healthy Teen Network collaborated with the School-Based Health Alliance, a national association of school-based health centers and school health professionals, to conduct focus groups to gather information from adolescent and young and adult men (AYAM) of various races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses about their attitudes…
Read moreTexas Takes a Trauma-Informed Approach to Preventing Pregnancy Among Disconnected Youth
March 10, 2016
When Cardea Services set out to launch a teen pregnancy prevention program for disconnected youth in Texas, they soon realized participants were at increased risk for sexual assault and other traumatic experiences. The Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program (C-PREP) grantee decided to adopt a trauma-informed approach in its Connections Project, which delivers evidence-based programming to…
Read moreWeaving Life Skills into PREP Programming
February 29, 2016
To prevent teen pregnancy and protect young people from relationship violence, Alaska needed an approach that covered a lot of ground. Alaska’s Personal Responsibility Education Program (Alaska PREP) was the solution. Alaska PREP goes into state schools and offers The Fourth R, an evidence-based curriculum that focuses on healthy relationships, positive adolescent development, and life skills.…
Read moreShow Me the Money: Designing a Project for a Proposal
February 18, 2016
Responding to funding opportunities can be an intimidating and seemingly daunting undertaking. Last year, Healthy Teen Network released a new resource, Show Me the Money: Healthy Teen Network’s Guide to Developing a Winning Grant Proposal, designed to take the mystery out of the process and save you time with customizable forms and templates. Proposal development is more than…
Read moreTeen Dating Violence: What It Is and How to Raise Awareness
February 12, 2016
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). This month provides an excellent opportunity to not just raise awareness around this pervasive issue—one in three teens in the U.S. is a victim of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse from a dating partner[1]—but to also demonstrate a commitment to ending teen dating violence and support…
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