Youth 360⁰

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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What Are the Health Concerns of Young Men?

March 17, 2016

Adolescent and Young Men’s Health: Focus Groups: Findings and Recommendations Healthy Teen Network collaborated with the School-Based Health Alliance, a national association of school-based health centers and school health professionals, to conduct focus groups to gather information from adolescent and young and adult men (AYAM) of various races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses about their attitudes…

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Weaving Life Skills into PREP Programming

February 29, 2016

To prevent teen pregnancy and protect young people from relationship violence, Alaska needed an approach that covered a lot of ground. Alaska’s Personal Responsibility Education Program (Alaska PREP) was the solution. Alaska PREP goes into state schools and offers The Fourth R, an evidence-based curriculum that focuses on healthy relationships, positive adolescent development, and life skills.…

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Teen Dating Violence: What It Is and How to Raise Awareness

February 12, 2016

February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). This month provides an excellent opportunity to not just raise awareness around this pervasive issue—one in three teens in the U.S. is a victim of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse from a dating partner[1]—but to also demonstrate a commitment to ending teen dating violence and support…

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We All Can Support Teen Health

November 19, 2015

Join #TAG42mil “The 42 million adolescents living in the United States today present 42 million opportunities to improve the health and development of a young person, not only today, but into the future.” (TAG Playbook) Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow (TAG) is a national call to action, developed by the Office of Adolescent Health, Department…

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Adolescent and Young Adult Men Focus Group Facilitator Guide

October 7, 2015

Adolescent and Young Adult Men Focus Group Facilitator Guide is a resource for organizations that wish to learn more about the health and wellness concerns of the adolescent and young adult men (AYAM) utilizing their programs and services. To further facilitate the use of this guide, we have provided customizable Word documents of supporting documents…

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Health Educator Resource and Opportunities (HERO) Guide


The Health Educator Resource and Opportunities (HERO) Guide is an online publication for health educators and youth-supporting organizations to educate them about the health and wellness interests of adolescent and young adult and improve their support to young men on those interests.

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How the Affordable Care Act Improves Pregnant and Parenting Youth Access Health Care

September 18, 2015

Webinar Slides, Audio, & Transcript: What Have You Done for Me Lately? How the Affordable Care Act Improves Expectant and Parenting Youth’s Access to Health Care The Affordable Care Act established a wide variety of provisions to increase Americans’ access to affordable, accessible, and high-quality health care. Designed as a webinar for OAH PAF grantees, this webinar…

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Tip Sheet: Referrals and Linkages to Youth-Friendly Health Care Services

September 8, 2015

Youth-friendly health care services are those that attract young people, respond to their needs, and retain young clients for continuing care. Youth-friendly services are based on a comprehensive understanding of what young people want and need (rather than being based only on what providers believe youth need). Adolescents are often reluctant to seek health care…

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Tip Sheet: Checklist for Integrating a Trauma-Informed Approach into Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

June 16, 2015

While a teen pregnancy prevention program generally focuses on providing sexual health education, ensuring access to youth-friendly health care services, and engaging youth, families, and communities, a trauma-informed approach is a way of addressing vital information about sexuality and well-being that takes into consideration adverse life experiences and their potential influence on sexual decision making.

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Systematic Literature Review of the Association Between School Climate and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (Summary Report)

June 2, 2015

 Our Youth 360° model highlights the importance of addressing social determinants of health that occur in the school level. This systematic review sought to characterize the current state of the literature on school climate and ASRH. Implications for school-based programs and research are summarized. See also: Presentation Slides

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