Innovation

Innovation is a critical component of a comprehensive strategy to respond to the dynamic lives of adolescents and young adults.

We define innovation or innovative work as research projects or programs that are pushing the boundaries in our field by using new educational or methodological approaches, take place in different settings, or engage participants in creative ways. Innovative approaches consist of creative solutions to existing problems. These can be found in many types of programs, both tech-based and face to face. Just like tech-based products are not inherently innovative, traditional programs can host innovative ideas.





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Position Statement: Evidence and Innovation

November 15, 2018

Healthy Teen Network believes that organizations and individuals that deliver client-focused programs and services should use evidence-based interventions and approaches, when they are available and appropriate to the people being supported. Healthy Teen Network also believes that innovation is critical to addressing the holistic needs of all youth and to keeping interventions and approaches relevant…

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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Professional Gamer?

August 23, 2018

Let’s do a little exercise together. Take a moment to think about different times you’ve learned things in your life. Think of a few things you’ve learned—skills, attitudes, information, whatever comes to mind. Some of these instances were probably kind of unpleasant—you learned something “the hard way” or a bad thing happened. Maybe some of…

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Identifying Scammers in Online Studies

July 13, 2018

Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Cook, Makedah Johnson, and Jennifer Manlove, Child Trends Health interventions have increasingly incorporated technology components, sometimes even using technology to recruit participants. Technology-based studies present unique advantages, such as being cost-efficient, providing researchers with a large recruitment pool, and allowing participants to remain anonymous. However, a challenge that accompanies this…

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Crush (Research Brief)

May 31, 2018

Crush shares sexual health information with adolescent women—anywhere, anytime. It is an innovative digital tool that empowers adolescent women by sharing on-demand access to comprehensive, medically accurate sexual health information. When Crush is paired with CrushTEXT (a series of multimedia texts that invites users to engage with Crush), it is proven effective at laying the…

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Crush (Fact Sheet)

May 30, 2018

Crush shares sexual health information with adolescent women—anywhere, anytime. It is an innovative digital tool that empowers adolescent women by sharing on-demand access to comprehensive, medically accurate sexual health information. Read more in this two-page fact sheet (download below) about Crush, designed for a professional audience. See also, our website for professionals for learning more…

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The Innovation-Research Conundrum

February 8, 2018

How can we get innovative yet effective practices and products into the hands of the end user faster and more efficiently? As the Director of Innovation and Research, I work at the intersection of these two fields. On one hand, I want to create new products and move them to the end user immediately to…

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Looking Forward: 2017 – 2020 Strategic Plan

October 26, 2017

A Commitment to Evidence & Innovation We’ve made great strides in the past decade, and teen births in the U.S. are at an all-time low. A number of factors have contributed to this downward trend, most significantly declines in the number of teens who have ever had sex, and among sexually active teens, increased use…

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Top Tips for Using Social Media to Recruit Study Participants

May 11, 2017

Ever wondered how recruiting for a research study through social media works? Or maybe you tried but did not see the results you expected? Over the last six months, Healthy Teen Network has recruited over 1,700 young women across the United States to participate in two randomized controlled trials to test our two new mobile apps.…

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Get to Know our 2017 Conference Keynote, Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh

March 31, 2017

Sara Nasserzadeh

Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD, a Social Psychologist and thought leader in the field of Culture, Sexuality, and Relationships, will deliver a keynote at Social Norms & Cultures: Honoring Experiences & Perspectives, the 38th Annual Healthy Teen Network National Conference. With her unique background and extensive global experience, Dr. Nasserzadeh—who is a published author and international…

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A New Framework for Innovation

September 8, 2016

In this era of innovation in sexual health, many of us are trying to reach youth in new and meaningful ways, not only to improve our reach, but also to enhance the impact we have in their lives. In the last few years, sexual health education has migrated into digital settings such as websites, mobile…

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