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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Making Innovation Happen: My Epiphany Following the TPP Conference 2016
July 29, 2016
Last week, about 1,000 people from all corners of the nation congregated in Baltimore at the biennial Federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Conference to collaborate, learn, and grow. Collaboration was the theme throughout the three-day conference, but for me the term “innovation” resonated strongly in every session I attended and every professional interaction I had. For…
Read moreInclusion Starts with Language
July 21, 2016
As someone who has been questioning their gender for quite a while, it can be confusing, anxiety-inducing, and just plain irritating to be subjected to the gendered language we all encounter on a daily basis. Deciding to check the box for “female”–the gender I was assigned at birth–on surveys and forms takes more energy than…
Read morePosition Statements
July 16, 2016
Healthy Teen Network shares position statements on relevant issues for young people as a resource to support your advocacy efforts. The Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors has approved the following position statements: Read more
Getting Better All the Time: The Importance of Investing in Research to Support Evidence, Innovation, and Young People
July 15, 2016
The long awaited results of the first set of evaluation findings from the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program grantees are available, and the results are an affirmation of the importance of investing in the future of our nation’s young people. The results are encouraging—eight new programs were identified as evidence…
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July 3, 2016
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Teen Pregnancy is Not a Problem
June 17, 2016
Young Women United (YWU), an organization dedicated to an intersectional vision of reproductive justice and to supporting young women and people of color in New Mexico, recently released a short report critiquing the language of “teen pregnancy prevention.” Defining the term as “an articulated strategy or campaign designed to keep young people from becoming parents…
Read moreIt’s Men’s Time of the Year
June 8, 2016
Hey gents (and ladies who care about gents), it’s that time of the month… er… uhh … oops, I mean YEAR. Huh? If it’s June, it’s Men’s Health Month. The purpose of the month, according to its organizers, is to “heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease…
Read moreTop Questions about Zika Virus Answered
June 6, 2016
Healthy Teen Network welcomes guest blogger, Chris Colón, Certified Genetic Counselor at MotherToBaby Arizona, to answer the top questions about Zika Virus that may be relevant for our members working with young mothers. These days, it’s hard to turn on the news or use social media and not see something about the Zika virus. There…
Read moreWhat Is Next for Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the US?
May 18, 2016
Healthy Teen Network has long proposed a comprehensive approach to teen pregnancy prevention that moves us beyond an individually-based prevention approach to one that promotes healthy sexual and reproductive outcomes for all youth, and includes: Utilizing evidence and innovation to affect outcomes; Using a systematic framework to select and implement programs that best fit a…
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…
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