Listed below are Healthy Teen Network resources relevant to adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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Providing Youth-Friendly Clinical Services the “Rights” Way: 5 Tips
April 23, 2014
Those interested in the topic of youth-friendly clinical services are perhaps well-versed on what constitutes such services. Healthy Teen Network has certainly covered this topic extensively through our blog, webinar, on-site training, and technical assistance. Youth-friendly services include convenient location and hours, affordable fees, friendly staff competent clinicians, comprehensive services, and community support, among others.…
Read moreOne Hobby Lobby Story
April 2, 2014
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court listened to oral arguments in the case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, which will determine if a for-profit company can deny its employees health coverage of contraception based on the religious objections of the company owner. The case represents the latest controversy in the health reform/reproductive justice/religious liberty debate—just…
Read moreAre you SMART?
March 26, 2014
The first step for designing an evaluation plan is to get a comprehensive understanding of what the program is trying to achieve and with whom. SMART Objectives, as part of the program logic model, can tell us just this information. The program logic model not only lays out a plan or a map to developing…
Read more5 Free Sexual Health E-Learning Opportunities You Can Access Today
March 19, 2014
As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health’s (CDC-DRH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through Community-Wide Initiatives cooperative agreement, Healthy Teen Network provides capacity-building assistance to support grantees to implement evidence-based programs (EBPs) and strategies, with quality and fidelity. Over the course of the project, it…
Read moreConfessions of a Sex Ed Mom
March 7, 2014
If you are expecting a blog post chock-full of shockingly juicy confessions, this one is NOT for you. Those will have to wait until my memoir is published posthumously (which, I hope, is no time soon). However, I do want to share few tidbits that—dare I say—help me be the best “Sex Ed Mom” to…
Read more9 Tips to Create a Safe Space for Teachable Moments
February 27, 2014
A teachable moment is a situation where opportunity knocks—a time at which a person, especially a child, is likely to be particularly disposed to learn something or to be particularly responsive to being taught or made aware of something. Teachable moments can make initiating conversation about sex and contraception easier and more comfortable for everyone…
Read moreWhat Is ESHE…and Do I Really Need Another Acronym in My Life?
January 23, 2014
The field of sexual health, like so many others, is loaded with acronyms. To describe programs, we have EBI (Evidence Based Interventions), EBP (Evidence-Based Programs), and CSE (Comprehensive Sex Education), just to name a few. And now we have a new one in the mix: ESHE, or Exemplary Sexual Health Education. It’s worth learning this…
Read moreAll EC ≠ All Female Bodies
November 27, 2013
The name of the game is to make “the healthy choice, the easy choice.” And we’re excited women can (finally) buy emergency contraception (EC) over the counter! More options, more resources, and removing barriers = awesome, right?! Not so fast. We talk about EC as a workable option for just about anyone who wants it.…
Read moreWho Should Do the Telling?
November 25, 2013
“You know, it’s a really sensitive subject. And it’s really hard news for people to get.” So says Anna Halloran, who works for Spokane Regional Health District in eastern Washington. For patients who have tested positive for gonorrhea, the health department now offers a service to provide anonymous notification to their former sexual partners. “People don’t necessarily do…
Read moreApplauding AAP’s Policy Statement on Condom Use by Adolescents
November 5, 2013
Healthy Teen Network applauds the American Academy of Pediatric’ s recently released policy statement on Condom Use Among Adolescents. The policy statement offers a thorough background and description of condom use in the United States and provides relevant recommendations for the field. Healthy Teen Network is particularly pleased to see the ecological approach to promoting condom…
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