Youth 360⁰ Health Promotion
Healthy Teen Network believes 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 Youth 360⁰ approach to achieve equity.
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Volt20: 20 Questions to a Healthy Future
March 19, 2019
What is Endometriosis?
March 8, 2019
Endometriosis, often referred to as “endo,” is a common health problem that can affect anyone with a uterus. The name comes from the word endometrium, which is the tissue that normally lines the uterus and sheds during a period. Endometriosis happens when this tissue grows outside of the uterus and on other areas in the body…
Read moreFive Ways to Support Sex Education Facilitators Outside the Training Space
February 21, 2019
Training is a great way to build comfort and competence among sex education facilitators. But a single training doesn’t always leave everyone feeling fully prepared to deliver sex ed. This is understandable when you consider the wide range of skills needed to be a fully competent facilitator. It’s great to share your contact information in…
Read moreLet’s Get Comfortable…the Sex Positive Revolution Is Here to Stay
December 13, 2018
This past conference, we launched the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge, which focused on how we can flip the script and start thinking—and talking—about pleasure, sexuality, and positive sexual experiences in sex ed (more on why we chose that in this previous post). In order to take the conversation further, we decided to make sex positivity the…
Read moreReflections
September 6, 2018
As I step down from my role as President and CEO of Healthy Teen Network, I find myself reflecting on the changes in the adolescent and sexual health fields I have seen over the past 20 years. I want to share some of my thoughts. I know that some individuals and agencies prefer to frame…
Read moreMaking Meaning of “Keeping Youth at the Center”
August 30, 2018
“Nothing about us without us!” I’m not sure which person or movement coined this slogan. For the moment I’m going to refrain from searching the Google to find out because it’s a rather efficient expression of the call for authentic engagement with any group of people, and so may just as easily be applied to…
Read moreCommunity Health Educators: Men Who Have Been in the Field
August 17, 2018
According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, the future is bright for health educators: “Overall employment of health educators and community health workers is projected to grow 16 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations.” By and large, I suspect most of…
Read moreSome Thoughts on the P-Word
July 31, 2018
Centering Pleasure in Adolescent Sex Ed with the #HealthyTeen18 Design Challenge I have a thought. What if, despite the continued attacks from an administration hostile to providing adolescents with accurate and inclusive sex ed, we played offense rather than defense? Sure, a good defense is important—and working. But what if, despite all the illegal funding…
Read moreYouth 360°
May 1, 2018
How Do YOU DO Youth 360⁰?Position StatementsMore ResourcesWhat is Youth 360°? Healthy Teen Network believes 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 Youth 360⁰ approach to achieve equity. We cannot… Read more
On Supporting Youth-Led Advocacy
February 27, 2018
Like the rest of the Nation, Healthy Teen Network is deeply saddened by the continued assaults on our youth in schools. We are in full support of the various youth-led school walkouts and marches that are attempting to force our representatives to do what is right and have a common sense, non-partisan discussion on gun…
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