Words Matter: A Guide to Inclusive Language for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthOctober 2024Language shapes our world, and the words we choose can build bridges or barriers. That’s why, across fields and industries, experts agree: Words matter. Words carry...
Parenting in the Digital AgeSeptember 2024As parents and caregivers, you want to be a source of help and support for your teens. We know your top priority is keeping your kids safe and providing a healthy environment where they can grow, learn, and thrive. However,...
Providers in the Digital AgeSeptember 2024Now more than ever, young people have access to a myriad of health resources online—and not all of them are trustworthy. How can healthcare professionals ensure that young people are using the most credible information...
True You Maryland Curricula Recruitment TemplatesAugust 2024Canva templates for recruitment flyers and social media posts promoting two True You Maryland curricula: Plan A and 17 Days. Plan A17 DaysContributing StaffRelatedWant to do something similar?You work hard to...
Sexual Health Facilitators’ Guide to Responding to Youth’s Questions About Sex2023Facilitators of sexual health education programs may face a dilemma when they aren’t sure about how to respond to a youth’s question. This may be because they don’t know the answer,...
A Goal-Setting Sexual Health Promotion ProgramEl Camino is a sexual health education program designed for Latino youth based on positive youth development principles. El Camino, developed by Child Trends, provides education, skills, and support to empower its...
Communicating About Adolescent Sexual Health: Messaging That Moves2017As an expert in efforts to improve students’ sexual health, you see your work in a different light than many of the people whose support you need to sustain your 1308 program strategies and...
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s Adolescent Sexual Health Innovation Hubs ShowcaseApril 2024We’re thrilled to unveil Healthy Teen Network’s Innovation Incubator Hub, In/Tend—funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population...
Internal & External Condom Steps2024Condom demonstrations are important because it’s better for young people to see (and then practice!) applying a condom before they need to use it. Review condom use steps for internal and external condoms, so you can feel...
Sex Ed 101 for Educators2024*Updated from The Teacher's Guide to Sex Ed (2018)Whether you're a teacher, health educator, sex educator, peer educator, program facilitator, or any other kind of youth-supporting professional providing sex ed programming for young people,...
Sexual Identity Glossary2024This handout identifies terms related to gender and sexual identity. Sexual identity is typically a combination of someone's: sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior. When packaged together, we get a...
In/Tend is a vibrant ecosystem of dreamers, doers, and change-makers who push the boundaries of imagination to develop innovative approaches to adolescent health.Where We Started In/Tend is grounded and nourished by the wealth of information and foundation of...
Strategies to Develop an LGBTQIA+-Inclusive Adolescent Sexual Health Program EvaluationMarch 2024Adolescent sexual health interventions are increasingly incorporating content that is inclusive of LGBTQIA+ youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning,...
What's Real?2023For parents and caregivers, the safety of our children remains a priority. Competing information about immunizations, especially online, makes it harder for us to make decisions. Healthcare providers can help answer our questions, and routine...
Vaccinated Children, Stronger Communities2023When our children are up to date with their immunizations, other children and families are protected too. Let’s build stronger communities by ensuring that our children are vaccinated. Visit the Baltimore City Health...
Navigating Health Misinformation in the Digital Age2023We know that not everything on the Internet should be trusted. But how do we determine if digital content is credible? Learn a few tips on how to verify health information online and how to share information...
Taking Care & Taking ActionFrom Our President & CEO Janet Max, MPH, CHESIn the 2023 fiscal year (October 2022 through September 2023), we added new staff to our team, launched our research to practice center, Thrivology alongside the Johns Hopkins Center for...
The Healthy Teen Oracle card deck centers around 16 unique, health-related Oracle cards with properties such as uncertainty, ritual, and encouragement. Where We Started One of the many ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young people is causing a dramatic...
Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition)2023Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition) is a 10-session, evidence-based prevention curriculum specifically designed for adolescents ages 13–18 in systems of care. Power Through Choices was...
Communication Is Key: Sharing STI Test Results with Your Partner2022HIV and STI testing should be a part of your routine—and, if you have a partner or partners, theirs too—so let's talk about it! Having a Conversation about Getting Tested for STIs with Your Partner ...
From Mid to Stellar: Youth-Friendly Services in Your Health ClinicJune 2023Join Adolescent Health Initiative and True You Maryland, a program of the Maryland Department of Health, to discover ways you and your clinic can go from “mid” to stellar in the eyes of your...
Short-Term Impacts of Pulse: An App-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Black and Latinx WomenJennifer Manlove, PhD; Eizabeth Cook, MSPH; Brooke Whitfield; Makedah Johnson; Genevieve Martínez-García, PhD; and Milagros Garrido, MS Journal of Adolescent Health...
Lessons Learned from Replicating a Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of an App-Based Sexual Health ProgramJennifer Manlove, PhD; Brooke Whitfield; Jane Finocharo; and Elizabeth Cook, MSPHInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthMarch...
Delivering Contraceptive LessonsApril 2023Part 1: Tossing Out the BinaryWe know it can feel tricky (at first) to discuss avoiding pregnancy in a way that includes everyone and every gender in the room. However, research shows that inclusive classrooms are necessary in...
Communication Is Key: Having a Conversation about Getting Tested for STIs with Your Partner2022HIV and STI testing should be a part of your routine—and, if you have a partner or partners, theirs too—so let's talk about it! Having a Conversation about Getting Tested...
More Than Pronouns: Creating Affirming Spaces During Positive Prevention PlusMarch 2023We all are learning, growing, and doing the best we can for our students. Navigating conversations in a sex ed class can be complex. “Am I using the most inclusive words for this...
A story from the Young Parents StoriesLucero (she/her) and Carmen (she/her) have been there for each other since they were born. Having been in juvenile justice and the foster care system, the twin sisters have non-traditional pathways toward economic security...
Group Agreements for Good Colleagues2021This is a working document that was crafted by the Healthy Teen Network staff and was inspired by our former Board Chair Nadine Finigan-Carr in the midst of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like any good group...
A story from the Young Parents StoriesBella (she/they) is a 22-year-old trans mother who gives their all to their family. Their story to find a safe, stable housing for their partner and two children depicts how the broken housing system forces young families...
A storytelling project aimed at portraying the realities of young parents while navigating the foster care system.Why It Matters Stories are transformative and have the power to bring about change. Stories provide a practical and sustainable structure for sharing...
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