Sexual & Reproductive Health

Listed below are Healthy Teen Network resources relevant to adolescent sexual and reproductive health.





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Responding to Concerns About Dual Protection Cheat Sheet

March 31, 2020

This “cheat sheet” accompanies the elearning lesson, How to Talk About Dual Protection. Designed for educators and clinicians, this elearning gives you the information and skills you need to address the increasing rates of STIs, whether you’re working in the classroom or clinic. Practice communicating with people who are resistant to using dual protection by…

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Influencers are leading the online sex ed revolution!

March 13, 2020

Sex education is everywhere—in schools, in clinics, in places of faith, and of course on your screen. Sex ed in digital spaces has grown tremendously over the last ten years thanks to the easy access to production tools (for content developers) and mobile devices and WiFi connectivity (for consumers), but also due to the lack…

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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

Healthy Teen Network Chosen as a Finalist for the Amazon Alexa EdTech Skills Challenge

February 28, 2020

By Milagros Garrido and Genevieve Martínez-García Update, March 16, 2020: What’s Happening with the Alexa Challenge? We were so excited to have been selected as a finalist for the Amazon Alexa EdTech Skills Challenge, but with the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing, SXSW Edu has been postponed. Organizers are still exploring options for… Read more

Young Parents Logic Model, Revised (Coming Soon)

February 20, 2020

Healthy Teen Network is currently working to revise the original Resource Kit for Working with Young Families, developed in 2008. The revised logic model will be available soon. The Young Parents Logic Model is a tool designed to help professionals and organizations think about how to design and improve their programs and services for young people who… Read more

Why do we NEED to talk about technology and sexuality?

January 30, 2020

Ella Dorval Hall
By Ella Dorval Hall How are young people using technology to tend to their sexuality? How is technology shaping young peoples’ intimacy? And how do professionals incorporate these topics into their work? Today technology feels undeniably baked into sexuality—dating apps, porn, smartphone-controlled sex toys, social media, sugar daddy apps, virtual reality, gifs, etc. Relationships often… Read more

HPV: The Sooner, The Better for Peace of Mind (a short video animation and infographic for parents)

October 14, 2019

HPV...maybe you’ve heard about the kinds of cancers it causes, the 30,000+ people it affects every year, or that it’s sexually transmitted (through all types of sex), but you still aren’t sure about vaccinating your child, and you need more information. Start with this short, animated video, available in English and Spanish, to answer your… Read more

Power 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…

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What Do You Really Think About Sex? Understand Your Sexological Worldview

August 14, 2019

Ella Dorval Hall

By Ella Dorval Hall We all have our own feelings, attitudes, values, and beliefs about sex and sexuality, formed over the course of our lifetimes. But how often do we get to reflect and examine what we really think about sex? A Sexual Attitude Reassessment, or SAR, is an opportunity to consider your sexological worldview…

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